The Connect Motivate Educate Society is a network based program of support services for current and former foster youth who want to attend and complete their college education at San José State University. The CME Society services includes the following essential elements of support for foster youth and emancipated foster youth: outreach and help with the college application process, transition services, academic and financial aid support, year round housing assistance, problem solving, and leadership development
The CME Society program, in collaboration with many of the student support offices on campus, and community services off campus, has been successful in supporting students from foster care through mentoring, ongoing monitoring and intervention, building a social community, engaging students in decision making, and helping students to chart a course toward graduation.
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