Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Students graduating with a college degree has been stagnated at 39% for the last ten years. Students of color and low income students graduate at a much lower rate. But 61% of jobs today require a college education. CollegeCommunityCareer is set to change the number of college graduates among our students of color and low socio economic sector. Education is the key for these students to raise themselves out of poverty.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
College Student Program
CollegeCommunityCareer follows our students from 10th grade until they receive a bachelor's degree. This program is for our college students. The name suggests to our students that they are on track to be a college graduate and a young professional pursing their careers. We meet once a semester with students when they are home for the winter and summer breaks. During the school year, we connect with these students via social media, email, phone calls and text messages. We help students with their financial aid, coach them when they are having difficulties in their course work or room mate problems or simply being homesick. Our Young Professionals also mentor high school students in our program.
Summer Program
CollegeCommunityCareer continues to engage students during the summer. We take field trips each week during the summer to visit colleges, visit places of business to see career options as well as perform community service. We also take trips to cultural events to expose students to cultural events in the Houston area to show them different organizations they might support upon college graduation. In addition to field trips, we host an ACT/SAT boot camp and a College Application Boot camp for students.
High School After School Program
After school program for 10th - 12th grade students focused on College Success, Leadership Development, Career Discovery and Civic Engagement. The program works with low income, first generation students in area high schools helping them become the best college applicant possible. We also work with parents to help them understand the process and help get their financial house in order to help support their student when filing for financial aid.
Where we work
Awards
Good Neighbor 2020
Spring Branch ISD
T-2-4- Volunteer of the Month 2014
Spring Branch ISD
Affiliations & memberships
Harris County Department of Ed - CASE 2019
Katz Award 2019
Texans Quarterback Award 2020
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of students enrolled
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents
Related Program
High School After School Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Student numbers reflect the number of students in high school as well as college.
Number of students who receive scholarship funds and/or tuition assistance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Young adults
Related Program
College Student Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
College bound students and students enrolled in college that file financial aid and receive grants and scholarships as a result.
Number of high school seniors who graduate from high school on time
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents
Related Program
High School After School Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
100% of students in our program graduate from high school
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to get more low income, first generation students of color to graduate with a bachelors degree and be employed.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our strategies: Beginning working with students as 10th graders when they are taking course work that will be similar in college and set a goal for themselves to get a bachelor's degree. We help students be the best college applicant possible. Determining what to major in when attending college is overwhelming, so we expose students to a huge variety of career options so they are ready to enter college with a career in mind. We also work with students on being civically engaged to be able to give back to their community.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
CollegeCommunityCareer has the best, dedicated staff that come from similar backgrounds to teach, embolden, empower, equip and motivate students to achieve their goal of a college education.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
100% of our students have graduated from high school. 91% have gone onto college and 4% have gone into the military. Our retention rate is 73%. Our next steps are to increase our retention rates. Currently we host our programs on high school campuses and make periodic visits to our college campuses. We want to have a presence on college campuses to increase our persistence rates in the future.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
SMS text surveys, Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.),
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
In a survey of students who were going off to college, they felt they did not know how to advocate for themselves once they reached the college campus. We incorporated self advocacy lessons in our high school program as well as created weekly Instagram stories for our college students to watch to help them figure out ways to self advocate.
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board,
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback,
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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CollegeCommunityCareer
Board of directorsas of 12/25/2021
Mrs. Kathleen Fenelong
Retired
Term: 2021 - 2023
Steven Bradshaw
Global Logistics Solutions
Cheryl Suter
Accountant
Raymorris Barnes
Spring Branch ISD
RaChell Hunt
City of Houston
Jacqueline Hawkins
UH Professor
Mike Day
KellerWilliams
Kathleen Fenelon
Attorney
Jennifer Small
Healthcare Admin
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.