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ALISHA SERRANO: The
CalWORKS program

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for parents at Chaffey College
is a specialized program

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that serves parents
who are receiving

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cash aid from the
county in being

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successful in their education.


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MICHELLE NEWSOME: What we do is
we offer counseling services.

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We help with
paperwork to make sure

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that students are staying in
compliance with the county.

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They have a certain
number of hours per week

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that they have to
participate in activity.

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And we help them
ensure that they

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are meeting the
requirements of those hours

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with their education.

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ALISHA SERRANO: We
provide a variety

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of services in
the community that

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are designed to
help parents who are

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trying to succeed in school.

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SPEAKER 1: Going to
school and having

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a family is very difficult.
It takes a lot of support,

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a lot of people working
together collaboratively

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to help one student to succeed.

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But with the CalWORKS
program, knowing

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that your books are paid
for, you get gas vouchers,

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you get school supplies, as well
as counseling and direction,

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it really helps a person
to avoid all the pitfalls.

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ALISHA SERRANO:
We have staff who

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are familiar with the county's
and the college's requirements

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and can help our
students successfully

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navigate the college and
the county requirements,

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so that they can succeed
and complete their program

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at Chaffey College.

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SPEAKER 2: I really
like the fact

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that they help you so
much with preparing

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your documents that you have to
submit monthly to the CalWORKS

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Department.

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It just lifts off
that weight from you

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out of filling all
those documents

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and getting everything ready.

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VICKIE PAPPAS: Our program
offers a priority registration

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for our college students,
which means that they're

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able to register earlier
than a lot of students,

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so they're able to get into
the classes that they need

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and complete their program
in a quicker manner

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than if they didn't have
priority registration.

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SPEAKER 3: They help me
set up an educational plan.

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I'm taking every
class back-to-back

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because sometimes they offer
that class every other semester

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or every two years.

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And it's set me on a
path towards my goal.

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SPEAKER 1: I really
enjoyed meeting face

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to face with counselors who
had a wealth of knowledge,

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advising me and
giving me information

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to help me make the right
choices and good decisions

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while I was here
attending school.

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MICHELLE NEWSOME: Our door is
always open to our students.

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SABRINA SANCHEZ: We're
there, whether it's

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a question regarding
school or class

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or whether it's regarding
something personal.

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MICHELLE NEWSOME: I worked very
hard to build that relationship

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based on mutual trust and
respect with the students.

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SPEAKER 4: The counselors
went above and beyond

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besides academically helping me.

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I felt that my
counselor was my friend.

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I'm sorry, I want to cry.

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I have so much to say and
I don't know how to say it.

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Michelle, do you
remember when I was

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having problems with my mom?

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It was so difficult to
share that with anybody.

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And you're the person that
I came to share that with.

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MICHELLE NEWSOME: I'm so glad
I could be there for you.

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We share in the joys of
our student's triumphs.

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And we're there to support
them through their struggles.

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SPEAKER 5: We have so
many programs here.

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We have great success centers.

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We have tutors.

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We have SI leaders which are
Supplemental Instruction.

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SPEAKER 3: And the teachers
they got there and like amazing.

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They explain the
problem with you.

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They're patient and
they take their time.

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I mean, I went in there
not knowing the problems

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and coming out of there,
I got an A in my class.

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SPEAKER 5: And it's
also been very helpful

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that Chaffey College
helps us with day care.

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And it's comforting to know that
daycare is around the corner,

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so I could go see my
daughter anytime I want.

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VICKIE PAPPAS: Our
CalWORKS work study program

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is a program that
assists students

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with getting into an on-campus
job that will work around

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their school schedule.

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SPEAKER 2: Which for
me, that meant that I

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was able to work on campus.

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I didn't have to
leave off campus

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and the income that I made
from my job here on campus

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did not count against
my CalWORKS benefits

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because it was work study.

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VICKIE PAPPAS: So it's
an opportunity for them

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to make some additional money
to help support their family

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while they are in school.

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SPEAKER 4: I would recommend
Chaffey College specifically

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because, first, there
is three campuses,

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so that makes it really
easy location wise,

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whatever campus
is closest to you.

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SPEAKER 2: Just the CalWORKS
stuff is just amazing.

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SPEAKER 6: I'd walk
into the office

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and they knew me by name.

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I felt at home.

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SPEAKER 2: At the
end of the day,

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they really just become family.

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ALISHA SERRANO:
Ultimately, the goals

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of the CalWORKS program for
parents at Chaffey College

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is to help our students succeed.

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We want to see them
graduate from Chaffey,

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to meet their goals, and
transition from cash aid

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to self-sufficiency.

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SPEAKER 6: Two days after
I passed my state boards,

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I got offered a job.

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And I've been working
there full-time ever since.

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One of the best feelings is
when they called me in March

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and they said you're no longer
eligible for cash aid, which

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is a really good feeling
knowing that from here on out,

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I'll be OK.

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