FIRST STAR KENT STATE ACADEMY | KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
Provides comprehensive readiness pipeline program for youth impacted by foster care or out-of-home placement. Provides academic support, life skills training, and caregiver resources to support on-time high school graduation and transition to higher education, entry into the workforce, or military enlistment. Provided in a combination of in-person and virtually.
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211 Summit
Physical Address
800 East Summit Street, Kent, OH 44242
Hours
Held year round: - Held one (1) Saturday a month from 11:00am to 3:00pm during the academic year. - Bi-monthly virtual workshop held on Tuesday or Wednesday from 5:30pm to 6:30pm during th academic year. - 4-week summer academy held late-June through mid-July on Kent State University campus.
Voice
Fax
(330) 672-2499
Application process
Call the office or visit the website for more information and to enroll.
Fee
No fee.
Eligibility
Serves high school students residing in Summit County that have current or prior involvement with child welfare or current out-of-home placement.
Languages
None.
Agency info
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
Provides a state-operated university offering undergradute, graduate, and doctoral programs through an eight (8) campus network including Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark, Trumbull, and Tuscarawas. Note: Part of the Youth Success Summit (formerly OSTN).