Your Money Student Fifi Taii utilizes the Adaptive Center. The Adaptive Center may not have sufficient funds for necessary services to the disabled students here next year. We are under-serving a number of students with disabilities on this campus and most all of the proposals for other grants are turned down, said Lisa Campbell, the specialist at the center. According to Campbell, the Adaptive Center does not receive any funds from Fullerton College.
All support comes solely from the state, through what is called categorical money.
Our needs are huge and the adaptive students as well as other populations are growing, and we need to consider carefully and seriously make tough decisions, said Patricia Spencer, FC executive vice-president. She is on a committee which decides the allocation of funds for different programs on campus. Although there were enough funds to satisfy basic needs, the Adaptive Center is still short of staff and resources. The high volume of specialized services provided to students and complete dependence on Categorical funds is one of the direct causes of the shortage of money for the Center, according to Campbell. There are needs all over campus and we are not a priority.