About Student Services and Special Programs
The primary goal of the staff in the Student Services and Special Programs Division is to ensure that all students have access to the college courses needed to achieve their educational objectives and the support to help them complete their goals.
The division oversees programs related to California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs),campus safety, child development/early childhood education, Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE), disabled students programs & services, Early Assessment Program, Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS), Foster and Kinship Care Education (FKCE), Foster Youth Success Initiative, health services, matriculation, mental health services, outreach, Puente Project, service learning, student equity, student financial assistance programs, Student Senate, textbook affordability, transfer and articulation, and veteran services.
Key Contacts:
Linda Michalowski
vice chancellor
lmichalo@cccco.eduHTML
Koney Austinn
executive secretary to the vice chancellor
kaustinn@cccco.edu
Jeff Spano
dean: COTOP, DSPS, health services, student financial assistance, transfer and articulation, veterans
jspano@cccco.edu
Sonia Ortiz-Mercado
dean: matriculation, student equity, early assessment, student leadership, and administration
sortiz@cccco.edu
Sarah Tyson
dean: CalWORKs, CARE, EOPS, FKCE, child development/early childhood education, inmate education
styson@cccco.edu