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College Now asks county for $500,000 to continue scholarships; committee hears completion and debt‑repayment results
Summary
College Now Greater Cleveland asked the Cuyahoga County committee for $500,000 to continue its scholarship program that has supported 855 graduates; presenters also reviewed a completion scholarship and an institutional‑debt repayment program that have helped students return to and finish college.
Katie Warshawski and Bob Durham of College Now Greater Cleveland briefed the Cuyahoga County Education Environment Sustainability Committee on April 16 on the organization’s scholarship work and two county-funded programs aimed at boosting college completion.
Warshawski said the county’s longstanding scholarship program has helped 855 county high‑school graduates through the most recent school year and that 78% of those recipients were either graduated or still enrolled at last report. She asked the committee to continue funding the scholarship program with a $500,000 appropriation that would support roughly 70 new students. "The scholarships we request to total up to $8,000 in total, so over 4 years…
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