CARE & CalWORKs

The CARE and CalWORKs programs support students balancing education with family and financial challenges. CARE helps single parents on CalWORKs access academic counseling, emergency grants, and more. CalWORKs offers job placement, work study, and childcare assistance, ensuring students have the resources they need to succeed in college.

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CARE

CARE (Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education) is a collaboration between MPC's EOPS and the Monterey County Department of Social Services (MCDSS). It is a program designed to help students succeed in college.

CARE recognizes that many students, as single parents on have never been able to go to college due to challenges with problems with child care, transportation, or family difficulties. The goal of this program to give participants a chance to overcome some of these obstacles and expand their educational and job training opportunities.

 

CARE Eligibility

  • CARE students are single head of household students that are currently receiving CalWORKs (formerly TANF)
  • CARE students must be EOPS eligible

 

CARE Services

  • Academic Counseling
  • Academic and Personal Development Workshops
  • Meal Plan
  • Emergency Grants
  • Referrals to On-campus and Off-campus Resources
  • Holiday Workshop

CalWORKs

CalWORKs is an acronym for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids, CalWORKs can help students on public assistance get access to vital services such as work study, job placement, childcare, curriculum development, skills training, and more.

 

CalWORKs Services

  • Academic Counseling
  • Academic and Personal Development Workshops
  • Work Study
  • Referrals to On-campus and Off-campus Resources

 

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