Activities & Services

GEAR UP Ohio sites provide comprehensive mentoring, outreach, and supportive services to participating students and their families.  Supportive services include:

• Providing information regarding financial aid for postsecondary education;
• Encouraging student enrollment in rigorous and challenging curricula and coursework, in order to reduce the need for remedial coursework at the postsecondary level;
• Improving the number of participating students who - 
  • ​obtain a secondary school diploma; and 
  • complete application for and enroll in a program of postsecondary education.