SALAAM

SALAAM Benefits

The SALAAM Learning Program provides integrated academic, financial, and student support services to South West Asian and North African (SWANA) and Arab-American students’ journeys toward attainment of a certificate, degree, or transfer to a university within two to three years.

SALAAM is part of the larger umbrella of student support programs that includes EOPS/CARE/CalWORKs & Next Up.

SALAAM students receive:

Counseling & Transfer Planning – Dedicated EOPS/CARE/SALAAM Academic Counselor
Career Coaching – Connecting students to job opportunities
Tutoring – Peer tutoring and mentoring
SALAAM Workshop Series – Preparing students to succeed at CoA and beyond
Textbook Voucher
Program Laptop
Campus-wide cultural events
A SALAAM FAMILY at CoA

The SALAAM Learning Program

The SALAAM Learning Program is a comfortable and accessible space on campus where South West Asian and North African (SWANA) and Arab – American students and friends gather; participate in academic tutoring and workshops; attend events offered by community-based organizations on topics such as legal rights, health and wellness, employment, and arts and culture; access academic and community resources; or meet with an Academic Counselor, instructor (during office hours scheduled at the SALAAM Center) or peer mentor.

SALAAM offers workshops and integrated instruction on:

Academic Success
Study skills
Time management
Professional development
Budgeting and college financing
Career coaching and employment assistance

SALAAM Three Integrated Joint Components

English Instruction

SALAAM students take two consecutive writing classes, English 1AS (Composition & Reading) in the Fall semester, and English 5 (Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing) in the Spring semester. These classes provide a supportive and stimulating environment for SALAAM students with an emphasis on developing writing skills through an exploration of the Muslim/Muslim-American experience.

Counseling Support

SALAAM students work closely with their SALAAM Academic Counselor to explore career options, develop an academic educational plan, and identify their goals through the SALAAM Development courses, Counseling 24 (College Success Skills), and Counseling 57 (Career and Life Planning), as well as individual counseling sessions. Students visit campuses of the University of California and other four-year colleges and attend an annual SALAAM student transfer conference.

Peer Mentoring

SALAAM students are matched with an academically and professionally successful mentor from the community. Mentors share with the students how they managed to succeed in the educational system, how they succeed as professionals while maintaining their cultural identity, and how they now balance family, career, and community-related activities, and provide resources for student assignments and projects.

Would you like to talk about the program from a peer perspective?

If so, schedule a Peer Mentor meeting online to talk with a Program Peer Mentor, click here.

The SALAAM Club

The SALAAM Club is a new student-led leadership group that organizes and advocates for CoA’s South West Asian and North African (SWANA) and Arab – American student body.

Services Provided, Eligibility, and Purpose

	EOPS	CARE	CALWORKS	NEXT UP
PURPOSE	Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) assist students to achieve academic success by offering support services to enhance persistence, retention, graduation, and transfer goals	Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE) helps students to achieve academic success by offering support services to enhance persistence, retention, graduation, and transfer goals and to help them transition from public assistance to economic self-sufficiency	California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) supports students to transition from public assistance to economic self-sufficiency (employment)	NextUp assists students who are current and former foster youth with support and resources while attending a California Community College
SERVICES PROVIDED	Academic, Career, and Personal Counseling Provide other support services to eligible students, including but not limited to: textbook vouchers, tutoring, transportation, childcare, educational supplies, and/or transfer/career activities needed for retention and academic success Grants and EOPS work-study Funds can be used to offer childcare assistance to the children of EOPS students Services are provided to eligible students in a non-duplicative manner over, above, and in addition to what all other college students receive Priority Registration	Supplemental Academic, Career, and Personal Counseling Provide other support services to eligible students, including but not limited to: textbook vouchers, tutoring, transportation, child care, educational supplies, and other assistance needed for retention and academic success Offer supplemental childcare assistance to children of CARE students not provided by other resources Services are provided to eligible students in a non-duplicative manner over, above, and in addition to what all other college students receive Priority Registration	Case management, including counseling and academic support services not funded through other categorical programs, and tracking of student progress Work-Study and Paid Apprenticeships Provide childcare to children of CalWORKs student(s) Job Development and Placement Post-Employment Services Curriculum Development & Redesign Priority Registration	Academic, Career, and Personal Counseling Provide other support services to eligible students, including but not limited to: books and supplies, child care, educational planning, emergency housing, food assistance, health services, life skills & financial skills, mental health services, transportation assistance, and tutoring. Priority Registration
ELIGIBILITY	Must be a California resident or eligible for the California Dream Act/AB 540 Must be eligible for a CA College Promise Grant (A, B, or C with zero Student Aid Index [SAI]) Must be educationally disadvantaged as defined by Title 5, section 56220, and Chancellor’s Office Must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit units(full-time status) at the time of acceptance into EOPS Must not have completed more than 70 degree-applicable units (excluding basic skills, remedial education, and ESL units)	Must be a California resident or eligible for California Dream Act/AB 450; Must be an EOPS participant and meet additional CARE requirements: Single head of household (i.e., one parent assistance unit) Parent or child must be a current CalWORKs, TANF, or Tribal TANF cash aid recipient At least 18 years old Safety net provided to students who no longer receive CalWORKs/TANF/Tribal TANF cash aid, but whose dependent children still do	Two-parent or single-parent households Parent(s) and child must be CalWORKs/TANF recipients No unit minimum – students can take credit or non-credit classes Approved County Welfare to Work (WTW) plan CalWORKs students must fulfill work participation requirements in order to remain in good standing	Dependency as a foster youth established or continued by the court on or after your 13th birthday. Under 26 years old at the start of the academic year Enrolled in at least 9 units (or plan to enroll in at least 9 units)

