{"id":1795,"date":"2022-08-19T16:20:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:20:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:20:39","slug":"trio-helped-homeless-student-succeed-she-helped-shake-up-the-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/trio-helped-homeless-student-succeed-she-helped-shake-up-the-system\/","title":{"rendered":"TRIO Helped Homeless Student Succeed; She Helped Shake Up the System"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"page-banner-article alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container page-banner-article__inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-article__content wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs kicker\"><\/div><!-- .breadcrumbs -->\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-banner-article__title\">TRIO Helped Homeless Student Succeed; She Helped Shake Up the System<\/h1>\t\t\t<p class=\" page-banner-article__meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\tAugust 19, 2022\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\t<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons coe-block absolute left\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-TRIO-Helped-Homeless-Student-Succeed-She-Helped-Shake-Up-the-System.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-TRIO-Helped-Homeless-Student-Succeed-She-Helped-Shake-Up-the-System.jpg 512w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-TRIO-Helped-Homeless-Student-Succeed-She-Helped-Shake-Up-the-System-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-TRIO-Helped-Homeless-Student-Succeed-She-Helped-Shake-Up-the-System-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Even though there weren&#8217;t many other peers in her situation in the group, McCormick said she could relax in the TRIO SSS area and &#8220;didn&#8217;t feel like I had to put on my middle-class face.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After her first year of college, Jessica McCormick got the dreaded letter from the dean: pull your grades up, or we will dismiss you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter was especially devastating for McCormick, who had spent the last two years of high school in a youth shelter. Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the roof over her head and her fair shot at earning a degree toward a meaningful career. To make it work, the ambitious, hard-working student saw no other approach but to take on 18 credits, four jobs, and a substantial amount of student loans. So, when that approach failed, &#8220;the letter scared the pants off me,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dean&#8217;s letter stipulated that McCormick take no more than 12 credits, explore financial aid, limit herself to working one job, and increase involvement with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquinas.edu\/trio-student-support-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRIO Student Support Services<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormick was already familiar with SSS. On her first day of college, the program provided her instant relief from a rude culture shock. Although\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grwestcatholic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>West Catholic High School<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arborcircle.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Arbor Circle Runaway Homeless Youth<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0program helped her with college preparation, including admission applications and the FAFSA form, nothing prepared her for the alienation she felt when she touched down in a dorm of kids who seemed to want for nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormick showed up with only a tiny bag of clothes amid a frenzy of middle-class students unpacking their computers, bedding, toiletries, books, televisions, and other appliances. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t have any of that. I was this girl coming in off the street, and everyone else was like, &#8216;I have to call my mom,'&#8221; she recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TRIO&#8217;s office space below the college cafeteria was a respite. Other low-income, first-generation students homed in there, availing themselves of the programs&#8217; computers, printers, and other resources like help with books and scholarship opportunities. Even though there weren&#8217;t many other peers in her situation in the group, McCormick said she could relax in the TRIO Student Support Services area and &#8220;didn&#8217;t feel like I had to put on my middle-class face.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block-62962bb1808d9\" class=\"cta-pullout-wrapper cta-pullout alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-pullout-inner wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-text\">Join the online National TRIO Alumni Association community to network with TRIO alumni from around the world.<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/trio-alumni.hivebrite.com\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"acf-link button cta-pullout-button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JOIN THE NETWORK<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p>Following the dean&#8217;s letter carefully, she upped her Student Support Services involvement and arranged to meet weekly with Student Support Services specialist Latonia Plunkett to review progress and discuss challenges. Sometimes Plunkett set her up with a tutor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormick&#8217;s GPA skyrocketed to 3.7 in her sophomore year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homelessness, however, remained a life-threatening challenge during school breaks. Aquinas provided housing rentals during summer and allowed international and in-season athletes to rent on-campus apartments during vacations. But there was nothing during the winter months for students who had aged out of foster care or were homeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormick spent part of the Christmas break of her junior year outside in the Michigan cold. Determined to see that no other student would ever experience that, the double major in Sociology and Community Leadership set out to change the system. &#8220;Studying is not a priority when you&#8217;re hungry, cold, or have survival issues to work on,&#8221; she told\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/blogs\/saysomething\/2013\/12\/03\/where-do-homeless-students-go-over-winter-break\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>The Chronicle of Education<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her 2013 Change.org\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/dr-juan-olivarez-provide-safe-housing-for-foster-and-homeless-students-during-break-periods-especially-during-the-cold-winter-months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>petition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0urging college administrators to help students like her find safe, warm housing during the break garnered more than 126,000 signatures. The Aquinas administration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquinas.edu\/posts\/advocacy-aq-student-brings-awareness-issues-facing-homeless-students-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>agreed<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to start a dialog with experts and other universities to develop a formal policy and solution. They offered McCormick accessible accommodations and committed to doing the same for any of their other students needing break housing. Nine other Aquinas students came forward. (Some ultimately chose to find alternatives to Aquinas&#8217; offer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormick&#8217;s work was prescient. This month, the Wisconsin HOPE Lab and the Association of Community College Trustees released&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wihopelab.com\/publications\/hungry-and-homeless-in-college-report.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>a report<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;showing that many college students lack basic needs. Of the 33,000 students that the information surveyed, half are housing insecure. According to&nbsp;<em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em>, more colleges are integrating public benefit services into their financial aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When McCormick graduated in 2015, she was named &#8220;Outstanding Graduate of the Community Leadership Department.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She decided to move to Washington, D.C., the U.S. city where she thought she could make the most significant difference. Today she works in Human Resources for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sashabruce.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc.<\/strong><\/a>, which helps meet the urgent needs of the District&#8217;s at-risk youth and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also lives in an apartment, another achievement she credits to TRIO. Student Support Services helped her earn a degree. Still, she points out emphatically that TRIO workshops in interviewing, resume writing, and personal finance helped her launch from college with a good credit score. She says qualifying her for an apartment can help protect her from homelessness, even with $65,000 in student loans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;TRIO has impacted my entire life,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"slider-articles alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__intro container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"slider-articles__title\">Related Stories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-nav__arrows\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slick-arrow prev\" aria-label=\"Previous article\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"18\" height=\"31\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 31\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  d=\"M0.787494 15.2904L15.6648 0.413086L17.7373 2.48555L4.89734 15.3255L17.7369 28.1651L15.6644 30.2375L0.787109 15.3602L0.822196 15.3251L0.787494 15.2904Z\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  fill=\"white\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slick-arrow next\" aria-label=\"Next article\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"18\" height=\"31\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 31\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  d=\"M17.2848 15.2904L2.40744 0.413086L0.33498 2.48555L13.1749 15.3255L0.335363 28.1651L2.40783 30.2376L17.2852 15.3602L17.2501 15.3251L17.2848 15.2904Z\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  fill=\"white\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<ul class=\"slider-articles__slides list-unstyled init\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-As-Actress-Viola-Davis-Star-Soars-Others-Recall-Upward-Bound-Beginnings-500x341.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/as-actress-viola-davis-star-soars-others-recall-upward-bound-beginnings\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: As Actress Viola Davis&#8217; 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