Special Populations

Special Populations Services are available to meet the needs of qualifying students. Services include but are not limited to workshops and training on educational, employability and life skills; institutional and community resources and referrals; and resource fairs. Special populations include:

• Single parent students who have the primary or joint custody of a dependent child.
• Single pregnant women.
• Displaced homemakers who have worked without pay to care for a home and/or family and for that reason have diminished marketable skills; have been dependent on the income of another family member but are no longer supported by that income.
• Economically disadvantaged students who are Pell Grant recipients or who are receiving federal assistance such as Food Stamps, TANF and/or Medicaid.
• Students enrolled in nontraditional programs of study that lead to occupations or fields that have 25% or less of their gender employed within the occupation (male nurses, female automotive mechanics).
• Students with limited English proficiency.
• Students with disabilities.

A text book lending program is available to qualifying students. Application forms and electronic submission information is available on the website.

The Special Populations Offices are located on the North Metro Campus at 5198 Ross Road, Acworth, GA 30102, located in office 132P in Building A. Phone: 770-975-4023 and on the Marietta Campus at 980 South Cobb Drive, Marietta, GA 30060, Building C, Room 1101H. Phone: 770-528-4484.