b'Futures News Feed Step Up to CollegeSummer Supplement The Rising Senior Editionis the Summer Supplement to Philadelphia Futures StepUp to College Guide. TheSupplement informs juniors New Partnership entering their senior year about We are proud to announce that Philadelphia Futures andthe steps they need to take Steppingstone Scholars have received a $250,000 grantduring the summer to preparefrom the William Penn Foundation. We are partnering for the college admissions process. Like the Guide, thewith Steppingstone Scholars to increase the number ofRising Senior Edition is available to juniors and their familiesPhiladelphia low-income students who graduate from without cost and, this year, is available in an easy-to-access high school and enroll in college.digital format. Find the Summer Supplement and all of the This two-year grant will allow Steppingstone Step Up to College resources atwww.stepuptocollege.org. and Futures to work onthree key interventions forPhiladelphia students:1) Enhancing the capacity and quality of middle and high school counseling departments;2) Improving the transition to high school; and3) Expanding participation in dual enrollment college credit-bearing courses while in high school.Learn more at bit.ly/SteppingstonePF.Partnership with Life Science Cares for Project OnrampWe are pleased to partner with Life Science CaresPhiladelphia on the launch of Project Onramp, a paidinternship program to support low-income, first generation-to-college students in Philadelphia. ProjectOnramp will provide career opportunities in the growinglife sciences field.Read more about this amazing opportunity for our NCANs Virtual Advocacy Weekscholars atbit.ly/ProjectOnramp . Philadelphia Futures participated in NCANs VirtualAdvocacy Week, which called Congress to double the Pell grant, given that fewer than 25% of public bachelorsCharity Navigatordegree institutions are affordable for the average Pell Four Star Rating Grant recipient.We are honored to announce that Two of our Futures collegians and one PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Futures has earnedFutures Staff Advocacy Fellow, Amy Perez, met with staffa four-star rating from Charity from several offices that represent us in Congress to shareNavigator, Americas largeststories about Futures students and discuss the importanceindependent charity evaluator,of the Pell Grant for college affordability.for the seventh consecutive year. Only 8% of the charities Both collegiansJawad, a senior at Franklin &that Charity Navigator has rated have received sevenMarshall College and Tasnim, a junior at Lehigh Universityconsecutive four-star evaluations. Philadelphia Futures haswere interested in the Fellowship because they wantedachieved a four-star rating for its sound fiscal management to learn about advocacy at the Federal level and share and commitment to accountability and transparency. stories of first-gen, low-income students in a way thatOur complete rating can be read on Charity could impact higher education funding policy.Navigators website at www.charitynavigator.org. Learn more at ncan.org/page/VirtualAdvocacyWeek.3'