California Cash for College (CCFC) workshops provide students and their families an opportunity to receive FREE, professional help to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the CA Dream Act Application. You may also visit CSAC's webpage for information about Statewide Cash for College Webinars: WWW.CSAC.CA.GOV/CASH-COLLEGE East Bay Consortium is the East [...]

The College Information Centers enhance access to higher education for students attending Oakland schools and trying to get to college. Our mission is to provide information and college advising services related to college admission, financial aid and other topics associated with pursuing a higher education. One-on-one and workshop style services provided at the Centers include the [...]

California, through the Student Aid Commission, sponsors or administers many financial aid programs for higher education. These include the state-funded Cal Grants A, B and C for undergraduate students, Middle Class Scholarship, a State Work-Study program, a loan assumption program for teachers, a program to assist the dependents of law enforcement officers and firefighters who [...]

Monica MontenegroExecutive Director510-872-8015monica@eastbayconsortium.org Mónica Montenegro has directed the East Bay Consortium since 2000 and has been with the agency since she was an undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley. Boun KhamnouaneAssociate Director510-390-0312boun@eastbayconsortium.org Boun Khamnouane was born in Phongsali, Laos. His family fled communist persecution and migrated to the United States in 1986. He [...]