1. Loyal Allen Jr. Mariela Barriga
Striking a Balance: serving diverse students meeting workforce demands incorporating financial education

2. Striking a Balance: Serving Diverse Students
Type of Enrollment
17,134
35%
of enrollments in transfer courses
27%
of enrollments in professional/technical courses
26%
of enrollments in basic skills 8%
of enrollments in pre-college level courses 4%
of enrollments in community courses
HSC Staff mirrors HC student body; talk about our team

3. Working Students Success Network Strategy
The WSSN strategy was developed to help low-income people reach financial stability and move up the economic ladder by promoting an innovative framework that strategically integrates and bundles three distinct but related services.
1. Education and employment advancement: education support and navigation assistance including pre-college courses, professional technical options, transfer degrees, or 4 year degrees, job readiness, and job search and placement assistance
2. Income and work supports: resume building, life skills classes, and continued education in related fields which are in –demand, financial aid support, and workforce funding supports
3. Financial services and asset building: financial workshops with partner agencies, one-on-one financial coaching focused on building self-sufficiency and stabilize finances
The project has been shaped collaboratively by Academic Affairs and Student Services.
We were in a cohort of 19 colleges from across the country
Data: 74% persistence rate (HC at 75%)
CNM & DMACC
Third Pillar- hardest for implementation- 16 education workshops last school year. This year looking towards asset building avenues
SB 5100 “requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at higher education institutions”
-award Hillsborough CC in Florida

4. Highline Support Center
Workforce Education Services
Funding for Professional-Technical Certificates & AAS Degrees (5BAS)
Public Benefits Access
Transition Success Center
ESL/ABE/GED Students (~5,000)
IBEST ABE/GED
College Navigation Services
Community Partners
United Way King County
WorkSource Employment Security Dept.
Others (weekly office hours)
HSC Staff mirrors HC student body

5. Getting Started at Highline!
Workforce Funding
Workforce Education helps qualifying students acquire a marketable set of job skills so they can make a rapid return to the workforce.
Step 1: Choose your Career / Training Program
Step 2: Apply to Highline / Register for classes
Step 3: Apply for Funding
Grant Funding Orientation

6. Workforce Education Grants
Available Grants:
BFET (Basic Food Employment & Training)
Worker Retraining
Opportunity Grant
Early Achievers Grant
Professional-Technical Training Programs & for-credit Continuing Education programs
Start-up funding & Gap funding

7. Striking a Balance: Meeting Workforce Demands Industry Change Example
100% of DSHS subsidized child care providers state-wide
5,000 childcare and pre-school providers
In King County 300+ Somali & Spanish speaking
Workforce: women, hs graduates, immigrants, women of color, refugees
Intent & Impacts
Dept. of Early Learning Industry Quality & Standards
Small Business Owners
Culturally Relevant Children’s Development

8. Serving Diverse Students + meeting workforce demands
Somali: tailored schedules to the Islamic Calendar, awareness of gender roles with staff/faculty and students, inter-generational students Spanish: individual assistance with admissions process (ESL transition), utilize tax ID numbers for grant purposes, dual-intakes Arabic: tailored schedules to the Islamic Calendar, utilized partner location (YWCA Greenbridge), supporting newer arrival needs, leadership in Mosque

9. Striking a Balance: Incorporating Financial Education
The WSSN strategy was developed to help low-income people reach financial stability and move up the economic ladder by promoting an innovative framework that strategically integrates and bundles three distinct but related services.
Pillar 3:
3. Financial services and asset building: financial workshops with partner agencies, one-on-one financial coaching focused on building self-sufficiency and stabilize finances
16 education workshops last school year. This year looking towards asset building avenues
SB 5100 “requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at higher education institutions”
-award Hillsborough CC in Florida

10. Cross -Talk
As a student what were some of your financial needs? What are some of the financial needs your students have at your institution? How do you know what financial challenges are present? What are the demographics of your students? Any examples of financial education services that are culturally relevant?
16 education workshops last school year. This year looking towards asset building avenues
SB 5100 “requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at higher education institutions”
-award Hillsborough CC in Florida
UWKC emergency funds

11. Serving Diverse Students + workforce demands + financial services
Financial Coaching
On campus partnership workshop series:
Learning communities (Puente, Umoja, AANAPISI)
Women’s Programs (WorkFirst TANF)
Comm. Studies Dept.
Off campus partners
Key Bank
YWCA
El Centro de la Raza / MAF Credit Union Lending Circle
16 education workshops last school year. This year looking towards asset building avenues
SB 5100 “requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at higher education institutions”
-award Hillsborough CC in Florida
UWKC emergency funds
Outcomes
Lending circles

13. Highline Community Pantry
Through a partnership with United Way of King Countyand the Des Moines Area Food Bank we have been able to offer a selection of meat, vegetarian, and vegan options at no cost to those who visit.
Location: Building 16, Room 180
Hours: 2018 Fall Quarter
Tuesday: 2 – 5 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Thursday: 2 – 5 p.m.

14. Future Initiatives Highline Community Pantry Open 5 days a week
United Way King County
Emergency Funds
Re-Entry
Case Management
College Navigation
Housing
Partnerships

15. Contact us: Loyal Allen Jr., Director Workforce Education Services
Mariela Barriga, Student Success Manager
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