EOPS

CARE

CALWORKS

NEXT UP

PURPOSE

Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) assist students to achieve academic success by offering support services to enhance persistence, retention, graduation, and transfer goals

Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE) helps students to achieve academic success by offering support services to enhance persistence, retention, graduation, and transfer goals and to help them transition from public assistance to economic self-sufficiency

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) supports students to transition from public assistance to economic self-sufficiency (employment)

NextUp assists students who are current and former foster youth with support and resources while attending a California Community College

SERVICES PROVIDED

Academic, Career, and Personal Counseling
Provide other support services to eligible students, including but not limited to: textbook vouchers, tutoring, transportation, childcare, educational supplies, and/or transfer/career activities needed for retention and academic success
Grants and EOPS work-study
Funds can be used to offer childcare assistance to the children of EOPS students
Services are provided to eligible students in a non-duplicative manner over, above, and in addition to what all other college students receive
Priority Registration

Supplemental Academic, Career, and Personal Counseling
Provide other support services to eligible students, including but not limited to: textbook vouchers, tutoring, transportation, child care, educational supplies, and other assistance needed for retention and academic success
Offer supplemental childcare assistance to children of CARE students not provided by other resources
Services are provided to eligible students in a non-duplicative manner over, above, and in addition to what all other college students receive
Priority Registration

Case management, including counseling and academic support services not funded through other categorical programs, and tracking of student progress
Work-Study and Paid Apprenticeships
Provide childcare to children of CalWORKs student(s)
Job Development and Placement
Post-Employment Services
Curriculum Development & Redesign
Priority Registration

Academic, Career, and Personal Counseling
Provide other support services to eligible students, including but not limited to: books and supplies, child care, educational planning, emergency housing, food assistance, health services, life skills & financial skills, mental health services, transportation assistance, and tutoring.
Priority Registration

ELIGIBILITY

Must be a California resident or eligible for the California Dream Act/AB 540
Must be eligible for a CA College Promise Grant (A, B, or C with zero Student Aid Index [SAI])
Must be educationally disadvantaged as defined by Title 5, section 56220, and Chancellor’s Office
Must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit units(full-time status) at the time of acceptance into EOPS
Must not have completed more than 70 degree-applicable units (excluding basic skills, remedial education, and ESL units)

Must be a California resident or eligible for California Dream Act/AB 450; Must be an EOPS participant and meet additional CARE requirements:

Single head of household (i.e., one parent assistance unit)
Parent or child must be a current CalWORKs, TANF, or Tribal TANF cash aid recipient
At least 18 years old

Safety net provided to students who no longer receive CalWORKs/TANF/Tribal TANF cash aid, but whose dependent children still do

Two-parent or single-parent households
Parent(s) and child must be CalWORKs/TANF recipients
No unit minimum – students can take credit or non-credit classes
Approved County Welfare to Work (WTW) plan
CalWORKs students must fulfill work participation requirements in order to remain in good standing

Dependency as a foster youth established or continued by the court on or after your 13th birthday.
Under 26 years old at the start of the academic year
Enrolled in at least 9 units (or plan to enroll in at least 9 units)

SALAAM Benefits

The SALAAM Learning Program

SALAAM Three Integrated Joint Components

English Instruction

Counseling Support

Peer Mentoring

The SALAAM Club

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Services Provided, Eligibility, and Purpose

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