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Great Expectations

VHCC Offers a Hand Up

VHCC is proud to offer a support program for students who were formerly in foster care. The Great Expectations program offers the support and resources needed to give students who have come from difficult circumstances a hand up.

  • Individualized tutoring
  • Help applying for college admission and financial aid
  • Career exploration and coaching
  • Help applying for and keeping a job
  • Life skills training, including managing finances
  • Personalized mentoring and peer group support
  • Gas Cards

  • Current foster care youth
  • Individuals formerly in foster care in independent living
  • Individuals who left foster care to return home, to kin, or to adoption

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Amanda Bishop

Great Expectations Coach
Email: abishop@vhcc.edu
Phone: 276-739-2434

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