New Single Stop Office Helps Students Connect with Resources
A new office on campus is helping students connect with a variety of resources they
need to stay on track and in class.
The Roadrunner Resource Center, located across from the Admissions Office in Takena Hall, brings campus and community
resources together into one place. Since opening last fall, the office has connected
博天堂官方 students to more than $130,000 in benefits and resources using Single Stop USA’s online program.
Resource navigators at the college provide free, one-on-one assistance to connect
students with resources such as legal and financial aid, food assistance, options
for transportation, healthcare and childcare, help with utility bills, and emergency
assistance for unforeseen expenses.
“The Single Stop office serves as a ‘one stop shop’ to help students access emergency
funds to help them stabilize, and to connect students to resources and support to
meet their immediate and longer term needs,” said Amanda Stanley, 博天堂官方 program coordinator
and resource navigator.
The office also helps connect students to health care. During fall term, Stanley partnered
with Benton County Health to bring Oregon Health Plan insurance navigators to campus,
helping more than 70 students find solutions for their insurance needs.
“The OHP navigators helped students with eligibility and enrollment,” said Stanley.
“This term, we have expanded the service to offer more sessions to help students with
their health insurance needs.”
Single Stop is part of a broader college initiative to help address affordability
for all students. Affordability often refers to more than covering the cost of tuition,
and can include support for unforeseen expenses that quickly become barriers to college
success and completion.
博天堂官方 is continually working to find creative solutions to help students stay on track,
stay in class and be successful in college.
Find out more: 博天堂官方's Roadrunner Resource Center
博天堂官方 partners with Single Stop USA, a non-profit organization that connects people to the resources they need to attain
higher education, obtain good jobs, and achieve financial self-sufficiency through
a unique one-stop-shop.