Information and Resources
Monthly e-Bulletins
Bulletins include information about the latest news at CORE and in the residential education field – upcoming events, advocacy successes and challenges, financial and professional practices resources, members’ accomplishments, personnel changes, and other items of interest to the membership.
Technical Assistance to Existing Programs
CORE members receive a 20% discount on CORE’s consulting services, which address a wide range of issues in residential education. Consultations in the past have assisted in developing a residential life curriculum, community involvement, staff training, governance, and resource development.
Significant Cost-Savings through Preferred Provider Partnerships
- ARAMARK Food and Maintenance Services:
CORE and ARAMARK have partnered to provide cost-effective food and maintenance services to CORE members. - Purchasing Point Cooperative Purchasing Discounts:
Discounted pricing on goods and services through Purchasing Point - a free purchasing cooperative with access to thousands of national discount suppliers - is made available to CORE members. There is no enrollment fee, contract, or purchasing commitment, and members are able to “cherry pick” only the vendors they wish to work with. - Five Points Technology Group:
CORE members have access to information technology consulting services and client database and tracking systems through CORE’s partnership with Five Points Technology Group. - Mutual of America Pension and Retirement Account Savings:
CORE members who participate in Mutual of America’s pension and retirement savings plans on behalf of their employees will have administrative account charges waived. Mutual of America has been providing quality service to nonprofit organizations since 1945.
Consulting and Support for Developing New Programs
If you are interested in starting a residential education program, good for you! Though it is a very worthy and needed endeavor, it is not easy. There are many choices in program models, a great deal of funding must be secured, local people must be convinced that your program is valuable to the community, and more.
Once a concept paper is written by organizations or individuals wanting to open a new program, CORE provides specialized resources and assistance, including assisting founders clarify their concepts, glean from existing programs, identify resources, and overcome common barriers.
CORE can assist you in several ways:
- By becoming a CORE member, you will meet and have access to existing residential education programs through CORE conferences, CAREStandards – a set of industry programmatic standards, monthly e-bulletins, listservs, and queries
- CORE will provide documents that can help guide you as you get started
CORE Consulting™
CORE is the only national nonprofit organization of residential education programs for disadvantaged youth in the United States. CORE has the expertise, experience, and connections that will help you design a world-class residential education program.
Expertise…
- The most up-to-date information on the models and promising practices in residential education
- Ongoing, first-hand knowledge of the latest public policy developments affecting residential education
Experience…
- 15 years experience consulting to newly developing residential education programs
- 15 years experience consulting to existing residential education programs
- Expert consultants and residential education practitioners
Connections…
- CORE can connect new residential education programs to existing and newly developing residential education programs in the U.S. and worldwide
A History of Success and Satisfaction Consulting to:
- City of New York
- Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
- Girard College
- Job Corps Contractors (U.S. Forest Service, MINACT, Training and Development Corporation)
- Milton Hershey School
- Pennsylvania and Maryland State Legislatures
- San Pasqual Academy
- States of Minnesota and Indiana
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. House of Representatives
Consulting Services Include:
- Concept Articulation
- Organizational Structure
- Marketing Strategy
- Community Relations Strategy
- Funding Strategy
- Designing a Successful Residential Program
- Business Plan Development