Career Pathways

What is the Career Pathways Initiative?

Career Pathways at ASU-Beebe is a grant-funded program designed to assist low-income parents in overcoming barriers preventing them from achieving academic access or success in the workplace. Benefits for eligible students may include tuition and fees, childcare expenses, and fuel vouchers.

Qualifications & Required Documents

To qualify, you must:

Be a resident of Arkansas.
Be the parent or legal guardian of a child under 21 years of age.
Be receiving Food Stamps, Medicaid or ARKids, or earnings that fall below the 250% federal poverty level guidelines.

Required Documents needed:

Current year's Federal Income Tax returns
Current DHS letter, on letterhead, with your name listed as Case Header or part of the case stating all of the benefits you currently receive (TEA, SNAP, ARKids, Medicaid)
Applicant's driver's license or Photo ID
Applicant's Social Security card
Child(ren) 's birth certificates or Proof of Birth from a hospital
Child(ren) 's Social Security cards

Benefits

Career Pathways will work with students to provide the following:

Individual Career Counseling
Interest Inventories for Career Exploration
Tutoring
Employability Skills Training
Assistance Finding Employment
Access to a Computer lab
Financial Assistance (with gas vouchers, day care, and tuition and books)

We offer appointment times in Searcy and Beebe.

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