College of the Mainland's (COM) SSAP grant is a dedicated initiative aimed at recognizing and meeting the basic needs of students while equipping faculty and staff with the necessary skills to identify and support those in need. This grant focuses on enhancing the overall well-being and academic success of students, particularly those facing financial hardships or personal challenges that may hinder their learning experience.

Through the grant, COM can implement programs and services that address essential needs such as food, housing, healthcare, and mental health support. It also provides specialized training to faculty and staff to develop a better understanding of the signs and indicators of students in distress. With this training, educators can intervene early and provide appropriate assistance, ensuring student receive the necessary help and resources to overcome obstacles and achieve their educational goals.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Dean of Students Office

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Kris Kimbark at kkimbark@com.edu or 4099381211

To meet the challenge expressed by demographic and enrollment changes, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi has created the intensive transfer pathway program (IPP) focusing on both Del Mar College and Coastal Bend College to actively market and host services to community college students in academic pathway programs. This program provides on-campus outreach and advising sessions each semester as well as immersive visit programs at TAMUCC to facilitate enrollment, advising, and transition from the two-year to the four-year institution. This program is facilitated through activities planned and executed by the Office of Recruitment and Admissions under the guidance of the Division of Enrollment Management.

Students selected in the cohort (up to 80 each year) will receive $ 1,000 each fall and spring to help support their transitional activities and ease the their cost burden as new transfer students. The students in each cohort will be required to participate in the engagement activities and meet satisfactory academic and enrollment requirements. Student success will be measured relative to their persistence from the initial year of transfer to the second.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Division of Enrollment Management, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Andy Benoit at andy.benoit@tamucc.edu or 361-825-5951

Faculty are often the first people who know that students are having problems in (or out) of your classes that may affect their success or retention. Faculty and staff are asked to report students who are having academic, personal, financial or other concerns (excessive absences, disability services, homelessness) using an online form. The retention team will begin contacting these students within 24 or 48 hours of completing the report. The team includes Academic Advising, Disability Services, Dual Credit and Title V representatives.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 60

HOW TO ENROLL: All stakeholders have access to this program. As such, there is no enrollment process

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes are currently being internally collected

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Advising

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: ShaNelle Lawson at lawsons@lamarpa.edu or 409-984-6183

The KEY Center is a TRIO Student Support Services program available to 165 income-eligible, first generation or disabled students. The goal of the program is to assist students as they navigate the college experience by providing them an academically-supportive and enriching environment. Supports include intensive career and academic advising, transfer assistance, individualized tutoring, financial aid assistance, financial literacy, scholarships and more.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 165

HOW TO ENROLL: Participants must apply to enroll in this program

WEBSITE TO APPLY: https://victoriacollege.edu/Explore/Students/KeyCenter

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes are currently being internally and externally collected

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Pam Neuman at pamela.neuman@victoriacollege.edu or 3615822413

The focus of the project at Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) is to plan for the creation and expansion of support for students outside of the classroom. Our campus is working to remove barriers for our students and allow them to focus on their course work. Areas of focus include creation of on campus solutions for health care and mental health, academic support programs, peer tutoring and supplemental instruction programming models, expansion of career services and related services, student academic and behavioral alert system, creation of the on-campus food pantry, providing programs to assist first generation student population, and TSI (Texas Success Initiative) prep courses for current and prospective students within in local independent school districts.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Brian Hull at Brian.Hull@lsco.edu or 409-882-3342

Finances can be overwhelming and stressful. When your money starts to work for you instead of you working for your money, you begin to see the impact on your financial wellness. Managing money can be challenging, but we're committed to helping you reach your financial goals by providing you with the tools and knowledge to succeed during your time at Angelo State and into your future. Students have access to iGrad, a financial wellness platform that provides students with courses, tools, webinars and articles on personal finance topics.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Norris-Vincent College of Business

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Christabel Romine at christabel.romine@angelo.edu or 325-486-6599

Laredo College Early Alert Program's focus is to support students facing academic challenges which are affecting their progress. Services include offering students resources on the campus as well as in the community to meet their individual needs.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Counseling and Disability Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Adriana Craddock at adriana.craddock@laredo.edu or 956-721-5137

SFA has identified student wellness and well-being as a critical basic need. To champion this, SFA established the Lumberjack Wellness Network. Founded upon the principles of the Seven Dimensions of Wellness, the Lumberjack Wellness Network was developed to educate the SFA community on student well-being. We empower faculty and staff to have meaningful and helpful conversations with students in need. We equip the community with tools, resources, and appropriate recommendations and referrals, connecting students to the help they need.

We will take the Network and the dimensions of wellness to the next level, with cutting-edge technology, ensuring our staff our current on all best practices and trends within mental health, and rethinking our current physical space to better meet our students' needs. This revision includes the upgrade of our current food pantry operations to include a refrigerator and freezer to allow us to begin offering fresh produce and frozen meats. It also includes breathing life to a currently unutilized green space to offer our campus community a space to relax, refocus, and re-center. It also focuses on the needs of our student-athletes to help them retain, progress, and graduate. This application includes collaboration from across campus, including the Dean of Students Office, Athletics, the Health and Wellness Hub, and Campus Recreation.

