:: Services for Qualified Students

• Textbook Assistance
• Lending Library
• Childcare
• Disabilities Services
• How to qualify

:: Textbook Assistance

In addition to the Lending Library, Support Services assists qualifying Single Parents, Displaced Homemakers and Non Traditional students with Textbook Assistance.

To be eligible for Textbook Assistance, qualifying students must meet the following guidelines:

1. Be enrolled full time in a program of study that can be completed at Texas State Technical College Harlingen;
2. Complete a Textbook Assistance Application for Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker Services, or Non Traditional Services at the Support Services Office located in the Auxiliary Services Building; and,
3. Meet with the Gender Equity Advocate in order to learn about textbook assistance agreement guidelines and policy. (Please call the Support Services Office at ext. 4520 for dates and times the Gender Equity Advocate will be available to meet.)

This service is funded through the Carl D. Perkins Vocational & Applied Technology Act and is contingent upon the availability of funds during the pertinent semester, and adherence to program policies. Textbook Assistance is provided on a first come first serve basis.

:: Lending Library

Support Services maintains a Lending Library that is comprised of many commonly used textbooks which students are allowed to use on a semester basis. The Lending Library is available for use after the first week of classes TO STUDENTS WHO DO NOT QUALIFY for -

• Non Traditional;
• Single Parent; or
• Displaced Homemaker Services.

To apply for the Lending Library, students must meet all five(5) of the following guidelines:

1. Be enrolled at TSTC Harlingen;
2. Complete a Lending Library Application for Traditional Students at the Support Services Office located in the Auxiliary Services Building;
3. Agree to return the textbook(s) at the end of the semester;
4. Agree to return the textbooks which are state property in the condition in which they were borrowed; and,
5. Agree to replace textbook(s) which have been lost, damaged, or unreturned.

:: Child Care Services

Support Services provides students at Texas State Technical College Harlingen with child care referrals. Referrals are made to the following providers:

1. TSTC Early Childhood Center (0 - 3 years)
2. TSTC NINO'S Head Start (3 - 5 years, child must be 3 yrs. prior to Sept. 1st)
3. Cameron County Childcare Management Services (Cameron County residents)
4. Workforce Solutions Child Care Services (Hidalgo & Willacy County residents)

TSTC Harlingen Support Services also assists a limited number of qualifying Single Parent, Displaced Homemaker, Single Expectant Mothers, and Non Traditional students pursuing a non-traditional program of study with subsidized child care. A student must complete an application at the Support Services Office every semester and selections are made on the basis of need.

These services are funded through the Carl D. Perkins Vocational & Applied Technology Education Act and are contingent upon the availability of funds and adherence to program policies.

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