Veterans Resource Center
We provide assistance to veterans who are using VA Education Benefits as well as offer veteran counseling appointments, mental health resources, community resources, computer use, free Veteran printing, and a Veterans’ lounge.
Visit the Veterans Resource CenterDisability Resource Center (The DRC)
The DRC offers a variety of services and equipment to help students function effectively and enable them to participate in the regular college curriculum.
Visit the Disability Resource CenterEOPS and CARE
EOPS is a state-funded program designed for the orientation, recruitment and retention of California residents who are economically, socially, and educationally disadvantaged.
CARE, an extension of EOPS is to help provide educational opportunities and job experience for persons currently receiving TANF/CalWORKS (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
Visit EOPS Visit CAREUmoja
Umoja is a community and critical resource dedicated to enhancing the cultural and educational experiences of African American and other students.
Visit UMOJATRIO/Student Support Services
TRIO is a federally funded program that is designed to provide educational support and services to students of first generation, low-income, and disabled backgrounds to assist them in entering and completing post-secondary education.
Visit TRIOUpward Bound
Upward Bound, an extension of TRIO, serves students from North County High Schools who are high-potential 4-year-college bound students.
Visit Upward BoundPuente Program
Students in the Puente Program come from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds and are usually the first in their families to attend college. Puente has helped thousands of students transfer to a university, earn degrees, and return to the community as leaders and mentors.
Learn about the Puente ProgramNorth County Educational Opportunity Center (NCEOC)
The program is designed to identify and assist adult participants who want to enter, re-enter, continue, or enroll in a program of post-secondary education.
Visit NCEOCGEAR UP: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
GEAR UP works to support students in preparation to attend post-secondary schools, particularly for at-risk, low-income, and first-generation college-bound students.
Visit GEAR UPFYRST: Foster Youth Retention Success and Transition
Created to promote equal opportunities and access to resources for current and former foster youth students. To initiate services, new FYRST students must first attend a FYRST Orientation and see the Foster Youth Counselor.
Visit FYRSTCalWORKS: California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids
The CalWORKS program assists welfare recipient students and those students in transition off of welfare to achieve long-term self-sufficiency.
Visit CALWORKSTransitions: From Corrections to College
The Transitions Program is designed to provide previously incarcerated individuals a smooth transition from the California criminal justice system into Palomar College and the community.
Visit Transitions