Future Ready Iowa Mentoring Partners

These mentoring services are offered to recipients of the Future Ready Iowa Last-Dollar Scholarship and the Future Ready Iowa Grant.

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College Success Coaches

Community colleges host success coaches who work in-person and virtually to help students meet Last-Dollar Scholarship program requirements. Success coaches also connect students to other college resources and work-based learning opportunities, with a focus on completion. Partners:

  • GEAR UP Iowa (a program of Iowa College Aid)
  • Volunteer Iowa
  • Community colleges 2019-20
    • Des Moines Area Community College—Ankeny, Southridge Center, and Boone
    • Northeast Iowa Community College—Calmar and Peosta
    • Northwest Iowa Community College
    • Hawkeye Community College
  • Community colleges 2020-21
    • Des Moines Area Community College—Ankeny, Southridge Center, and Boone
    • Eastern Iowa Community College—Clinton, Scott and Muscatine
    • Indian Hills Community College
    • Iowa Central Community College
    • Iowa Western Community College
    • Kirkwood Community College
    • North Iowa Area Community College
    • Northwest Iowa Community College
    • Southeastern Community College
    • Southwestern Community College
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College Access Coaches

High schools host success coaches and student leaders who focus on early college awareness, applying for college and financial aid, choosing a college, and enrolling in college. Partners:

  • GEAR UP Iowa (a program of Iowa College Aid)
  • Volunteer Iowa
  • High School partners 2019-20
    • Audubon Middle-High School
    • Carroll High School
    • Cedar Falls High School
    • Cedar Rapid Metro High School
    • Cedar Rapids Washington High School
    • Cedar Rapids-Jefferson High School
    • Coon Rapids-Bayard High School
    • Davenport Central High School
    • Davenport North High School
    • Des Moines Hoover High School
    • Des Moines Lincoln High School
    • Des Moines North High School
    • Des Moines Roosevelt High School
    • Dubuque Senior High School
    • Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton High School
    • Fort Dodge High School
    • IKM-Manning High School
    • Kuemper Catholic High School
    • Linn-Mar High School
    • Maquoketa High School
    • Marshalltown High School
    • Mason City High School
    • Muscatine High School
    • Ottumwa High School
    • Perry High School
    • Sioux City East High School
    • Sioux City North High School
    • South Central Calhoun High School
    • South Tama High School
  • High School partners 2020-21
    • Audubon Middle-High School
    • Carroll High School
    • Cedar Falls High School
    • Coon Rapids-Bayard High School
    • Des Moines East High School
    • Dubuque Senior High School
    • East Sac County High School
    • Estherville Lincoln Central High School
    • Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton High School
    • Fort Dodge High School
    • Glidden-Ralston Junior-Senior High School
    • Hempstead High School
    • Hoover High School
    • IKM-Manning High School
    • Lisbon High School
    • Maquoketa Community High School
    • Mason City High School
    • Oskaloosa High School
    • Sioux Central High School
    • South Central Calhoun High School
    • South Tama County High School
    • West Central Valley High School
    • West Liberty High School
    • Westside Junior-Senior High School
    • Wilton Junior-Senior High School
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Virtual Career Mentoring

Last-Dollar Scholarship and Grant program recipients can choose to work with mentors to learn more about working in their professional fields. Mentoring is typically delivered through an online platform via video call, instant messaging, or other web-related tools. Employers of mentors:

  • Blank Children’s Hospital, Unity Point Health
  • Block Associates, LLC
  • Buena Vista University
  • Capgemini
  • College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
  • Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority
  • Dupaco Community Credit Union
  • Focus OneSource
  • Folience
  • Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
  • Iowa State University
  • Mary Greeley Medical Center
  • Millennium Therapy
  • New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative, Inc.
  • Pratum
  • Strategic America
  • United Community Health Center
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • USDA - NRCS
  • Van Meter Inc.
  • Visionary
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