HAVANA, Fl. (WTXL) -- The U.S. Department of Education is awarding Tallahassee Community College (TCC) $1.2 million with hopes of getting more Gadsden students ready for college. The grant money is part of a program that helps first generation and low-income students get assistance to prepare for education beyond high school.
The program is called the Educational Talent Search program. It is specifically designed for Gadsden County students grades six through twelve to motivate them and guide them into college. Support comes in the form of college tours and financial aid application assistance,
With the large financial award, this program will be able to continue for the next five years.
"One of the things that we provide is exposure", said Lori Livingston, Director of the Talent Search program at TCC ,"exposure to cultural opportunities, like museums, and field trips. Exposure to college campuses when we go to on our college tours. And sometimes kids in rural areas can sometimes go under the radar, and be undeserved. So we're able to provide those services so they [Gadsden students] have the same opportunities that kids who attend schools in the city and more fluent schools have."
Over the next five years, through this program, TCC hopes to continue to grow the number of children from underpriveleged areas and prepare them to enter college.
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