SACRAMENTO – The California Community Colleges Board of Governors approved $4.9 million in grant funding this month to expand and bolster Veterans Resource Centers throughout California’s community colleges.

Currently, more than 90 of the 114 California community college campuses have a Veterans Resource Center dedicated to providing veterans and active duty service members with tools they may need for academic success, and support as they transition from a military environment to an academic setting.

“Making a deeper investment in our system’s Veterans Resource Centers runs hand-in-hand with our Vision for Success,” Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley said. “The boost in these resources will certainly contribute to the overall success of our student veterans.”

California is home to an estimated 1.8 million veterans, and annually the California Community Colleges enrolls approximately 80,000 veterans and active duty service members.

The grant funding will be awarded directly to eligible colleges through a competitive process.

For more information on the California Community Colleges Veterans Services program, visit: http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/StudentServices/VETS.aspx.

Colleges awarded grant funding

Allan Hancock CCD / Allan Hancock College: $199,792
Cabrillo CCD / Cabrillo College: $100,000
Chabot-Las Positas CCD / Las Positas College: $200,000
Coast CCD / Golden West College: $100,000
Contra Costa CCD / Diablo Valley College: $197,600
El Camino CCD / El Camino College: $100,000
Foothill-DeAnza CCD / Foothill College: $174,960
Foothill-DeAnza CCD /De Anza College: $68,997
Kern CCD / Bakersfield College: $200,000
Kern CCD / Porterville College: $100,000
Los Angeles CCD / East Los Angeles College: $200,000
Los Angeles CCD / LA Harbor College: $98,800
Los Angeles CCD / LA Mission: $100,000
Mendocino-Lake CCD / Mendocino College: $43,160
Merced CCD / Merced College: $100,000
North Orange CCD / Cypress College: $100,000
Peralta CCD / Berkeley City College: $99,840
Peralta CCD / College of Alameda: $100,000
Peralta CCD / Merritt College: $100,000
Rancho Santiago CCD / Santiago Canyon College: $100,000
Riverside CCD / Norco College: $100,000
San Bernardino CCD / Crafton Hills College: $99,954
San Diego CCD / San Diego City College: $200,000
San Mateo CCD / Skyline College: $97,240
Santa Clarita CCD / College of the Canyons: $200,000
Sequoias CCD / College of the Sequoias: $100,000
Shasta-Tehama-Trinity CCD / Shasta College: $100,000
Ventura CCD / Oxnard College: $100,000
Yuba CCD / College: $100,000