FGCB Programs
FGCB is a community-based organization that addresses the need for outside-of-school, college access supports to increase the number of low-income students who graduate from high school, are accepted to, matriculate, and are prepared for college, enrolled in quality institutions, and matriculate in four years.
Across our three core programs — Homework Club, College Access, and College Retention — FGCB provides a continuum of support designed to help students succeed from early academic development through college graduation.
Our services help students:
Complete homework and reinforce classroom learningÂ
Improve grades, attendance, and academic confidenceÂ
Explore college and career pathwaysÂ
Navigate the college application and financial aid processÂ
Transition smoothly to college (matriculation)Â
Persist in college through degree completion
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Homework Club
Homework Club builds strong academic foundations and positive learning habits by:
- Providing structured homework assistance and academic support
- Strengthening skills in core subjects
- Developing confidence and leadership skills
- Exposing student early to college and career
The Result: Students build the skills, discipline, and mindset needed for long-term academic success.
College Access
Our College Access Success program focuses on helping students:
- Identify colleges that are the best academic fit
- Evaluate colleges that are a realistic financial fit
- Compare financial aid packages
- Make informed enrollment decisions
The Result: students enroll in institutions where they are both prepared to succeed and positioned to graduate
College Access
College Retention ensures students persist in college and graduate with a degree by:
- Providing ongoing guidance throughout college
- Helping students navigate financial aid, and other requirements
- Advocating for student during challenges and teaching them to advocate for themselves.
The Result: Students remain enrolled, progress toward graduation, and complete their degrees.
“Right now, three-quarters of the fastest-growing occupations require more than a high school diploma. And yet, just over half of our citizens have that level of education… This is a prescription for economic decline…
This country needs and values the talents of every American.”Â
– President Barack Obama, address to joint session of Congress, Feb. 19, 2009
College Access School Sites
FGCB partners with nine high schools in Prince George’s County to provide targeted, on-site college access support to expand opportunity for students with the greatest financial need. We work directly within these school communities to help students prepare for, enroll in, and complete college. – This language should be anywhere where the Find Your School box is located. I assume changing it once will change it in any footer where it appears.
First Generation College Bound has helped me monumentally, they have assisted me through much of the hardships I was having. They provided invaluable information about college that really educates the people involved. Many parents have not gone to college and many students are lost about the college process themselves which is part of the reason why some just do not attend and the ignorance about the college process just continues. I come from a single-parent household and my mom did not go to college. Although my father did, he is no longer around, which left us in a predicament. First Generation College Bound alleviated the stress that I felt. Their seminars have proven immensely helpful and they have greatly assisted me during my endeavors and because of them I am now in college and working hard to be the best that I can be so I can ultimately make those that believe in me proud, especially my mom. I could never forget the family that I have come to know and appreciate greatly, First Generation College Bound.