Mission

College Ready Now(r) (CRN) identifies underserved high school seniors in low income communities who are in need of financial support to make their first year of college affordable. Once enrolled in college, CRN will continue to support scholarship recipients through a mentoring program until college graduation.

Our research has shown that many academically-talented students who live in poverty do qualify for financial aid, work study, subsidized loans and grants; however, there is most often a gap in the first year that they cannot close. CRN seeks to help close that gap.