GRATITUDE INITIATIVE

GI wants to honor a parent's service to our great nation by providing our program free of charge to their children. Too many service members return from service with injuries both seen and unseen that need immediate, and sometimes permanent, attention. Our program takes the stress out of planning for college so that they have time to address other pressing concerns.

As for their children, this program was designed to significantly increase college access and degree attainment for a population known to struggle academically in the face of frequent moves and deployment stressors. Our goal for each student in the program is that they are college ready by the time they start applying for college admission, accepted by colleges that fit the student on multiple levels to help ensure degree attainment and do not get burdened by excessive college debt. We also encourage our students to complete our career planning steps so that they can graduate on time and get started on a successful career path.

GI’s full-service​ career and college preparatory program, the GI College Success Academy provides the most comprehensive career and college counseling available today, free of charge the military and veteran families we serve. Children may enroll in the program beginning as early as the 8th grade receiving support through college graduation. The program provides a customized action plan for each student that takes the student and parents through career counseling, college selection counseling, college admissions counseling, and financial aid counseling. The program also includes unlimited test prep for the PSAT, SAT, and ACT. The program is delivered online to support a military family anywhere in the world and is backed up by a team of degreed counselors who work with the student and parents one on one via email, phone, and chat.

The program was created by a team of experts with over 190 combined years of experience in college and career counseling, education technology development, distance learning, licensed professional counseling, and curriculum development. The advisors who work with the students and parents are fully trained and degreed experts.

Gratitude Initiative is serving families in over twenty-two states and as far away as Europe, Japan, and Korea. Students successfully completely the GI College Success Academy have achieved incredible results including 100% being accepted into their number one choice college and receiving an average financial aid award from their schools of over $22,000 dollars per year.