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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/10/2017 (NOTE: Click or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Denny Barney
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Melody Henderson, Maricopa County Government Relations
Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Maricopa County Community Colleges District Foundation
8. Is this a 501c non-profit Organization? No Yes If yes, attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Mary O’Connor Title: Executive VP/COO
10. Phone Number: 480-731-8403
11. Mailing Address: 2419 W. 10th Street
12. City: Tempe State: Arizona Zip Code: 85281
13. Email Address: mary.oconnor@domail.maricopa.edu Website Address: https://mcccdf.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Cultural Student Advancement Initiative
15. Purpose of Grant: To Provide Student Support Services to underserved populations in recruitment,
outreach, and retention.
16. Priority Funding Area Education
17. Annual amount requested $96, 585(Year 1) and $89,705 (Year 2)
18. Number of years that funding is 2
requested
19. Total amount requested (annual $186,290
amount x number of years)
20. Has your organization received past Yes
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year
and amount
21. Geographic area served Phoenix, Laveen, Tempe, Guadalupe
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative
in paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe the organization’s history, mission and goals.
The Maricopa County Community Colleges District Foundation (MCCF) was established in 1977 as the
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization designated by the Maricopa County Community Colleges District
(MCCCD) to receive and manage gifts on behalf of its 10 colleges. The foundation actively seeks
contributions from a variety of private sources including individuals, corporations, and foundations, and
believes that everyone has the opportunity to improve their lives through education. MCCF works to fulfill
this vision with its mission to boldly impact the community through innovative and strategic partnerships for
the growth and benefit of the Maricopa Community Colleges, its students, faculty, and staff South Mountain
Community College is one of the 10 colleges MCCF supports.
South Mountain Community College (SMCC), founded in 1978, reflects the diversity of the surrounding
community, a rich mix of rural, urban, and suburban neighborhoods. Many of our students arrive from
Phoenix, Laveen, Tempe, Guadalupe and the surrounding area to attend classes at the main campus or an
offsite facility in Guadalupe; evening courses are offered in Laveen at Legacy Traditional School.
In fiscal year 2015-16, approximately 6,000 students enrolled at SMCC; 70 percent were first-generation
college students and 48 percent had an intent to transfer to a university to further their educations. And,
with more than 75 percent of these students identifying as a minority, SMCC has been federally-designated
as a Minority Serving and Hispanic Serving Institution.
2. If the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please describe your relationship with
Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether it be through partnerships,
collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality governmental sub-
division please enter the text “Not applicable.”
Maricopa County has supported Maricopa County Community Colleges applications to GRIC for
four years. The County supports the Foundation by being the fiduciary for any 12% tribal
funding it receives.
3. Describe the proposed project and planned goals and activities.
Imagine educational success through family and culture. South Mountain Community College (SMCC) plans to
achieve this vision through the development of the Cultural Student Advancement Initiative (CSAI), a
multicultural program that involves families and local industry partners in education. The CSAI will develop new
programs, to include workforce and cultural elements, for high school students, young adults, and their
families.

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CSAI is built on a profound concept that has been extensively researched from the University of California Los
Angeles (UCLA) through their Higher Education Research Institute. UCLA has identified that students who are
of racial/ethnic minorities, low-income and/or are the first of their family to attend college are in need of more
structured support than other students. The research provides implications of institutional support such as
structured supports to include elements that address cultural attentiveness and family presence.
CSAI will offer a series of structured programs and practices that celebrates the varied cultures and enhances
the lives of underrepresented populations of students at SMCC. The program is designed to encompass a
culturally-relevant approach to nurture outreach and retention to the minority and underrepresented
populations this institution predominately serves. Ultimately, the implementation of this vision will increase the
enrollment and retention rates in postsecondary education and recruit into high-demand occupations within the
surrounding community.
Planned Goals and Activities
Program Design
Goal #1: Create cultural competencies and practices to be implemented. The purpose
is to weave in and throughout the cultural competencies needed to empower students
• Activity #1: Develop a team to create cultural competency and to define
implementation plan
Goal #2: Create STEM Competencies relevant to Employers
• Activity #1: Develop a team to create competencies needed for the identified industry
• Activity #2 Coordinate with myCareer Advisory Board, a body that consistes of
subject-matter experts in various career fields, to provide guidance and contribute to
the development of curriculum.
Recruitment and Outreach
Goal #1: Create a recruitment strategy tailored to the community. The multicultural
program will expand the knowledge of the community, parents, family members, and
students. The intention is to provide information to eliminate fear, create awareness of
student supports, and understand what is preventing enrollment into college.
• Activity #1: Identify and strategize locations of “pop-up shops.” “Pop-up Shops”
will create a welcoming environment within an identified space with the intention to
create a lasting impression to potential students.
