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Emily Files of WUWM talks with FAST Fund ED Liz Franczyk and MATC student Reggie Leslie
Local 212 MATC FAST Fund Helps MATC students Continue their Education
Foster kid, teen mom, homeless college student. Now she's making a difference, helping others.
48 Hours Inside a Student Emergency-Aid Experiment
Great Lakes FAST Fund Consortium Fellowship
MATC FAST Fund publishes its
2021-22 Annual Report
Milwaukee County Grants $100,000 in Aid for MATC Students Facing Housing Insecurity
As Student Need Rises, More College Faculty Set Up Emergency Aid Funds
Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators.
AFT's Randi Weingarten visits Milwaukee to support MATC union-run financial aid program
The president of the nation’s second-largest teachers' union was in Milwaukee Thursday to throw support behind a pioneering college affordability program at MATC.
FOX 6 news highlights Partnership with MATC FAST Fund
Click here to watch video footage of Mayor Johnson's announcement of a $200,000 grant to the FAST Fund
FAST Fund to receive $200,000 from Milwaukee for MATC students' basic needs costs
MATC Student Stories: Corey Lee went back to college to set example for his kids
In the last installment of the StoryCorps-inspired series, we hear from Corey Lee. He’s a father of two who graduated with a business management degree in December.
During his time at MATC, Corey turned to the faculty-run FAST Fund for emergency financial aid. He got to know Michael Rosen, a retired economics professor who founded the FAST Fund. The fund has helped hundreds of students stay in school.
MATC Student Stories: Tiffany Mosby learned to read as an adult before attending college
Tiffany Mosby dropped out of high school as a junior, after struggling to read for years. As an adult, she took classes at Literacy Services to improve her reading so she could get her GED and go to college.
Mosby is about to graduate from MATC with an associate degree in business management. She sat down with her close friend, Andrea Pabon.
MATC Student Stories: Liana Howard was inspired by grandmother as she juggled school, work and kids
Liana Howard, 29, is a hospital critical care technician, college student and mother. She took classes at MATC over the past couple years with the goal of enrolling in the nursing program.
She spoke with her grandmother, Linda Tolbert, who helped Liana take care of her kids while she was attending classes and they were in virtual school.
MATC Student Stories: After incarceration, Troy Muns returns to school with goal to help others
Inspired by the long-running StoryCorps series, WUWM invited Milwaukee Area Technical College students to talk about these questions with someone who has helped them on their education journeys.
When Attending College Means Losing Your Home
Nearly 60 percent of college students report struggling to access basic necessities, including food and housing. A national program is providing emergency funds to change that.
MATC faculty-run emergency aid program sees increased need during pandemic
"We've seen a greater need since the pandemic, but at the same time I think all the pandemic did is exacerbated an already existing issue," Franczyk said. "That need was there, it just got worse."
The FAST Fund keeps students in school
AFT Local 212’s FAST Fund has helped 1,426 students with basic needs costs over the last five years
Survey Indicates Emergency Aid to Students Keeps Them in College
The most stunning finding of the report is that 93% of FAST Fund students remained enrolled, transferred to another college or university, or graduated from MATC.
Wisconsin Examiner
When government and colleges come up short in meeting student needs, faculty unions step up
Digital Bridge delivers laptops to MATC students
Digital Bridge, the non-profit organization that provides refurbished laptops to marginalized communities, delivered laptops for MATC students
INSIDE HIGHER ED- food insecurity
Millions of college students face food insecurity and it’s time for the federal government to step in.
INSIDE HIGHER ED-
LATINX students
A new study argues that debt aversion and transportation problems pose major barriers to college completion for Latinx students
THE HOPE CENTER
Advancing a federal agenda for #RealCollege students.
EDQUITY REPORT
Students receiving aid twice as likely to graduate.
EVERYDAY HEROES
Natalie's Everyday Heroes: Dr. Michael Rosen, director of MATC's FAST Fund
BRIA BURRIS
An MATC student has overcome some challenges thanks to MATC's FAST Fund program.
GWEN MOORE
US Congresswoman for the FAST Fund Gala held on February 21, 2020.
FASTFund on TMJ4
FAST Fund partnership with Pete's Fruit Market
KRISTINE TEROUNZO
MATC students living on economic margins rely on emergency funding to avoid homelessness, hunger
BY MARGARET CANNON
FASTFund on 89.7
WUWM
Many MATC Students Are Experiencing Homelessness, Survey Finds
By ANGELINA MOSHER SALAZAR
FASTFund on ADELANTE
Local 212/MATC FAST Fund on MPTV’s Adelante
THE PLIGHT OF HIDDEN HOMELESSNESS
Meet five people willing to share the stories of their homelessness –
BY BARBARA MINER
