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We’re HERE NOW AND HERE after Special Delivery! Any CB coach will tell you
the first step to a successful study session is a
dedicated workspace.

COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting poor communities and communities of Nick, freshman at Carnegie Mellon University
color across the country and the St. Louis region. Institutional racism and historic agrees! Now the work for that International
disinvestment have put our students and their families at increased risk. While the crisis Relations degree continues.
has changed the lives of all of us in the College Bound community, our students are
shouldering an especially heavy burden.

The CB connection is lifelong and our relationships with students run deep. As college
campuses closed, our team moved swiftly to focus on our students’ needs.

CB is NOW:

• Helping families access BASIC NEEDS through partner organizations (food
insecurity, housing insecurity, and mini-grants). We provide transportation, gift cards Risa helps
for food, technology, and furniture to facilitate study and rest. Shadonna,
the POSSIBILITIES
#CB a high school
• Responding to a 100% increase in MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES referrals, including junior, with
individual therapy and case management. We’ve bolstered services to include ACT math
virtual visits via telemedicine, expanded hours to accommodate shifting schedules, prep via Zoom.
cultivated critical social connections, and connected students to additional service
providers in the community.

• Focusing on ACADEMIC PREPAREDNESS in the midst of varying distance learning
tools and expectations. We’re removing learning barriers and addressing digital
inequities through access to technology and navigation assistance, providing
remote ACT content and online tutoring and exploring alternative routes to obtain
early college credits.
CB student and Howard University collegian,
• Supporting the Class of 2020 via our GRADUATE POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS). Morgan, shows off her new bed and bedding
We’re lighting the path to college for students despite additional economic barriers, from College Bound!
finalizing college plans in the face of uncertainty, resolving financial impediments to
graduation for all CB collegians. Making sure our students can continue their
studies comfortably at home is one of the
• Providing CAREER READINESS services to graduating collegians facing the many needs our Collegian Team has been
toughest job market in decades. We’re educating students about refunds and loan addressing to ensure our students stay on the
relief available through the CARES Act, finding and matching job opportunities to path to graduation.
students navigating shifting sands as secure job offers are lost and establishing loan
repayment plans.