b'Outreach and Engagement Philadelphia Futures shares its expertise with the larger Philadelphia community through theOutreach Futures initiative, which is designed to engage students, families, school counselors,educators, and other youth-serving professionals who are supporting students college aspirations.The Step Up to College Guide Forward with OutreachPhiladelphias high schoolers needed increased access toThanks to the flexibility of digitaltools to help navigate the college admissions process, duringpresentations, the Outreach Futuresa school year when remote learning reduced access toprogram was able to connect with 1,876college counseling services. To help put students in gradesstudents in 2020-21, a 75% increase from 912 on the path to college, Philadelphia Futures distributesthe previous year. Presentations wereStep Up to College: A Guide to the College Preparation,made to community partners including:Application, Admissions, and Financial Aid Processes to high schools across the city, free of cost. Philadelphia Futures also Hill Family Center for College Accessoffers a suite of Step Up to College digital resources, several Achieving Independence Centershort-format videos available on YouTube, a Twitter account, a Facebook page, and a mobile app. In more than 30 years, Parkway Center City Middle College Philadelphia Futures has distributed over one million copies Bloomberg Arts Internshipof the Step Up to College Guide. Steppingstone Scholars, Step IntoCollege Conference Carver High School of Engineeringand ScienceNew in the 2020-2021 editionof the Step Up to College GuideIn addition to the print version, in 2020-2021Philadelphia Futures created an enhancedonline edition that included digitallywrite-able worksheets, such as Find Your Fitand Brainstorm and Write Your Essay. page 12'