• Activity #2: Launch “pop up shops” across the communities. Target locations to
include, local community centers, local high schools, tribal communities’ education
departments, boys and girls clubs, local community and City of Phoenix community
events like First Fridays.
• Activity #3: Offer an “Open Door” Event. This is an orchestrated event among all
the college academic departments and services. It will allow members of the
community to come onto campus and explore all areas of the college. Each
department will provide a showcase of their classes, classroom, resources, etc. The
plan is to outreach to the community with a target number of 150-200 potential
students.

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Goal #2: Establish a relationship with local employers through innovative recruitment
• Activity #1: Offer an annual S.T.E.A.M Conference. The Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M) conference will be offered in
conjunction with local industry partners and college academic programs to the
community, students, and the families. Guest speakers and presenters will
specifically be of minority descent to allow relatability. The conference will provide
exposure and exploration of the careers related to S.T.E.A.M. The plan is to inform
150-200 students of S.T.E.A.M. Programs and Careers and 10 major local
employers.
Retention
Goal #1: Address Cultural behaviors that may create barriers to educational success
• Activity #1: Offer Retention Events and Quarterly Presentations for Cultural
Awareness. The purpose of the retention events are to create a “sense of community”
for students. This will provide an added support system for students to access
resources for educational or non-educational needs. The events will be in the form of
workshops and presentations to students and their families about motivation,
empowerment, and other key success traits for education and life, storytelling
sessions/concerts, student group discussions, and/or coordinated awareness events
during identified nationally recognized months. The program will offer seven (7)
retention events per year with a goal of 50-100 students per event.
• Activity#3: Develop an approach to address issues that speak to the all-inclusive
elements of a student such as emotional, psychological, and social by providing a
counselor to students. The purpose of the counselor is to provide an equipped and
qualified individual to address the non-academic needs of a student. Non-academic
needs are defined as deficiency in basic needs (lack of food, homeless), lack of
transportation/no gas money, emotional/stress issues, life skills training (time
management). SMCC instructors and staff are not equipped or qualified to handle
such situations. Therefore, this counselor can fill the need of the students in this area.
Parent Inclusion Program
Goal #1: To create a system that develops a relationship between education and
family

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• Activity #1: Provide scholarships and dual enrollment to students and their
parents/guardians. Cultural Student Awareness Initiative, will offer students and
their parents the opportunity to earn college credits during the summers. This will
allow a successful transition into college. SMCC has a student population where a
majority of students are first-generation students: they are the first of their family to
attend college. What accompanies this status is a lack of knowledge of what it is to
be a college student and of how to balance school family and/or work. Therefore,
scholarship and dual enrollment funding will provide an opportunity for students and
their parents/guardians to take credits together, ultimately minimizing fiscal
constraints. The goal is to offer scholarships to 50-60 students per year.
• Activity #2: Offer a Parent and Child Ultimate Technology Boot Camp. The SMCC
Ultimate Technology Boot Camp will expose students to educational opportunities
and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The goals
of the boot camp are to strengthen family relations, increase exposure to trending
STEM related occupational opportunities, and enroll participants in STEM-related
workforce development courses. The Parent and Child Ultimate Technology Boot
Camp will be a first on the SMCC campus. The goal of the boot camp is to host 20 -
25 prospective adult learners along with their student during each session.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the
Gila River Indian Community.
The Cultural Student Advancement Initiative (CSAI) fulfills two priority funding areas; Education and
Economic Development. This is evident through CSAI’s vision to “align cultural values with educational
success.” CSAI will provide student success activities that will ultimately increase the enrollment and retention
of underrepresented, minority students in community college degree and certificate programs. A secondary
outcome made in the course of addressing Education priorities, is producing outcomes for Economic
Development priorities. CSAI program and activities will align programs to the in-demand industries of the
surrounding area and the goal to stream students into the workforce, where they will find living-wage
employment.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by
the project.
The two major problems the programs hopes to address is:
1. Increase a student’s ability to be successful in their education through the inclusion of their parents and family.
As a result, it will provide them with the ability to balance education and their unique cultural values.
2. Increase recruitment into the in-demand areas of the local employers. In the surrounding area, there is a need to
fill occupations in specific industries such as IT, Engineering, Arts/Humanities, etc. However, the recruitment into
those areas are very low due to students’ not being prepared for college, lack of understanding higher education.
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making about choosing career paths in in-demand industries. Students and parents will be exposed to the different
career fields associated with the activities and events.
The Cultural Student Advancement Initiative (CSAI) will target underrepresented minority populations within
South Mountain Community College’s service area. The service area includes Phoenix, Laveen, Tempe, and
Surrounding areas. The target groups include middle-school students, high school students, and their
parents/guardians. The goal is to serve 150-200 students per year by providing various activities such as
S.T.E.A.M. Conference, Open Door Event, Retention Events, Summer Boot Camps in Technology and
General Education.
