Twelve Local College Access Networks in Iowa have received a new round of funding to continue their work increasing college attainment, Iowa College Aid announced today. The $587,350 awarded for fiscal year 2021 brings the total awarded since the program’s inception in 2015 to $2,218,350.
Local College Access Networks, or LCANs, use a framework known as collective impact, bringing together leaders in education, business, government, philanthropy, and nonprofits to break down barriers to higher education. Iowa College Aid provides funding, training, and technical assistance.
One-year grants were made in July to the following LCANs:
- Aligned Impact Muscatine (AIM), $50,000
- Black Hawk County CAN, $50,000
- Carroll Area CAN, $50,000
- Dubuque CAN, $49,234
- Latinos CAN, $59,825
- Mason City CAN, $44,361
- Mission Possible Franklin County, $46,775
- OPT-in CAN for System Involved Youth, $50,000
- Ottumwa Cradle-College-Career (C3), $49,776
- Quad Cities CAN, $37,500
- Queer Supports Advisory Team (QSAT), $49,878.82
- Story County CAN, $50,000
All 12 networks that received funding have been in existence at least a year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowa College Aid suspended new applications this year.
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