About
Mission & Goals
- The mission of Fullerton College CARE program is to support our students in achieving their academic and personal goals.
- Stimulate and support student interests in their intellectual, educational and vocational achievement.
- Recruit and retain CARE students.
- Provide personal and accessible services.
- Facilitate the transfer and career placement of students.
- Supplement the traditional education and student support programs of the college.
- Positively affect student self-concept and self-esteem.
History
The Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOP&S) was legislatively mandated in 1969 with the passage of SB 164 (Alquist). This “social reform” legislation encouraged the California Community Colleges to develop programs and services designed to meet the educational needs of [all] students handicapped by “language, social and economic disadvantages,” these programs and services to be “over, above, and in addition to those regularly offered at the college,” and which “encourage student growth, development, and successful participation” in collegiate life.
The Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE) Program (a multi-agency program sponsored by the State of California Department of Social Services, the State Employment Development Department and the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges), was established in 1982 as a supplemental component of EOP&S to provide educational support services and activities for the academically under-prepared, welfare-dependent, single head-of-household population.
Contact
Program Interim Director
Deniz Fierro, Ed.D.
EOPS | CARE |CalWORKs | FYSI
DFierro@fullcoll.edu
(714) 992-7090
Program Contact Info
CARE@fullcoll.edu
Phone: (714) 992-7745 Text: (714) 515-7036
Program Coordinator
Ingrid Serna
CARE Program Coordinator
ISerna@fullcoll.edu
(714) 732-5376
Location
First Floor, 2000 bldg. Room 2001
Program Counselor
Dr. Arnette Edwards
EOPS/CARE Counselor
AEdwards@fullcoll.edu
(714) 992-7253
