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WHAT IS COLLEGE MATTERS? College Matters, a $15 million grantmaking initiative of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, seeks to increase college enrollment rates for Marion County high school seniors, especially for students less likely to enroll in college, including students from low-income households, Black students, and Hispanic and Latino students. High school students face a variety of challenges when considering college, including accessing coursework that prepares them for college, identifying possible career options, and obtaining financial aid. For students without access to relevant support and resources, these challenges can turn into barriers that keep them from applying to and enrolling in college — furthering existing racial and socioeconomic disparities in […]

LESSONS LEARNED Through the program’s four-year implementation, the Fairbanks Foundation identified key lessons about effective program implementation. These key lessons, which are summarized below and explained at length in the Prevention Matters program summary document, include: To learn more about the program’s impact and how the lessons learned can be used by school administrators and other educators to implement successful substance use prevention programs, read the program summary. Grants were awarded in two stages: PLANNING GRANTS Planning grants of up to $40,000 were made available to Marion County schools to learn more about evidence-based prevention programs and develop detailed plans for effective implementation. Planning grants were awarded on a non-competitive […]

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