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	NCCEP's 2012 Webinar Series: Webinar on Important Tips for Completing the FAFSA Foster youth, homeless youth and youth in the care of adults other than their parents face significant barriers on their path towards a college education. Does your GEAR UP program struggle with how you can serve these students better? Join NCCEP as we host a webinar with the leading experts on providing financial aid assistance for unaccompanied homeless youth and students from foster care who will focus on how to help these youth complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Event: Webinar: “Financial Aid Assistance for Youth from Foster Care and Unaccompanied Homeless Youth” Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 Eastern Standard Time Cost: $99.00 Everyone who participates in the webinar will receive a free copy of Fried’s guidebook published in September 2011. To register for the webinar, please click here
	2012 NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference RFP Available for download: The 2012 NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available for download. To download the RFP, please click here.
	Make Plans to Join Us in New York for the 2012 NCCEP/GEAR UP Capacity-Building Workshop The 2012 NCCEP/GEAR UP Capacity-Building Workshop provides professional development and strategic planning activities for new and experienced GEAR UP professionals to effectively meet their project goals and objectives. Most importantly, the Capacity Building Workshop is a uniquecopportunity to have your GEAR UP team learn and explore new concepts together, developing common strategies to positively impact the valuable college access work at your program sites. Click here to register today. For more information, please click here.
	National GEAR UP Week a Success! Thank you to all the GEAR UP sites that helped to make National GEAR UP Week a success and in celebrating the edcuational achievements reached through GEAR UP. GEAR UP grantees held events highlighting the positive impact that GEAR UP has had on our students, our families, our schools, our communities, and on our nation. At NCCEP, we are collaborating closely with Congressman Fattah’s office and key personnel from the U.S. Department of Education in preparation for National GEAR UP Week. We encourage you to share with us your plan to celebrate your educational achievements during National GEAR UP Week. Please send details to GEARUP@edpartnerships.org.
	NCCEP Founder Steps Down The National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) announces the resignation of its founder, Héctor Garza, Ed.D, MPH. Dr. Garza is stepping down from his position as the organization’s International President to dedicate his attention to leading the Consejo Nacional de Alianzas Educativas in Mexico. “Dr. Garza has shown tremendous leadership and drive as the organization’s founder and visionary. The NCCEP Board and staff extend our best wishes to him as he devotes himself fully to his groundbreaking academic achievement work in Mexico,” said Dr. Laura I. Rendón, Chair of the NCCEP Board of Directors. In January 2011, NCCEP hired Nathan Monell, CAE, as Executive Director to oversee NCCEP’s U.S. programs. For more information, please click here.
	U.S. Department of Education Releases 2011 GEAR UP Grant Awards Slate The U.S. Department of Education released the FY2011 slate of states and partnerships that will receive funding from the federal GEAR UP program.
	Highlights from the 2011 NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference July 17-20, 2011 - San Francisco, CA
	U.S. Department of Education, FDIC & NCUA’s partnership plans to work with the GEAR UP program, Promised Neighborhoods, and other federal efforts to provide more students and families a chance to build a strong financial future with the goal of helping our students go to and succeed in college. See Video Here Download PowerPoint Presentation Here
	Hispanic Scholarship Fund Launches "Your Words Today" Campaign Featuring Novelas from NCCEP's Exito Escolar HSF and the Ad Council have launched a national campaign focusing on Latino parents and families. The underlying message of Your Words Today/Tus Palabras de Hoy is a call to action for Latino parents to talk to their children about college today, stressing the importance of going to college and completing their degree. Interested parents can receive a free DVD containing information about college and three of NCCEP's Spanish language novelas, as featured in the Exito Escolar program. The HSF DVD can be supplemented with more in-depth material by purchasing the full Exito Escolar curriculum from NCCEP.
	NCCEP's Éxito Escolar Toolkit for Academic Success in the Latino Community NCCEP's Éxito Escolar is an exciting multimedia college access curriculum designed to inform Latino students and families about ways to prepare for, apply to, and pay for postsecondary education. The bilingual curriculum is focused around a series of Spanish-language films. The final version, including four Spanish-language novelas with English subtitles, a full curriculum and student handbook, information sheets, and more is now available. To learn more and for ordering information, click here.
	NCCEP's 16 Summers Toolkit for Academic Success NCCEP is proud to introduce 16 Summers, a multimedia program designed to inform students and families about ways to prepare for, apply to, and pay for postsecondary education. The extensive curriculum centers around the film 16 Summers, featuring actor and musician Nick Cannon. The 16 Summers film and training materials were created for teachers, counselors, administrators, youth program coordinators, parent/family involvement coordinators, or anyone who works with students and families. To learn more and for ordering information, click here.
	Financial Education: Money Skills for Real Life In partnership with NCCEP, the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) has developed an exciting new resource to educate high school students in the GEAR UP program on financial literacy. Available through NCCEP, this interactive website and teacher's manual provides information on how high school students can gain early control of their finances, make smart financial choices, and reflect upon the financial benefits of a college education. Click here to learn more.