SMCC serves a diverse and predominately economically disadvantaged student population and is deeply
committed to student success. It is located in an urban area of South Phoenix, Arizona, with an enrollment of
5,772 students for FY 2015. SMCC is classified both as a Hispanic Serving Institution and a Minority Serving
Institution. Within the service area, data shows a percentage of about 75% of student population being
minority and a poverty rate of 35.5%, which is more than twice the national poverty rate of 15.6% (U.S. Census
Bureau, 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates).
The most vital issues are those that describe the all-inclusive characteristics of a minority student. CSAI
programs will explore the set of behaviors that drives a minority student throughout the journey for academic
success. For example, social challenges that relate to learning performance, influence of home in college, lack
of guidance before and in college, low academic preparation, and student values about education (Higher
Education Research Institute, 2007). This disposition is unique and complex; it is commonly termed as
“culturally-relevant” characteristics. By understanding, these culturally-relevant characteristics, it will allow for
all student services to be enhanced and tailored to the students we serve.
Table 1: Description of All-Inclusive Characteristics
Characteristic Description
Work Experience College student works 20+/week or more while attending
school to pay for college expenses
Influence of Home Students consider close proximity of college to their
in College homes as very important
Academic Students are less prepared to transition to college based
Preparation on study skills, average grades in HS, math and writing
ability
Student Values Students value financial considerations as the main
source of motivation for going to college
College Selection Rely on advice from guidance counselors
Degree objectives Low Degree aspirations due to lack of information and
available resources
Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA, 2007
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program.
The Cultural Student Advancement Initiative (CSAI) is a new program. However, the concepts are existing
ideas that will target high school students, expand to middle school students, and target adult learners.

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7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
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8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
• AZ StRUT (Students Recycling Used Technology) a community partner to obtain computer peripherals
like keyboards, mice, and monitors for the Ultimate Technology Summer Camp.
• myCareer – utilize advisory board to contribute to the development of curriculum and utilize faculty for
Ultimate Technology Boot Camp
• SMCC Early College Division- administrative support and advisement of CSAI Project
• Si Se Puede – Nonprofit Organization that supports the STEM and STEAM activities of the CSAI
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9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this
project?
If partial funding were awarded, the project would have to be pared down. To determine if the outcomes of the
program are successful, the data will need to be tracked and compared from one year to the next. This is
necessary because the initiative is tracking a student’s behavior i.e. attendance, credit completion, and
engagement in activities. Therefore, to see an impact of the programs that aspire to track social change in
student’s academic success, the program activities will need to be implemented and observed for over a year.
As a result, the CSAI goals and activities are arranged annually. However, the program is willing to accept
fewer years of funding and/or receive funding to implement certain elements of the project.
10. Describe your plan for project sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously
described sustainability plan.
The CSAI program will be housed under the Early College Division. Early College is responsible for offering
high school to college programs at South Mountain Community College. The main purpose is to provide
opportunities for high school students to earn college credit before graduation and make a successful transition
into college. Therefore, the plan for the project is to be sustained through the Early College programs.
Currently, within the college there is no program that assesses the importance of cultural competencies and
family inclusion on student’s academic success. The funding from the GRIC Grant, will allow development of a
formalized concept and produce profound data to show the impact on student success.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Program Design
• Document progress and results by creation of competencies
• Evaluate the implementation annually via program review.
• Participant survey documenting the satisfaction of program elements.
• Document progress through annual review of STEM competencies developed to
assure employer standards are being met. This will be achieved through one-on–one
meetings with employers.
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• Document progress by tracking events created and attendance.
• Pop up shops will document success by calculation of attendees per event and
attendee satisfaction surveys.
• Document progress successful creation of “Open Door” Event.
• Open Door success will be documented by calculation of attendees per event.
Satisfaction of attendees. Survey of satisfaction of college academic departments and
services.
• Documentation and tracking of college applications distributed to the community
• Student interest forms will be created and distributed to potential students. Staff will
track the number of student interest forms returned.
• CSAI will develop new and efficient process to track students that access services
and/or registration of students into SMCC programs.
• Document the establishment of local employers through CSAI recruitment efforts.
• Success will be documented through the calculation of attendees to CSAI
recruitment events
• Calculation of employer partners in attendance and by their participation in
recruitment efforts.
• Satisfaction surveys from attendees and employer partners will be distributed and
documented.
Retention
• Success will be documented by calculation of attendees per quarterly event and
retention event.
• Satisfaction of attendees..
• Success will be documented by successful completion of coursework of CSAI
students.
• CSAI student retention will be tracked from successful transition from one semester
to the next.
