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Fund A Semester

$3,175.00

Your support funds an entire semester of life-changing training for a student rebuilding their future. This gift provides housing stability, CDL or skilled-trade education, meals, mentorship, and the tools needed to succeed. You’re not just covering tuition — you’re giving someone the chance to step into the workforce with dignity, purpose, and a real career.

Your support funds an entire semester of life-changing training for a student rebuilding their future. This gift provides housing stability, CDL or skilled-trade education, meals, mentorship, and the tools needed to succeed. You’re not just covering tuition — you’re giving someone the chance to step into the workforce with dignity, purpose, and a real career.

1. A New Personal Cell Phone (After 2 Weeks)

To ensure students never lose contact with instructors, job recruiters, or support staff.
✔ Critical for job placement and safety
✔ Helps students stay committed and reachable
✔ Students keep the phone permanently

Estimated Cost: $75–$150 per student (depending on model + bulk pricing)

2. A Personal Laptop or Tablet

Essential for literacy training, online coursework, trucking theory modules, simulations, job applications, digital driver logs, and construction design lessons.
✔ Allows students to access training material on their own schedule
✔ Supports architectural + construction technology curriculum
✔ Critical for building digital literacy

Estimated Cost: $150–$300 per student (bulk education-rugged models)

3. Training Supplies & Safety Gear

Students receive all the equipment needed to succeed from day one:

  • Safety boots

  • Work gloves

  • High-visibility vests

  • Tools for construction labs

  • CDL permit books + exam prep software

  • Notebooks, binders, pens, calculators

  • Cold-weather or hot-weather gear depending on region

Estimated Cost: $200–$350 per student per semester

4. CDL Driving Hours, Simulators & Classroom Instruction

This includes:
✔ DMV test prep
✔ Classroom lectures
✔ On-road training
✔ Backing, coupling, turning, and maneuver practice
✔ Instructor time
✔ Fuel + maintenance

Estimated Cost: $3,500–$6,000 for a full CDL-A program module

5. Dorm-Style Housing (3 Months)

Stable, supervised, structured housing dramatically increases success rates.
Includes:
✔ Bed + linens
✔ Shared or private dorm space
✔ Utilities
✔ WiFi
✔ Laundry access
✔ Security + supervision

Estimated Housing Cost (3 months): $1,800–$3,600
(=$600–$1,200/month depending on region + occupancy)

6. Meals (3 Months)

Assuming 2–3 meals/day, basic cafeteria or meal-card system:
✔ Ensures students never go hungry
✔ Eliminates the need for outside employment
✔ Keeps energy and focus high

Estimated Food Cost (3 months): $900–$1,500
(=$300–$500 per month)

7. Transportation, Shuttles, Daily Support

This covers:
✔ Shuttle to training sites
✔ Local transportation
✔ CDL driving routes
✔ Fuel + maintenance
✔ Insurance

Estimated Cost (per student): $300–$600 per semester
(cost distributed across cohort)

8. Career Coaching, Placement, and Mentorship

Students receive:
✔ Resume preparation
✔ Employer match
✔ Interview coaching
✔ Life-skills courses
✔ Financial literacy education
✔ Conflict resolution + professionalism

Estimated Cost: $250–$500 per semester per student