The SNAP Training & Employment Program, known as STEP, supports Rogue Community College students who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and are working toward education or training connected to a specific employment goal. STEP helps you build skills, complete your education and prepare for a job that leads to a living wage.
How STEP Can Help
STEP provides wraparound support services that help reduce barriers while you work toward your education and employment goals.
Support services may include:
- College and career success coaching.
- Enhanced advising and mentoring.
- Supplemental funding for textbooks, course supplies and equipment and transportation support.
- Financial assistance with transportation and childcare.
- Career exploration and job preparation.
- Support for GED® students and GED® students enrolled in concurrent college-level classes.
- Connections to tutoring and other campus resources.
You may qualify for STEP if you meet eligibility requirements related to SNAP benefits and your education or training plan.
To participate in STEP at RCC, students must:
- Be currently receiving SNAP benefits and not TANF.
- Be pursuing education or training connected to a high‑demand, living‑wage job or working toward a GED®.
Eligibility is reviewed individually, and STEP staff can help you understand whether you qualify.
Getting started with STEP is straightforward, and RCC staff are available to guide you through each step.
To begin:
- Apply for SNAP if you’re not already receiving benefits.
- Complete the STEP Interest Form.
- Register or update your iMatchSkills profile through WorkSource.
- Connect with STEP staff to confirm eligibility and create a plan tied to your employment goal.
STEP staff will contact you after reviewing your information to discuss next steps.
Redwood Campus, Grants Pass
Wiseman Center
Table Rock Campus, White City
A Building, Room 187-B
Students participating in STEP may also have access to additional support through RCC and community partner agencies. These services can help with benefit eligibility, referrals and employment‑related planning.
- RCC Advocacy & Resource Center (ARC): Connects students with basic needs support, referrals and individualized assistance across housing, food, health care and employment resources.
- ODHS Support: Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) staff and eligibility workers are scheduled to be on the Redwood Campus to assist students with benefit applications and questions. Contact the Advocacy & Resource Center for details.
- SNAP Benefits: Learn about SNAP eligibility, documentation and coordination related to STEP participation.
- ODHS and Agency Referrals: Referrals to community agencies that support employment, training and basic needs.
STEP follows federal civil rights laws and U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations. Program information may be available in languages other than English, and accommodations are available for individuals with disabilities.
Students who need alternative formats or communication support may contact the administering agency or the USDA TARGET Center.
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a complainant should file through the USDA’s Program Discrimination Complaint Portal or complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which can be obtained online at the preceding link, from any USDA office, by calling 866-632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by mail or email.
Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mail Stop 9410
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410