The primary goal of the staff in the Student Services and Special Programs Division is to ensure that all students have access to the college courses needed to achieve their educational objectives and the support to help them complete their goals.
The division oversees programs related to California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs),campus safety, child development/early childhood education, Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE), disabled student programs and services, Early Assessment Program, Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS), Foster and Kinship Care Education (FKCE), Foster Youth Success Initiative, health services, matriculation, mental health services, outreach, Puente Project, service learning, student equity, student financial assistance programs, Student Senate, textbook affordability, transfer and articulation, and veteran services.