2012 gavilan college eops - care - calworks spring newsletter

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C.A.R.E (Cooperative Agencies Resources)

Whatever you can do, or

believe you can do, begin

it, for boldness has gen-

ius, power and magic in

it. ~Goethe

Welcome to spring 2012semester at Gavilan Col-

lege. We look forward to

seeing our new and con-

tinuing EOPS and Cal-

WORKs students succeed

academically as well as

participate in campus ac-

tivities and student advo-

cacy. This is a great time

to rededicate yourself to

your classes in pursuit of

your educational goals.

Our EOPS/CalWORKs

staff is committed to offer-

ing you exceptional stu-

dent services including

two full-time experienced

and dedicated counselors

to assist you with devel-

oping a long-term educa-

tional plan and to advise

you on academic, careerand personal issues. Our

friendly and knowledge-

able staff can assist you

with book vouchers and

the book loan program,

the Student Services

workshop series, orienta-

tion, pre-priority registra-

tion, transfer services and

leadership activities

through the EOPS Club.

EOPS is dedicated to the

principles which were es-

tablished over 40 years

ago; to provide above,

beyond and in addition to

services to educationally

disadvantaged and low-

income community college

students. We understand

that college can be a re-

warding yet challengingexperience. In order to

alleviate some of your

stress, meet with your

counselor early in the se-

mester to plan your school

and work schedule, access

the resources that are

available to you which

will lead toward a produc-

tive semester. We believe

in you and are here to

guide you every step of

the way!

Anne Ratto,Associate Dean, EOPS/CalWORKs

Welcome CARE students. Hope you had a great fall semester and a restful break. For

those of you that will be returning in spring 2012, you will need to meet with me at the

beginning of the semester to pick up a supply voucher and parking permit.CARE updates: Gas cards and bus passes are available the first day of instruction,

unless you are on probation. If so, you will need to attend a probation workshop before

receiving any services. The probation workshops are posted in the EOPS/CalWORKs

Office with dates and times. Also available is the spring 2012 Student Services Work-

shop Series. You must attend two workshops and complete 9 units with a 2.0 grade

point average or better to remain in good standing with CARE every semester.

The EOPS/CARE Region IV Consortium will be sponsoring their 5 th Annual CARE

Conference on Saturday, April 28 @ San Jose State University.

Hope to see you soon! Gloria Mancera

Semester Begins:Wed., Jan. 31

Presidents dayHoliday:

February 17-20

No record showndeadline: Feb. 29 by

4:30 p.m.

Spring Break: April 9-15

Spring GraduationPetitions due: April

19

Withdraw deadline:April 24 by 4:30 p.m.

Final exams:May 19-25

Graduation:May 25

Important Datesto Remember...

Spring 2012

EOPS/CARE/CalWORKs

Message from the Associate Dean

Check us out on

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Student Orientation & Intent to Enroll

As early as February, you may be informed about your admission status from each

of the universities to which you applied. This means that you will have to make a

decision soon about which school you will attend in the Fall semester. Be sure to

submit your intent to enroll and pay the required fee (approximately $100; fee not

covered by financial aid).

The orientation for most universities is mandatory for all transfer students. At ori-entation, advising and registration will take place.

Please make sure you sign up EARLY to ensure a best selection of courses. Be

aware that you will have to pay a fee to reserve your spot. Financial aid will not

cover this fee, so start saving now! Fees may vary.

Failure to pay or attend orientation will affect your admission status.

General Education Certification

If you are planning to transfer to a four year university for the Fall 2012 semester

you must request a General Education Certification to submit to your intended uni-

versity. You must request this at the admissions office beginningMay 1st

and nolater than May 11th.

Final Transcripts

Be sure to submit a final copy of your transcript to your intended university. Your

final transcript must include your grades for the Spring 2012 semester. The dead-

line is typically July 15th. If you have summer courses pending prior to transfer-

ring, you must submit another transcript with you final grades for summer.

Please be sure you check your email regularly for important updates!

Dont forget that we have drop-in hours every Wednesday!

