College Attainment for Parent Students (CAPS)

Advancing a Two-Generation Anti-Poverty Solution in the Commonwealth.

Nationally, one in five students is a parenting student, many with children requiring childcare. To expand Virginia’s talent pipeline and ensure parent students have access to education as well as critical resources to help them succeed, the VFCCE launched the College Attainment for Parent Students (CAPS) program in 2023. Through this pilot program, VECCE will lead a national movement championing best practices to support these students and their children. Funding will help parent students offset the cost of childcare and unexpected expenses, provide learning materials to their children, and create more family-friendly campuses.
Parent students will have the opportunity to complete a life-changing credential, degree, or certificate that will increase wages and help lift their families out of poverty.