Cosumnes River College Awarded Title V Grant

Cosumnes River College (CRC) has been awarded a Title V Hispanic Serving Institution grant from the Department of Education.

This grant, for $2.1 million over five years, is a highly competitive federal grant that will allow CRC to develop the Multicultural Innovative Community for Academic and Student Achievement (MI CASA) Project. MI CASA provides Hispanic and low-income students opportunities to enroll smoothly in college, stay in college, and graduate and/or transfer on time.

The Project ensures on-going success through four interrelated goals:

1. Creating an infrastructure to increase retention, degree/certificate completion and transfer.
2. Providing specific incentives and support to help students enroll, stay enrolled, and complete college on time.
3. Designing an infrastructure and physical space to facilitate faculty and staff professional development in culturally responsive curriculum, teaching, and student services, and to build community with students (the MI CASA Center).
4. Building the infrastructure to assure students develop the specific knowledge and skills needed for a strong economic future, and the knowledge and skills that will lead to success in further education and on the job.

“There are so many people to thank for putting this grant together,” said Alex Casareno, Dean of English & Language Studies at CRC. “We have been trying to get this particular grant for about three years now and I am thrilled that we can now put these funds to use to help our Hispanic and Latinx students meet their college goals.”

For more information on the Title V grant, please call (916) 691-7740 or call Alex Casareno at alexander.casareno@crc.losrios.edu.