ECCO is a New Orleans based 501c3 organization. It believes that access to higher education should be accessible to all regardless of income, culture, language and immigration status. It provides educational guidance to immigrant and first-generation parents and students on financial, admission, and scholarship application processes for higher educational pathways. Centro Comunitario ECCO NOLA ECCO Community Center is providing linguistically and culturally appropriate support, ECCO families can get the full benefit of the statewide FAFSA Now effort despite the lack of resources available at underperforming high schools. Camino a la Universidad sets families up for long-term success by increasing scholarship competitiveness through improved ACT scores and quality of applications. Lastly, by educating parents and student borrowers about their options and responsibilities for repayment, students will be better poised to take their education further and manage repayment. Also ECCO has given scholarships to 20 students.
