About CACG

Grant Activities/Services

  • Update, enhance, and expand access to GAcollege411, the State’s free web-based portal to help students plan for, apply, and pay for college.
  • As a companion to GAcollege411, develop and disseminate modules and outreach materials to promote understanding among families and students underrepresented in postsecondary of the benefits and opportunities of postsecondary education.
  • Implement a comprehensive professional development system and collaboration opportunities for school counselors, financial aid administrators, and college admissions counselors, including training on use of GAcollege411 financial aid services.
  • Establish a special fund—the Early College Grant Program—to fund all postsecondary education costs for Early College students which are not covered through Georgia’s ACCEL (dual enrollment) program.
  • Implement Apply to College Week at high schools serving large percentages of underrepresented students.
  • Modify / expand postsecondary degree programs which are matched with workforce needs and strategic industries;
  • Conduct outreach activities and enhance programs for adults returning to college (“stopped out” students with some college credits who have not attained a degree).

CACG Goals and Initiatives

  1. To increase the number of underrepresented students who graduate from Georgia high schools academically ready, informed about, supported for, and motivated for postsecondary education;
  2. To increase the number of underrepresented students graduating from Georgia high schools who successfully transition into, persist in, and complete postsecondary education;
  3. To increase the college degree attainment of low-income adults who have some college credit but have not been enrolled in the past year and have not attained a degree.