Regards,

Your EOPS/CalWORKs Counselors:

Blanca E. Arteaga: [email protected]

Mari Garcia: [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Happy New Year! In effort to continue to provide supportive services and ensure student success,our office has worked diligently to bring various services directly to you, our students. We are extremelyhappy to announce that we have mental health services available to both Santa Clara and San Benito

Counties. Every Tuesday there is a mental health service provider available to see students at the Hollistercampus for San Benito County students and in Gilroy for Santa Clara County students. Please see AnnetteGutierrez or Susan Sweeney for a confidential referral.

In addition to mental health services we are proud to be a partner with California Lifeline, a lowcost local telephone service option. CalWORKs students automatically qualify for this service. We are alsooffering informational workshops on the California Lifeline Program every month during spring 2012 se-mester. For exact dates and times please review the Student Success Workshop Series included in this

newsletter.Our office wishes you health and happiness all year long. We remind you to stay healthy not only

physically, but remember emotional and mental health are equally important. Please drop in to see one

of our staff members if you have questions or concerns any time throughout the spring 2012 semester.

~Susan Sweeney & Annette Gutierrez~

CALIFORNIA LIFELINE PROGRAM

Did you know that Medicaid / Medi-Cal participants

automatically qualify for telephone discounts with the

California LifeLine Program?A Program of the California Public Utilities Commission

Program-Based:

Automatically qualify if you or another household member is already enrolled

in one of the following programs:1. Medicaid/Medi-Cal

2. Women, Infants and Children Program

(WIC)

3. Healthy Families Category A

4. Low-Income Home Energy Assis

tance Program (LIHEAP)

5. Supplemental Security income (SSI)

6. Federal Public Housing Assistance or

Section 8

7. CalFresh, Food Stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP)

8. National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

1

The California LifeLine Program pro-

vides discounted basic home phone

service to qualified households, helping

consumers lower the cost of their home

phone bills.

You can have unlimited local calls for

less than $7 a month.

MAKE THE CALL

Start savingcall your Local

Home Phone Company and

ask for the California LifeLinediscounts!

FOR MORE INFORMATION

866-272-0357

TWO WAYS TO QUALIFY

9. Temporary Assistance for Needy

Families (TANF):

California Work Opportunity and

Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKS)

Stanislaus County Work Opportunity

and Responsibility to Kids

(StanWORKS)

Welfare-to-Work (WTW)

Greater Avenues for Independence

(GAIN)10. Tribal TANF

11. Bureau of Indian Affairs General

Assistance

12. Head Start Income Eligible (Tribal2 Income-Based:

Household Size Annual Income Limits

1 or 2 members $24,000

3 members $28,200

4 members $34,000

*Add $5,800 per person for each additional person after four people.

Effective from 06/01/09 thru 05/31/12


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5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.Gilroy, CA 95020

EOPS/CARE/CalWORKs

from our neighborhood communi-

ties and organizations and of

course, our Gavilan community.

We definitely made many students

and their families very happy,

thanks to you ALL!

Our first club meeting this

spring will be on FEBRUARY 24

@ 11:00 a.m., check us out on Face-

book or email. This semester our

hope is to bring in more members

into the club and in addition to our

fundraising efforts for our EOPS

Scholarships, we also want to focus

on advocacy for EOPS with our leg-

islators and speak up for higher

education and community colleges.

Plan to attend the March on March

to Sacramento. Have a great spring

2012 semestermake this semester

significant, have your voices heardand join us to make a difference!

Club Advisors

Mari Garcia & Lucy Olivares

Phone: 408-848-4740Fax: 408-846-4934

Are you interested in making a dif-

ference, enhance your leadership

skills while meeting new friends,

participating in community ser-

vice we need YOU!

The EOPS Club is open to ALL

Gavilan students and our mission is

to provide students with support

through peer mentoring and to fos-

ter academic success by networkingamong students.

This holiday season, the EOPS

Club and the EOPS/CalWORKs

staff changed it up a bit and spon-

soredAdopt a Students Family

for the Holidays, many families

actually. There was an overwhelm-

ing support and generous donations

EOPS Club News

Non-Profit OrganizationU.S. Postage

PAIDPermit No. 195

Gilroy, CA 95020

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