Student Financial Burdens Lessened with Grant Funding

other American,” Schreiber states. “Many of these families are very dedicated to the American dream, and one of the ways to help them achieve this dream is education. Because U.S. citizenship is a requirement for many types of student financial aid, we are trying to help undocumented students in Lake County through these Dream Big Scholarships.”

“Education is a big priority for us because it’s a basic advantage many Americans don’t have— and it changes people’s lives for the better.” — John Schreiber

Finally, the Schreibers are looking out for Lake County’s youngest residents by allocating the remaining $1.2 million of their gift to the design and development of a modern playground outside of the College’s Children’s Learning Center at the Lakeshore Campus in Waukegan and the three-year rollout of bilingual early childhood education program. The Schreibers’ support for this program—which will equip early childhood educators with the knowledge and skills they need to provide culturally appropriate child care for the region’s growing Hispanic population—will fund the development of a Spanish-language early childhood education curriculum; support for a bilingual early childhood education instructor; and tuition, fees and expenses for the first three student cohorts.

To learn more about Advanced Technology Center giving and naming opportunities, please contact Joseph Sweeney at jsweeney4@clcillinois.edu or (847) 543-2488.

STUDENT FINANCIAL BURDENS LESSENED WITH GRANT FUNDING

Financial barriers and access to technology and basic needs are some of the biggest obstacles student face when pursuing education, and CLC works hard to source funding through grants and donations to help close opportunity gaps. Here are some of the grants the college recently received:

• Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), $39,000,000 - CLC received HEERF grants on three separate occasions. More than $24 million in total was designated for students through emergency financial aid grants, boosted by additional dollars from the institutional portion. • The Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake

County, $80,000 - The college once again received the grant for students studying healthcare, but for the first time, the scholarships were also given to students studying alcohol and drug counseling. • Early School Leaver Grant, $60,000 - This grant helps teens and young adults who dropped out of high school earn a high school equivalency degree. • Workforce Equity Grant, $1,900,000 - Supported by State Rep. Rita Mayfield and the

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Lake County program at CLC enrolled nearly 100 local residents in short-term certificate leading to gainful employment. • Metallica Scholars Initiative Grant, $25,000 - For the third year in a row, CLC received the grant from Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation for students studying in career and technical programs. • Career and Technical Education Perkins Grant, $508,740 - Putting students in high-demand, high-wage positions is one of CLC’s priorities, and the Perkins grant helps fund the college’s industry-driven career and technical education programs. • TRiO Education Talent Search Grant, $2,300,000 over five years - The Talent Search grant helps to close opportunity gaps toward higher education in the community by providing students in local high schools academic and personal experiences and opportunities.