For the estimated 700,000 California community college students contending with basic needs insecurity, the complications of COVID-19 reach well beyond the classroom. As Californians stockpiled supplies in the early days … Read More – A Drive to Do More: NOCE Food Pantries Adapt to Distanced Distribution

When it comes to keeping her promise to pay it forward, there’s no holding Dr. Ligia Hallstrom back. Adult education isn’t just a passion for Hallstrom. For the new Administrator … Read More – Full Circle: Adult Ed Experience Sets New NOCROP Admin’s Path in Motion

Working since the age of 14 to help support her family, Kimberly “Kim” Jones was seldom a stranger to tough times. But amid lost jobs, missed opportunities, and even a … Read More – ‘Tremendous Courage’: A High School Grad 39 Years in the Making

Pictured above from left to right: Tanya Garcia, Araceli Huerta. It’s hard for young learners to thrive if their families can’t access basic services. Whether it’s medical insurance to receive … Read More – Access for Anaheim: Coordinators Taking Streamlined Services to School

Quarantining with kids doesn’t have to involve stuffed animals being thrown or shrieking (or streaking!) children while you’re trying to have a Zoom meeting…or even preoccupied teenagers who put down … Read More – Chaos into Calm: New NOCE Parenting Class Offers COVID-19 Survival Tools