JFF’s Ashley Bliss Lima in “The Hope Center and Jobs for the Future Partner to Address Basic Needs at Community Colleges”
Ashley Bliss Lima, an associate director of community college success in JFF’s Learning Unit, was quoted in a news update in Diverse Issues in Higher Education announcing that the Hope Center and JFF will be working together on an effort to accelerate the distribution of emergency aid to college students affected by the pandemic.
“Addressing student basic needs is an investment in college completion,” she was quoted as saying.
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