Students who stay
Every student who gets help instead of walking away is a student still enrolled next term, and a step toward your retention and graduation goals.
REACH for Campuses · a free partnership with Esther Funds Foundation
Will your university join the mission of preventing college dropouts?
“We are partnering with the Esther Funds Foundation on college dropout prevention by encouraging our students to REACH.”
Students rarely leave all at once. It’s a bill, a hold, an empty fridge, a hard week. REACH gives every student one free place to turn before they walk away: emergency help, scholarships, free tools, mental health support and real people. All we ask is that you share it with your students.
Students are leaving. Most of them didn’t want to.
people in the U.S. started college and stopped out without a credential.
students who start college are not enrolled anywhere a year later.
of college students face food or housing insecurity. 41% are food insecure.
Black and Indigenous students face food or housing insecurity.
It’s rarely grades. It’s a bill, a hold, an empty fridge, a hard week, and nobody to call. Partner with us on helping your students stay in school.
REACH in real life
Esther Funds Foundation’s students, campuses and communities, showing up for each other.
What’s in it for your university
Your campus resources, found
REACH sends students to their own campus first: the emergency fund, financial aid, the counseling center. Partnering puts your resources in front of the students who need them.
Help after 5 p.m.
Students hit the wall at midnight and on weekends. REACH is there when your offices are closed, with 988 on every page.
Nothing to build or pay for
No cost, no contract, no software, no student data. A ready-made kit your team can post today.
Named as a partner
Listed on REACH as a campus standing with its students, if you choose, and the first to hear about new REACH tools and workshops.
What’s in it for you
For the dean, the advisor, the counselor, the professor: the person a student tells first.
Something to hand a student
When a student tells you they might not come back next semester, you have one link that covers money, food, housing, holds and mental health.
Done for you
Posts, a story, a flyer, captions, a newsletter paragraph, a syllabus statement and an LMS message, already written.
See it working
Your own campus link. We tell you how many times it was opened, never who opened it.
A real person behind it
Questions, ideas or a student who needs more? Reply to any email and EFF National answers.
What your students get
Free, always. No account needed to start. Nothing about a student is ever shared with us or with you.
Help right now
REACH Emergency builds a private plan in five questions: the campus emergency fund first, help near them, 988 and what's open tonight. Get Help finds food, housing and health help nearest first, with exactly what to say when they call.
Money for school
Thousands of scholarships checked every morning, a private match quiz, and Apply With Me, where EFF builds the application with the student. A college version for high school seniors. Never pay to apply.
The Survival Kit
Free tools: Can I still register?, a satisfactory academic progress (SAP) appeal letter, Before You Withdraw, Talk to My Professor, Benefits Check, Pell Protector, free textbooks, housing, food and more. Nothing is stored about the student.
Mental health and care
988 on every page, Selah for a quiet minute, Journey for survivors of sexual assault, and a real person at EFF through the Lighthouse, privately.
Freebies
Free stuff and student deals that brands already advertise, linked straight to the brand. No codes, no affiliate links.
Career and practice
An interview coach with 56 professions, Practice the Conversation (financial aid, a professor, a manager) and EFF's resume and recommendation letter tools.
What partnering means
1
You join, free
Tell us who you are and how you might share. Two minutes.
2
You get your campus kit
Your own campus link, Instagram posts and a story, a printable flyer, captions, a newsletter blurb, a syllabus statement and an LMS message.
3
You share it
Orientation, advising, the counseling center, a Canvas announcement, a professor’s syllabus, a flyer by the financial aid office. Wherever students look.
4
We keep REACH current
Scholarships refresh every morning, broken links are checked daily, and a real person at EFF answers. You can see how many times your link was opened.
There is no cost, no contract and no data sharing. Your campus is named on this page only if you say yes. You can stop any time by replying to any email from us.
For professors
One line in a syllabus or one announcement on the first day can be the reason a student stays. Join as a professor and your kit includes a ready-to-paste syllabus statement and LMS announcement.
A peek at the share kit
Before you drop out, REACH. Questions? Write to nationals@estherfundsinc.org.