services/recruitment, childcare and health referrals, extracurricular activities, student government,
and fundraising for scholarships. It should be noted, too, that the Supportive Services
Department provides its services in five major languages: English, Spanish, Amharic,
Vietnamese, and French. Through these services, the Department provides development
opportunities to the student body and serves as a bridge to student success within the larger DC
community. TABLE 1 provides information about services offered during the 2006-2007
academic year, with a “unit of service” being defined as a 15-minute block of time in which a
staff member provides a service to a student. In total, 28,611 units of services were provided.
TABLE 1
Supportive Services Department
Services Provided
Unit of Services
ONE-ON-ONE COUNSE LING
Job Counseling
Counseling
College Board Counselor Assistance
Financial Aid Assistance
Higher Education Counseling
Immigration Assistance
Career Counseling
Scholarship Assistance
Total
GENERAL SERVICES
HIV Information Table “No. of students served”
Vision and Hearing Screening “No. of students served”
Day Care Referrals
Health Referral
Job Interviews
Job Placement
Job Referral
Other
Student Government Meetings
Student Government Training
Tax Preparation
Vocational & College Presentations /College Fair
Workshops
Total
1,048
276
20
127
408
451
555
912
2,968
4
56
1,508
16,360
24,693
Grand Total
28,611
1,302
1,371
300
38
65
764
17
61
3,918
Supportive Services Highlights
Upward Mobility Program: The Supportive Services Department’s Upward Mobility Program
provides students with information about college and vocational training programs. Counselors
offer one-on-one counseling that includes discussions about higher education opportunities in
public and private colleges as well as in universities, vocational training programs, evaluation
referrals, the application and admission process, and financial aid. Also, a representative from the
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