Special Services

This is what we do:

Special Services provides assurances that individuals who are members of Special Populations will be provided with equal access to recruitment, enrollment, career services activities and the full range of technical education programs and activities.

Special Populations Students are:

• Individuals with Disabilities
• Individuals from Economically Disadvantaged Families, including Low-income Youth and Adults (Receiving PELL, WIOA, TANF, Vocational Rehabilitation, ETC)
• Individuals Preparing for Non-traditional Fields (A student in a non-traditional program who has chosen to enter training for a field that is dominated by persons of the opposite sex, such as a male in nursing or a female in automotive technology)
• Single Parent, including Single Pregnant Women (A person who has primary or joint custody of a dependent child. May be divorced, widowed, legally separated, never married, or a person who is single and pregnant.)
• Out-Of-Workforce Individuals (A person who has not been employed outside of the home, recently suffered loss of income, or recently lost a spouse/partner)
• English Learners (Primary language is not English or limited ability to write or understand English)
• Homeless Individuals Youth Who Are In or Have Aged out of the Foster Care System
• Youth with Parents on Active Duty in the Armed Forces I have a Vocational Rehabilitation counselor

Special Population Survey (Submit to toni.doaty@sctech.edu, serving Griffin, Butts, Henry, Jasper,  mary.jackson@sctech.edu, serving Upson)

This is why you would come to us:

• Admissions and Career Counseling
• Lending Library Online Application
• Employability Workshops
• Life Management Lunch and Learns
• College and Community Resource Referrals
• Classroom Accommodations
• EMBARK Points of Contact.  For more information, please visit https://embarkgeorgia.org/home
• AlcoholEdu and Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduate Students
• Virtuous Women Life Academy, Inc.
• Tiger Care Cabinet – Request complimentary non-perishable food and personal essential needs items for students in need.

AlcoholEDU and Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduate Students

Southern Crescent Technical College has partnered with EverFi, whose mission is to help students address critical life skills such as alcohol abuse prevention and sexual assault prevention in high schools and higher education institutions across the country.  Each year over 1/2 million students complete these courses.  As part of our comprehensive prevention efforts for new students, SCTC expects students to complete AlocholEdu and Sexual Assault Prevention for Undergraduate Students during enrollment.  These online courses will empower students to make well-informed decisions about issues that affect your college years and beyond.  These online courses are thoughtful, educated, and educating programs for adults committed to thinking about their life choices.

This is how we can help you:

• One-on-one Needs Assessment
• Classroom Presentations
• Life Management Skills
• Textbooks, Program Tools and Equipment Assistance
• Tutoring Referrals
• Tiger’s Assistance Program/TAP – Services are provided at no cost and are confidential.  ESPYR can help solve a full range of challenges, as well as day-to-day needs. For more information, please visit the TAP website at www.espyr.com or call 1-866-734-5890.
• Academic Coaching
• Non-traditional Support Groups
• College Survival Skills