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Overview
The goal of the Student Success and Support Program is to increase student access and success by providing core SSSP services, including (1) orientation, (2) assessment and placement, and (3) counseling, advising, and other education planning services with the goal of providing students the support services necessary to assist them in achieving their educational goal and declared course of study.
Beginning this year, our matriculation funding is based on a new formula that includes each service provided to students (assessment, orientation, abbreviated ed plan, comprehensive ed plan, follow up services, especially to students identified as at risk (students enrolled in basic skills courses, students who have not identified an education goal and course of study, or students on academic or progress probation.
Changes for students include:
Enrollment priority o New students must complete Orientation, Assessment, and SEP to receive enrollment priority o Continuing students must be in good academic standing who have not exceeded 100 units
Students who don’t meet the above provisions will lose enrollment priority and may not be able to get into the classes they need.
BOG Fee Waiver (Effective Fall 2016) o Currently BOG Fee Waiver has no academic provisions. o Beginning Fall 2015 students who are on probation for not maintaining a 2.0 GPA for 2 consecutive terms or not successfully completed half the units attempted will lose BOG eligibility (foster youth exempt).
Low-income students who lose good academic standing will find themselves with additional financial hardship to continue with school
SSSP funding must be expensed only on core services that are reasonable, justifiable, and included on the
SSSP Plan. SSSP core services are:
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Orientation
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Assessment
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Abbreviated SEP
 Counseling & Advising
 Comprehensive SEP
 Follow-up for at risk students defined in ( §55525): enrolled in basic skills; no identified ed goal or course of study; on academic/ progress probation. o Colleges may use program funds to pay for communication or early alert systems designed to notify students of their academic standing or intervention services that may include related workshops targeting students on probation or facing dismissal and referral to other support services.
Core services do not include student health/ mental health; tutoring; FTES generating courses.
COA SSSP Allocation 2014-15 $780,881
Note: SSSP funding is not new funding, it has replaced Matriculation funding. Future funding is contingent on
FTES and documented delivery of core services
COA Planned Major Expenses
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Outreach & Retention Specialist (likely split-funding) for SSSP outreach & pre-enrollment activities
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Counseling Staff Assistant who will help monitor accurate data for SSSP reporting

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 District evaluator (shared cost across district
 Assessment (staff, assessment tools, and related materials)
 Counseling for SEP-related activities (adj & extra service)
 Orientation related-costs , potentially including multilingual online orientation
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Follow up services for at risk students (potentially online)
Allowable Expenditures*
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SSSP Director/ Coordinator and Staff
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Office supplies & postage
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Publications & Outreach, materials related to SSSP
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In-state travel & training
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Computer hardware, software, and equipment
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Food & beverages
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Counseling, Advising, and Other SEP Services
 Follow Up Services
 Orientation services
 Assessment for placement services
 Research, Admissions and Transfer functions directly related to fundable SSSP Services
*All expenditures must be related to core services. Example 1. Outreach/ materials related to raising student’s awareness about SSSP (allowable) versus outreach materials/ services related to an instructional program or special program (unallowable) Example 2. Travel to a conference related to SSSP Core Service activities (allowable) versus travel to a conference related to Veteran students (unallowable).
Unallowable Expenditures
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Construction
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Gifts
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Stipends for students
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Office furniture
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Other staff salaries & benefits
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Political/ professional dues/ Memberships, contributions
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Rental of off-campus space
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Legal and audit expenses
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Indirect costs
 Unrelated travel costs
 Vehicles
 Clothing
 Courses
 A&R functions unrelated to core services
 Research functions unrelated to core services.
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FTES generating courses