Community College of Philadelphia
Quick Facts
Address: 1700 Spring Garden St. Philadelphia, PA 19130
School Type: Large 2 Year Community College
Student Body: 16,569 Undergraduate Students
On-Campus Housing: No
Application Deadline: August 1st (Fall) & December 1st (Spring)
✓ Identifies & Tracks Foster Youth
✓ Specific Programming for Foster Youth
✓ Beneficial Programming for Foster Youth
✓ Year-Round Housing Available (Limited)
Campus Programming
Fostering Caring Connections Program
Fostering Caring Connections is a program that connects students with experience in the foster care system with needed resources, including:
- Campus Food Pantry
- Emergency Funds
- Scholarship
- Shelter and Housing resources
- On-campus support services on campus (i.e., advising, counseling, tutoring and more)
For more information about the Fostering Caring Connections program, contact the program’s Single Point of Contact, Michelle Lopez, at milopez@ccp.edu or (215) 751-8373.
Student Support Services
Academic Advising
Counseling
Learning Labs/SACC
Library
TRIO Student Support Services
Career Services
Center on Disability
Center for Male Engagement
English Language Learners Student Services
International Student Services
KEYS
Single Stop
Veterans Resource Center
Women’s Outreach and Advocacy Center
Single Stop
Single Stop is a free service to connect students to state and federal financial resources and local community services. Single Stop offers government benefit eligibility screening and assistance to apply for these benefits, legal services, financial education, tax preparation services and healthcare enrollment assistance.
Supplemental Information
- Community College of Philadelphia has three locations in addition to the Main Campus, including the Northeast Regional Center, the Northwest Regional Center, and the West Regional Center.
- Community College of Philadelphia was among the first schools in Pennsylvania to develop a campus-based support program for students with experience in foster care.
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