Most importantly, students who have attended SI at TMCC have earned an average of one-half to a whole grade better than students in the same class who did not attend. Accommodation Services A full range of services is offered at TMCC to serve students with physical and learning disabilities. Counseling services, registration assistance, interpreters for the deaf, special tutoring, reader services, note takers, tape recorders, educational planning, adaptive equipment and liaison with faculty and community agencies are available to eligible students. Truckee Meadows Community College's classrooms and other facilities are readily accessible to students with disabilities. The Center, which is primarily funded by the college and grant programs, is dedicated to helping these individuals become economically self-sufficient through education, vocational training and enhanced job search skills.
Assistance is offered through the following programs.
Those admitted to the program must be pursuing vocational education which leads to a high skill, high wage occupation or employment in a nontraditional field. To qualify, candidates must present appropriate documentation of special population status. Provides assistance for economically disadvantaged single parents and displaced homemakers pursuing education or vocational training. Program aims to pair each student with organizational, corporate or private sponsors, which in turn provide various forms of assistance to the student ranging from scholarships to mentoring. The program is open to any displaced homemaker.