These initiatives will help to solidify and advance the Lumberjack Wellness Network. These initiatives will help us meet the needs of our students and help us continue to transition to a place or prevention and pre-intervention rather than reaction.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Dean of Students Office

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Andrew Dies at andrew.dies@sfasu.edu or 936.468.7249

The Male Achievement Program is a student success program designed to promote retention, persistence, academic performance and holistic wellbeing for Black, Indigenous, Latino/x, and men of color. The program is designed to address the needs of men of color by encouraging participants to exceed personally, professionally, and academically. The primary goal is to enable more men of color to successfully complete their education without interruption by providing support services, mentoring, and co-curricular activities.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 256

HOW TO ENROLL: Participants are automatically enrolled in this program if they meet eligibility requirements

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes have been internally and externally collected in the past

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Dallas College

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dina M. Sosa-Hegarty, Ed.D. at dsosa@dcccd.edu or 972-238-6398

The purpose of the MSI was to teach men to become leaders within their families and communities. The mission of the group is to enhance and better male students at Galveston College by providing academic support along with professional and personal development. The MSI worked on efforts toward academic, personal, and professional initiatives to enhance the lives and experiences of the group membership as well as the greater campus community. These initiatives include but are not limited to, community service projects, conferences, on-campus workshops, networking events, and academic support tools.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 16

HOW TO ENROLL: Participants were selected after a application process

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes have been internally and externally collected in the past

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Galveston College

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Deon Botha at dbotha@gc.edu or 4099441222

The Mental Health and Financial Support for the Underserved Students in South Texas program supports students' sense of belonging by providing behavioral health support, career/goal-setting counseling, and financial support to address the primary threats to students' persistence, and/or hesitancy to return for their degree.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Conduct and Community Engagement

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Mayra Hernandez at mghernandez@tamiu.edu or 956-326-2288

Mustangs Roundup is a once-in-a-lifetime extended orientation program designed specifically for the new students at Midwestern State University. For three amazing days, all incoming students will immerse themselves in MSU’s traditions, learn how to get involved, get to know incoming and upper-class students in your academic college, and get connected to their faculty and staff! Our commitment to helping you succeed begins the minute you set foot on campus, where new friends, faculty, and staff will guide the transition in becoming Mustangs.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 500

HOW TO ENROLL: All stakeholders have access to this program. As such, there is no enrollment process

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes have been internally collected in the past

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Leadership and Involvement

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Mario Ramirez at mario.ramirez@msutexas.edu or 9403973033

NLC Connect seeks to mitigate enrollment barriers, promoting the retention and graduation of the College's part-time students. Monthly phone outreach, supplemented by emails/mailings, provides information on campus resources and connects students with wraparound services to address social, emotional, and educational barriers. Additionally, NLC Connect provides basic needs grants to address immediate welfare needs, reducing transportation, housing, and childcare barriers that stall academic persistence.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Northeast Lakeview College

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Cristela Garcia at cgarcia1411@alamo.edu or 2104865179

The Nighthawks Nest Student Advocacy Center is a virtual and physical space that offers access to basic needs that may affect students mental and physical health and can compromise their wellbeing overall, resulting in poor academic performance, retention and or completion. Basic Needs services are offered through short-term emergency relief, case management, food pantry and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The process includes the completion of a biopsychosocial assessment, service plan and specific interventions to support the unique needs of each student.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Cristela Garcia at cgarcia1411@alamo.edu or 210-486-5149

At Odessa College, we began our OC Cares journey in the fall of 2019 with the opening of our Wrangler Food Pantry. We added a social worker in February 2021 in our Student Support Services department. This helped to facilitate the distribution of acute emergency aid. Since then, students have reported that their primary needs revolve around housing, transportation, tuition/cost of school related expenses and food. In April of 2021, we added a garden on campus that supplies our Wrangler Food Pantry with fresh produce throughout the year. Our food pantry also has a hygiene supply room to ensure that our students are able to access basic hygiene necessities in addition to food.

What we have seen time after time is that students don’t realize that their needs are an emergency. They feel like someone else’s challenges are more severe than their own. We have worked to debunk that myth for emergency aid distribution in our conversations with students.

Through promotion of emergency aid, we have seen an increase in students utilizing other support services such as our food pantry, mental health services and community resource referrals. As a result of our behavioral intervention seeing an increase in reports surrounding basic needs, we created a separate social services report. We have also instituted a college life coach program where coaches are assigned to freshmen to support them throughout their first year with any resources or communication they might require, as well as checking in with students throughout their semester. We have instituted a student experience survey three times during the semester to identify trends on students curricular, co-curricular and basic needs.

