Federal Grants - InsideTrack

Maximize federal grant impact to empower and advance all learners

Leverage InsideTrack's experience providing direct student coaching, training and capacity building through federal grants to increase student enrollment, persistence, completion and career readiness at your institution.

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Fostering greater student success

InsideTrack has supported more than 2.9 million learners and 300 partners since 2001. We are experienced and adept at working with institutions that have received federal grant funding from the Department of Education grant programs (such as Title III, Title V, Perkins and GEAR UP) and Department of Labor grant programs (such as Strengthening Community Colleges) to improve learner success and completion.

By helping all learners obtain degrees, certificates and training, we work to ensure they are better able to support their families and engage in their communities. In partnership with institutions and organizations across the country, we provide sustainable impact through our evidence-based and equity-forward student support programs. And we work with institutions like yours to provide guidance during project and proposal development to incorporate our sustainable student support services into a grant-funded project — aligning your goals with federal requirements.

Equity Mission

As a nonprofit, our mission is to help close equity gaps and fuel social mobility by supporting the beliefs and behaviors that drive learner success, with an emphasis on historically underserved populations.

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Evidence-Based

Our coaching methodology is evidence-based and research-proven, with 20+ years as a trailblazer in personalized, direct coaching that supports learners at every step of their journey.

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Sustainable & Scalable

Along with direct coaching, we also help train and develop institutional staff in our proven engagement mode, allowing your school to sustainably carry the work forward for years to come.

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Proven Program Outcomes

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Midwest community college boasts 18% higher retention during first year of student success redesign

Illinois Central College
Two-year community college

Funded by:
Title III: Strengthening Institutions grant program

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The Opportunity

Create a sustainable student-support solution to increase retention and drive economic opportunity in the region

The Partnership

A four-year program to expand ICC’s capabilities, redesign academic advising services and ultimately improve student outcomes

Phase 1: Direct student coaching
Phase 2: Multi-year capacity building through staff training and development

The Impact

18% higher retention among all coached students, including a 33% increase among African American students
14.7% point increase in student satisfaction with ICC advisors
Partnership expanded to add re-enrollment coaching

Retention coaching and capacity building partnership leads to rare fourth year TAACCCT approval

Wallace State Community College
Two-year community college

Funded by:
U.S. Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant

The Opportunity

Improve retention among allied health and technical students at three Wallace State campuses through direct student coaching

The Partnership

A three-year capacity building partnership to create a student success center and integrate InsideTrack’s coaching model to provide all first-year students with proactive coaching outreach

The Impact

17.3% increase in retention over historical average after first year
Helped Wallace State student support staff create a scalable, sustainable on-campus coaching program
Proven success led to a rare fourth year of grant funding

Partnership provides direct coaching and capacity building to overhaul student services at Predominantly Black Institution

Bloomfield College
Four-Year Private College

Funded by:
U.S. Department of Education Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) grants

The Opportunity

Improve the college’s ability to support the needs of its minority student population — with an emphasis on increasing African-American male enrollment, retention and graduation rates

The Partnership

Retention coaching and capacity building to develop the Coaching Habits for African-American Male Students to Promote Success program (C.H.A.M.P.S.) to provide world-class student coaching for years to come

The Impact

Increased retention for African-American male students
Created a sustainable and holistic on-campus coaching program led by the Bloomfield student support staff
Redesigned student services to improve student support across the campus

Impact in action

Meet Shanelle

Shanelle Justice was excited to be the first in her family to graduate from college. But adjusting from high school to higher ed and maintaining her mental health was a challenge. With the help of her InsideTrack coach, Shanelle learned to identify and leverage her strengths.

DEI in Practice

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is woven into everything we do. For us, this will always be a process of ongoing learning and growth, with the goal of creating concrete, actionable DEI policies and practices guided by our mission and rooted in our values.

Funding Support Innovation

See how securing federal grant funding allowed ICC to partner with InsideTrack to implement long-term, sustainable student support transformation.

Learn how InsideTrack can support you before and throughout the federal grant process

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