Children's Defense Fund
provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America
who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves.
Clinics - WV Free Clinics
The College Board
- "Connecting Students to College Success".
A not-for-profit membership association who connects students to
college success and opportunity.
The College Foundation of West Virginia
-
provides students and
their families with resources and anything you need to know about
entering college.
EDGE
(Earn a Degree
Graduate Early)
- Allows students to take high school courses for community and
technical college credit.
Energy Express - "Where breakfast, lunch and learning don't take a summer
break." A six-week summer AmeriCorps program
promoting the school success of children living in rural and
low-income communities across West Virginia.
First Book
- provides new books to children in need addressing one of the most
important factors affecting literacy - access to books.
Children's books and educational materials at deeply discounted
prices.
FAFSA - Free Application
For Federal Student
Aid
First
Focus - works to create
a lasting legacy for children and their families by encouraging
bipartisan federal policy advancements and investments in children.
First In Your Family - An all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to
enabling students to become the first in their family to graduate
from college.
GEAR-UP
(Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) -
Fairmont State - a federally-funded grant
designed to: Demonstrate the importance of education; Encourage all
middle & high school students to set high educational and career
goals; Help students learn how to prepare, enter and succeed in
college or other post-secondary training. Provide parents with
information and resources needed to stay involved in their child's
education. Provide teachers with the tools and training needed
to raise academic expectations and student achievement.
HI-Y (HIgh
School YMCA) - Engaging youth in
positive actions to influence the life and work of our homes,
schools and communities.
www.wvinfodepot.org -
The
place to go when you want to know.
Kids
Count - A national and
state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the
U.S.
LearningExpress Library (www.infodepot.org) -
is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice
tests (College Entrance Exams - ACT & SAT); career; school; academic; civil service; basic skills
exams, etc.) and tutorial course series designed to help students
and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests.
Immediate scoring, complete answer explanations and an
individualized analysis of your results.
Mentor
Mission WV
- A non-profit organization that collaborates with
public and private entities, equipping them to utilize
existing resources to form new partnerships, encouraging innovative
social change, and building stronger communities in WV..
PROMISE Scholarship
- A merit-based scholarship program designed
to keep qualified students in West Virginia by making college
affordable.
Reach Out and Read
- a national non-profit organization that promotes early literacy by
giving new books to children and advice to parents about the
importance of reading aloud in pediatric exam rooms across the
nation.
The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
Volunteer WV
-
WV Commission for National & Community Service
challenges West Virginians to strengthen their communities through
service and volunteerism.
Identify and mobilize resources, promote an ethic of service, and
empower communities to solve problems and improve the quality of
life for individuals and families.
WV 211 -
2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number
that connects people with important community services, disaster
information and volunteer opportunities. 2-1-1 brings together
existing information and referral providers and crisis services into
one coordinated system.
WV Access Center for
Higher Education is a tax-exempt corporation
with the mission of encouraging and inspiring more West Virginia
students to attend post-secondary education. WVACHE provides
Access grants to participating high schools on a competitive basis.
WV
Coalition Against Domestic Violence - provides safe
space and quality service for victims of domestic violence, and
works for systemic change to assure families' options for building
lives free from violence.
WV Clearinghouse
- provides a statewide centralized database and resource center for
students seeking educational opportunities and employers seeking to
hire West Virginians.
West
Virginia GEAR UP - is a federally funded, six-year
program aimed at Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for
Undergraduate Programs. GEAR UP provides rigorous educational
services to help students plan, apply and pay for education and
training beyond high school. WV GEAR UP serves ten high-need
counties in WV (Boone, Clay, Lincoln, McDowell, Mingo, Roane,
Summers, Webster, Wirt & Wyoming).
WV Health Right
- Provides free medical, dental, health education and pharmacy
services to the uninsured.
WV
Mentor - A student services website representing West Virginia
colleges and universities.
WV Minority Doctoral Scholars Program