Student Support Services also assists with the Perkins grant.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 6591

HOW TO ENROLL: All stakeholders have access to this program. As such, there is no enrollment process

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes are currently being internally collected

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Support Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Kristi Clemmer at kclemmer@odessa.edu or 432-335-6865

As food insecurity becomes a growing concern for college campuses, Rice is proud to join the efforts of campus food pantries nationwide. The Pantry operates on a good faith basis and is an anonymous resource for all students, faculty, staff, and community members. It is our goal to ensure The Pantry is a space where individuals feel welcome and that this is an accessible resource.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program is in-person only.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: The anonymous student surveys allow our office to receive up to date feedback from our repeat community members and new users. The findings display the needs of our community members and their experience when utilizing the service. We are able to use the evaluations to ensure that our goal for the space is being maintained and upheld to the accessibility standard.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: The Office of Student Success Initiatives

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Chelsea Blake at cb106@rice.edu or 713-348-7478

Peer Mentors have successfully completed the Learning Frameworks course and now work closely with the First-Year Seminar instructor to provide peer mentoring and instructional support to one section of the Learning Frameworks's first-year and transfer students. Coordinating with an assigned Learning Frameworks faculty member to prepare for each weekly lesson, peer mentors serve as liaisons between students and faculty. Peer mentors are also clearinghouses for student success resources and campus events. They exemplify critical thinking by modeling class assignments, assessing weekly writing assignments, and facilitating small group discussions. During weekly peer mentor-student conversations about academic success tips, co-curricular opportunities, and targeted workshops, they create an atmosphere of trust, responsibility, and encouragement with students.

The First-Year Seminar Peer Mentor Program also benefits peer mentor cohorts. Peer mentors develop leadership skills vital to college and professional success; receive mentorship from faculty supervisors; create a close community within their cohort through shared trainings and experiences; cultivate fairness by engaging in challenging assumptions about cross- and intra-cultural diversity; and participate in professional development opportunities such as presenting at academic conferences, moderating First-Year Seminar events, and networking with campus and community leaders.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: College of Human Sciences and Humanities

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Anne Gessler at gessler@uhcl.edu or 281-283-3471

The goals of Probation and Suspension Outreach are: 1) To alert those students who have fallen below a 2.0 of their academic standing, and 2) Provide academic counseling and intervention through the utilization of campus resources (tutoring, emergency aid, etc.). Utilizing our early alert system, the Office of Academic Success pulls current grades at midterm each long semester. All students reported at a 2.0 or below are contacted by the Director of Academic Success and offered academic counseling and information concerning campus resources. At the close of term, any student below a 2.0 on academic probation and suspension is directly contacted by the Success Coach (academic advisor) assigned to their major of choice. Students are asked to meet with the Success Coach face to face or virtually, to discuss any struggles, current major and to develop a plan for the next term.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 495

HOW TO ENROLL: All stakeholders have access to this program. As such, there is no enrollment process

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes are currently being internally collected

PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES DATA: Beginning in the Spring of 2021, the OAS contacted 389 students who were placed on academic probation or continued probation the previous term. Students were informed of resources available (tutoring, student support services, accommodations, Continuing Education). Of those contacted, 96 students (24.6%) enrolled for the Fall of 2021.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of Academic Success

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Christina Wilson at cwilson@angelina.edu or 936.671.7255

The Public Health Resource Center provides health and well-being services to students and staff with limited funds for healthcare. Health Services include screenings, testing, treatment and referrals. Wellness Services include stress management, counseling, substance abuse and rehabilitation. In addition, the PHRC works to build resiliency through public health emergency resources and partnerships that aim to prevent/prepare for adverse situations and insure adequate response and recovery.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 25

HOW TO ENROLL: All stakeholders have access to this program. As such, there is no enrollment process

EVALUATION STATUS: No data related to outcomes have been collected from this program

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Office of Student Affairs

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: April Wallace at awallace@angelina.edu or 936-633-4509

There are eight programs in the School of Health Careers at Angelina College and each program requires specific prerequisite and corequisite courses. Retention and remediation has two major goals: (1)orientation camp for all students entering programs (2) general requirements of mandatory remediation for any student who is not successful in a unit exam or in a clinical/practicum area.

The target population is a student currently enrolled in one of the eight programs. During orientation camp, a risk factors survey is obtained and even prior to being unsuccessful, the student may be seen by faculty to provide strategies to avoid dropping below the passing benchmark. Identified risk factors include but are not limited to (1) first-generation college student; (2) responsibility for children or other family members (e.g. parents); (3) English as a Second language; (4) employment part-time or full time; (5) socio-economic status; (5) entering overall GPA at the 2.5 level; (6) geographical location in relationship to the main campus.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 150

HOW TO ENROLL: All stakeholders have access to this program. As such, there is no enrollment process

EVALUATION STATUS: No data related to outcomes have been collected from this program

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Winifred Ferguson Adams, Dean School of Health Careers