Pierce Advocacy and Resource Connections - Money and Employment

Resources at Pierce College

BFET (Basic Food and Training)
- Helps students with qualifying for, and maintaining, their food and childcare benefits while enrolled at Pierce College.
MDC and Pierce College
- Get help navigating student loan default, deferment, and related paperwork.
Opportunity Grant
- Helps low-income students enrolled in approved career training programs to pay for tuition and books.
Pierce College Foundation Grants and Scholarships
Workforce – Job and Career Connections
- Helps student and community members connect to employment opportunities, events, hiring fairs, and helps with creating resumes and cover letters.
Workforce – WorkFirst
- Helps recipients of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) to meet their goals and provide wellbeing for their family.
WorkForce Worker Retraining
- Helps students in determining eligibility for worker retraining funding and resources.

The Debt Collective
- Provides support and advocacy for student debt relief, including tools to request cancellation of student loans.
Salish Sea Cooperative Finance
- Helps refinance student loans with high interest rates using a social justice approach.

GoodWill Milgard Work Opportunity Center
- Has multiple programs to support employment and skills training, including digital skills and computer training, financial education, and more.
WorkSource
- Find up-to-date job opportunities across the state. Enroll in skill training programs, get application material support, and much more. Multiple locations across WA state.

Sound Outreach
- Offers financial coaching, job training, and other connected services such as improving credit scores, relief from predatory loans, and more.

REACH Center
- Offers job resources and opportunities. Has access to computer lab and Wi-Fi services for people 12-24.