{"id":148449,"date":"2026-03-31T22:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148449"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:59:04","slug":"boscola-announces-northampton-community-college-awarded-parent-pathways-grant-to-support-parents-with-efforts-to-further-their-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148449","title":{"rendered":"Boscola Announces Northampton Community College Awarded Parent Pathways Grant to Support Parents With Efforts to Further Their Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bethlehem, PA \u2013 March 31, 2026 <\/strong>\u2013 State Senator Lisa M. Boscola announced today that Northampton Community College has been awarded a $150,000 state grant through the Parent Pathways Program to assist parents attending the college with their efforts to further their education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPennsylvania parents seeking to further their education often face the difficult balancing act of providing for the children while working on earning a degree to better their families\u2019 lives,\u201d Senator Boscola stated.\u00a0 \u201cThrough this Parent Pathways grant, Northampton Community College will be able to better help parents meet the demands of attending school while raising a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Parent Pathways Grant is a competitive grant program that allows educational institutions to apply for funding to expand parent programming, resources, and supports or to implement parent programming, resources and supports such as wrap-around services for students, expansion of child care facilities, staffing salary support for parent navigators, transportation supports, and other expansion of work already being accomplished on campus, to provide scholarships covering tuition, fees, housing, meals, books, child care, etc. and to offer the use of stipends\/emergency funding up to a maximum amount as determined by the institution.<\/p>\n<p>Awarded through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 11 educational institutions received over $1.6 million in funding.\u00a0 In just three years the program has invested over $4.8 million in 34 institutions across the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKurt Derr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethlehem, PA \u2013 March 31, 2026 \u2013 State Senator Lisa M. 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