Current CO/FoundationCCC Efforts for Systemic Support
The following is a list of efforts led by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office in collaboration with the FoundationCCC. We encourage you to explore this section by clicking all the links provided.
- Chancellor’s Office Undocumented Student Website
- Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff
- Purpose: Information hub for undocumented student efforts.
- Find A College Tool
- Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff, Community
- Purpose: The interactive Chancellor’s Office map provides an opportunity to highlight the UndocuLiaison for each campus (check box to “Show Undocumented Student Resources in search results”).
- Immigration Legal Services (ILS)
- Target Audience: Students (including Dual Enrrolled, Adult Education and Noncredit Students), Staff, Faculty and affiliated with the CCC.
- Purpose: The ILS focuses on providing FREE immigration legal services, including education and outreach services for the California Community Colleges campuses statewide.
- For any questions about ILS, please contact Alonso Garcia at algarcia@foundationccc.org
- UndocuLiaison Network
- Target Audience: Primary UndocuLiaison, Financial Aid UndocuLiaison, Administrator responsible for AB 1645 implementation (Closed listserv)
- Purpose: Provide system-wide guidance, tools, and resources for colleges to adopt innovative student-focused solutions that comply with federal and state mandates, including Assembly Bill 1645
- Use the Find a College Tool to identify the UndocuLiaison for each California Community College. For any updates to the UndocuLiaison Network Listserv, please contact Marisela Hernandez mhernandez@foundationccc.org.
- UndocuLiaison Regional Calls
- Target Audience: UndocuLiaison Network Members
- Purpose: To conduct regional UndocuLiaison Network calls in Fall, Spring, and Summer to identify challenges experienced by UndocuLiaisons; elevate promising campus-level practices underway at some colleges; and, identify training and guidance needed to support the UndocuLiaison network.
- If you have any questions about regional calls, contact Marisela Hernandez at mhernandez@foundationccc.org
- Undocumented Student Action Week
- Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff
- Purpose: Undocumented Student Action Week, held the third week of October, is a system-wide campaign to advocate and provide support resources for our undocumented student population. During the week, California’s community colleges are encouraged to engage in advocacy and support efforts in solidarity with undocumented students throughout the state.
- Supporting Undocumented Student Learning Module
- Target Audience: CCC Faculty, Staff, Administrators
- Purpose: The 45-minute module provides a basic common understanding of undocumented students in our system. The module highlights strategies and promising practices to support undocumented students. We encourage practitioners to complete the learning module before an UndocuAlly Training to create a basic understanding of terminology commonly used when supporting undocumented students.
- Access the module at visionresourcecenter.cccco.edu
- Undocumented Student Support Learning Community in the Vision Resource Center
- Target Audience: CCC Faculty, Staff, and Administrators
- Purpose: Build a CCC Community to collaborate and share best practices, ideas and resources. Official Chancellor’s Office guidance and webinars will also be housed in the Vision Resource Center.
- Accessing the Undocumented Student Support Community
- Log in to the Vision Resource Center.
- Under “Connect” in the main navigation, select “All Communities”.
- In the “All Communities” page, look for the title “CCC | Undocumented Student Support”. Select the title, and on the next screen select the blue “Join Community” button to be taken to the main community page.
- Undocumented Student Support Newsletter
- Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff, Community
- Purpose: Monthly newsletter
- Click here to sign up for the USS newsletter
- Promising Practices – CCC Undocumented Student Support Services Google Drive
- Target Audience: UndocuLiaison Network
- Purpose: Highlight promising practices in different areas led by CCCs.