Partners
ACT Inc.
ACT is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides a broad array of assessment, research, information, and program management solutions in the areas of education and workforce development.
Each year, ACT serves millions of people in high schools, colleges, professional associations, businesses, and government agencies—nationally and internationally. ACT has offices across the United States and throughout the world.
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Des Moines GEAR UP
Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is a national initiative to encourage more young people to have high expectations, stay in school, study hard and take the right courses to go to college. We believe that postsecondary education is possible for all Des Moines students, regardless of economic background, and strive to empower youth to realize this ambition. GEAR UP brings this message to middle and high schools, students, their parents, and the community through early college and career awareness activities, scholarships and financial aid information and improved academic support to raise the expectations and achievement of all.
Learn more about Des Moines GEAR UP.
Gear Up Iowa
Funded by a $16.8 million Federal grant, GEAR UP Iowa (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is charged with significantly increasing the number of students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. The Iowa College Student Aid Commission administers GEAR UP Iowa in partnership with the Iowa Department of Education and other state agencies; local school districts; postsecondary educational institutions; and community organizations, businesses, and industries.
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Iowa Associaton of Community College Trustees
The Iowa Association of Community College Trustees supports the Community Colleges of Iowa are proactive leaders, advocates and partners building sustainable communities through workforce and economic development and the maximization of human potential through high quality educational opportunitiesis.
Learn more about the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees.
Learn more about the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees.
Iowa Associaton of Student Financial Aid Administrators
The Iowa Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators is a dynamic organization serving practitioners, users, and providers of student financial aid programs serving individuals who seek postsecondary educations, while fostering and promoting sound statements of financial aid.
Learn more about the Iowa Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Iowa College Access Network
The Iowa College Access Network® (ICAN) empowers Iowans to achieve their educational and career goals through statewide comprehensive outreach, initiatives and partnerships with schools, groups and businesses. For that reason, ICAN representatives travel the state bringing college access programming into individual communities and schools. ICAN staff also meet individually with students and their families at the ICAN offices in Cedar Rapids and West Des Moines. All ICAN programs and services are offered without charge.
Learn more about the Iowa College Access Network.
Iowa College Student Aid Commission
The Iowa College Student Aid Commission has over 40 years of experience connecting students and families with the essential information and services to make college possible. The Commission is a state agency that advocates for Iowa students and administers scholarships, grants, loans, and related programs to help students finance education expenses at colleges and universities of their choice.
Learn more about the Iowa College Student Aid Commission.
Iowa Dollars for Scholars
Dollars for Scholars, a program of Scholarship America, is a national network of community-based, volunteer-operated scholarship foundation in cities, towns and neighborhoods throughout the United States. Scholarship dollars are raised locally by Dollars for Scholars chapters and awarded to local college-bound students. Our mission in Iowa is: To mobilize Iowa through scholarships and educational support to make postsecondary education possible for all students. Check our Web site for a list of Iowa's chapters and also the higher education institutions that enhance the scholarships awarded by chapters.
Learn more about Iowa Dollars for Scholars.
Iowa School Counselor Association
The mission of the Iowa School Counselor Association is to advance the academic, career and personal/social development of all students through excellence in professional school counseling.
Learn more about Iowa School Counselor Association.
Iowa Public Television
Iowa Public Television is Iowa's statewide public broadcasting network. IPTV provides quality, noncommercial programming to make a difference in the lives of Iowans. As one of the last locally-controlled media enterprises in the state, IPTV is committed to telling Iowa's stories like no one else can. Our mission to educate, inform, enrich, and inspire Iowans enables IPTV to present an unequaled array of programs, of lasting value, to Iowans regardless of where they live or what they can afford.
Learn more about Iowa Public Television.
Lumina Foundation for Education
Lumina Foundation for Education, an Indianapolis-based, private, independent foundation, strives to help people achieve their potential by expanding access and success in education beyond high school.
Through grants for research, innovation, communication, and evaluation, as well as policy education and leadership development, Lumina Foundation addresses issues that affect access and educational attainment among all students, particularly underserved student groups, including adult learners.
The Foundation bases its mission on the belief that postsecondary education remains one of the most beneficial investments that individuals can make in themselves and that society can make in its people.
Learn more about the Lumina Foundation for Education.
Scott County Family YMCA
The Y is a powerful association of men, women and children of all ages and from all walks of life joined together by a shared passion: to strengthen the foundations of community.
With a commitment to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility, the Y ensures that every individual has access to the essentials needed to learn, grow and thrive.
Learn more about the Scott County Family Y.
TRIO - Education Talent Search
TRIO Educational Talent Search (ETS) is a college preparatory program funded by the US Department of Education. The goal of ETS is to increase the likelihood that participants graduate from high school and enroll in college. This goal is accomplished by providing participants with academic, financial aid and personal counseling through monthly school visits.
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Veridian Credit Union
Veridian Credit Union, founded in 1934 in Waterloo, Iowa, is a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned by its members. The credit union offers a full range of consumer financial services and employs more than 500 Iowans.
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Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9,000 stores and 12,000 ATMs and the Internet across North America and internationally.
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YMCA of the USA
With a mission to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all, the YCMCA's impact is felt when an individual makes a healthy choice, when a mentor inspires a child and when a community comes together for the common good.
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