WSW Secures Over $20 Million for Brookdale Community College
In Brief
- Secured over $20 million in federal funding through a successful 20+ year partnership, consistently delivering resources for critical campus projects and student success initiatives.
- Specifically, secured a rare $1.77 million Department of Education Title III grant (one of only ten awarded nationwide) and over $2.75 million in congressionally directed funding.
- Enabled transformative student impact by funding programs that substantially improved retention and completion for high-need students and created new pathways for women in underrepresented careers like those in STEM and automotive technology careers.
WSW has been working with a public community college in Monmouth County, New Jersey since 2002 to bring much needed federal resources to the College through both the appropriations and competitive grants. As a result of our work, WSW has assisted the College in securing over $20 million worth of funding. With our deep understanding of the federal budget, appropriations and competitive grant processes, our experience working with a broad array of authorizing and appropriations committees in Congress and with numerous Departments and Agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Labor we have and continue to assist the College in meeting its funding goals before the federal government.
By engaging the College’s Congressional Champions, WSW has helped the College secure over $2.75 million in appropriations funding for a variety of projects including, the Opportunity through Math, Science and Technology (OPTIMIST) initiative, the Center for Excellence in Technology, Telecommunications and Economic Development (CETTED), the Asbury Park Student Enrichment and Student Success Center and the final clean-up of the Camp Evans/Coastal Communiversity campus, and the Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity Education.
Some highlights of our grant work include working with the College on its U.S. Department of Education Strengthening Institutions Program (Title III) grant submission, which was awarded $1.77 million, through a very competitive program in which only ten awards were made throughout the country. The College’s Student Success through Compressed Schedules and Enhanced Technology (Comp-Tech) project that was funded has substantially improved student persistence, retention, and completion rates, especially for high need students including low-income and minority students. Most recently, WSW assisted the College with a successful National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education (ATE) grant that was awarded $561,318 and will support the College’s Automotive Technology Program in recruiting women who are underrepresented in automotive technology programs and careers.