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April 30, 2025
Dear partners and friends,
We are writing to you to share unexpected news regarding our AmeriCorps College and Career Guides program.
We learned this past weekend from ServeOhio – the state entity that administers AmeriCorps Ohio initiatives – that our College and Career Guides grant has been terminated. College Now Greater Cleveland has administered the statewide grant for more than 15 years. Our grant was terminated alongside more than 1,000 other grants across the nation.
Our current group of 33 outstanding AmeriCorps members primarily guided middle and high school students through college and career exploration at four host sites throughout Ohio, including College Now Greater Cleveland; I Know I Can (Columbus); Ninde Scholars of Oberlin College; and Stark Education Partnership (Stark County).
During the 2023-24 school year alone, our AmeriCorps members served nearly 13,400 unique middle and high school students, along with nearly 1,100 current college students and adult learners, placing individuals on the path to college attainment and completion. The work that Ohio AmeriCorps College and Career Guides performed in schools had been an important component to helping many students enroll in college and complete a degree program – a necessity for careers and a catalyst for lifting individuals and communities out of poverty.
As the administrator of the Ohio College and Career Guides program, College Now is actively working to address the needs of our AmeriCorps members, host sites and students during this fluid and evolving situation.
Thank you in advance for partnering with us to help more individuals receive the education they need to have meaningful careers – contributing to the economic vitality of communities throughout Ohio. Please consider contacting Members of Congress and Voices for National Service to ask for their continued support for AmeriCorps.
Sincerely,
Dr. Michele Scott Taylor
CEO
College Now Greater Cleveland
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