• Success determined by evidence of a formalized approach to addressing the all-
inclusive elements of a student, such as emotional, psychological, and social.
• Document and track the success of providing a Counselor to students through student
satisfaction surveys.
• Counselor evaluation of progress of students served.
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• Success determined by evidence of development of parent inclusion program.
Evaluation will be conducted to determine if the program develops a relationship
between education and family.
• Student Enrollment in programs will be tracked.
• Student evaluations of scholarship/dual enrollment programs will be distributed to
assess the following:
o The scholarships’ relationship to their success in higher education.
• Student evaluations and Boot Camp evaluationswill be distributed to assess the
following:
o Strengthened family relations,
o Increased exposure to trending STEM related occupational opportunities,
and
o Enrolled participants to STEM-related workforce development courses.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community
for state shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is
included in a separate attachment, please indicate that here.
See attached

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Project Budget
Budget Period: 10/25/17 to 10/24/2020
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail
page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other funders
1. Marketing Materials $4,000 $0 $0 $4,000
2. Food and Refreshments $5,500 $0 $0 $5,500
3. Guest Speakers $6,300 $0 $0 $6,300
4. Curriculum Development $6,480 $0 $0 $6,480
5. Instructors $4,320 $0 $0 $4,320
6. Retention Counselor $16,450 $0 $0 $16,450
7. Supplies $8,200 $0 $0 $8,200
8. Scholarships/Dual Enrollment $60,000 $0 $0 $60,000
9. Program Coordinator $70,720 $0 $0 $70,720
10. Program Management $2,160 $0 $0 $2,160
11. Raspberry Pi Kits $2,160 $0 $0 $2,160
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include
the dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Marketing Materials – 1000 pens and pencils at $200/ year a total of $400, 200 backpacks at $500
per year for a total of 1000.00, 300 folders at $300 per year at $600 total, printed program
materials(1000 prints) 400 per year with a total of 800.00, 1500 t-shirts at 600 per year with a total of
1200. Grand total of 4000.00
2. Food and Refreshments - a)STEAM Conference, 150-200 Students [$1000(year 1) + $500(year 2) =
$1500; b)Retention Events, 50-100 Students, (7 Events Annually x $143/Event = $1000 per year) - $1000 x 2
years = $2000; d) Open Door, 150-200 Student, $1000/yr x 2 years = $2000 Grand Total: $5,500
3. Guest Speakers a)STEAM Conference, [$500(year 1) + $200(year 2) = $700; b) Retention Events:
[$1300(year 1) + $1500(year 2) = $2800; c)Open Door [$1300(year 1) + $1500(year 2) = $2800 Grand Total:
$6,300
4. Curriculum Development – a) CSAI Program 2 instructors at 40 hours each at $27/hr = $2160; b) Boot
Camp 4 Instructors at 40 hours each at $27/hr = $4320 Grand Total: $6,480
5. Instructors - a) 4 instructors – 10 hours of instruction each at $27/hour Total $1080; b) 4 Boot Camp
Instructors – 10 hours of instruction each at $27/hour Total $1080 Grand Total: $4,320
6. Retention Counselor - (1 counselor at 5 hours/week at $47/hr)35 weeks = $8225 Grand Total: = $16,450
7. Supplies – Out $4100 per year x 2 years = Grant Total = $8,200
8. Scholarships/Dual Enrollment – to serve 50-60 students and adults annually, $30,000/year x 2 years =
Grand Total: $60,000
9. Program Coordinator – (Full Time at 40 hours per week) $35, 360 per year x 2 years = $70,720
10. Program Management, Parent Summer Boot Camp – 40 hours at $27/hr = $1080 at 2 years = $2,160
11. Raspberry Pi Kits – 15 kits @ $72 per kit = $1080 x 2 years = $2,160
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2/1/2017 Gift Detail Page 1
Constituent Name Date Fund Description Cash Pledges Pledge Bal Column 4
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Cor 8/15/2012 SRPMIC Junior ACE Pi $10,172.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
1/2/2013 MCC American Indian 1 $49,667.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
1/2/2013 American Indian Outrea $15,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
1/2/2013 American Indian Schola $49,667.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
1/2/2013 Summer Bridge Progran $34,666.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
3/13/2013 MCCD General Unrestr $1,990.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
12/12/2013 MCC American Indian 1 $41,666.66 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
12/12/2013 American Indian Schola $41,666.67 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
12/12/2013 American Indian Outrea $41,666.67 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2/5/2014 SRPMIC Junior ACE Pi $14,667.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
12/17/2014 American Indian Outrea $1 12,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
12/14/2015 American Indian Outrea $1 12,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
12/19/2016 American Indian Outrea $75,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Grand Totals: $599,829.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
13 Gift(s) listed
I Donor(s) listed