For Businesses & Agencies

A benefit for your employees, and a partner for the agencies serving students.

Give your employees' families the same bilingual college and career coaching we offer directly to California families, folded into your benefits package instead of billed to them. And if your organization already serves students, we build alongside you rather than around you.

Employers building career coaching into their benefits package, plus the agencies and nonprofits students already turn to outside school.

Employee Family Benefit

Bilingual college and career coaching for your employees' families.

The same coaching we provide directly to California families, added to what you already offer your team. Priced per contract, not per employee, so cost stays predictable.

Agency Partnerships

We build alongside the programs already reaching your students.

If your organization already runs TRIO, GEAR UP, or Talent Search, we add bilingual family engagement and student support that fits what you're doing now, in English and Spanish, not around it.

Three steps, no commitment until the scope is right.

01

A conversation about who you serve

We start with your people: how many families, what languages they speak at home, what you already offer them, and what you've seen them struggle with. Thirty minutes, by phone or video.

02

A scope sized to your organization

You get a written scope with what's included, how families reach us, and a single contract price. No per-employee or per-student billing, so the number doesn't move when participation does.

03

Sessions with families, in their language

Families meet with us directly, in English or Spanish, outside work hours. You get a partner who reports back on what your families are asking for, without adding work to your team's plate.

You are in the right place if…

01
Your workforce is largely bilingual or hourly
Agriculture, healthcare, hospitality, food processing, public agencies. Your employees' kids are often the first in the family to apply to college, and the benefit you offer their parents reaches them.
02
You already run a student program
TRIO, GEAR UP, Talent Search, Upward Bound, or a program of your own. You need bilingual family engagement that fits inside it, not a second program competing for the same students.
03
You serve families through another door
County offices, libraries, youth nonprofits, faith communities, workforce boards. Families already trust you. We add the college and financial aid piece to what you're already doing.
04
You want a partner, not a vendor
We show up to do the work alongside your team, not hand over a report and leave. Every engagement is built around your specific families, systems, and goals.

The practical details.

How do families actually get to a session?

You tell your employees or participants the benefit exists; they contact us directly and schedule a time. Nothing routes through your HR or program staff, and no one on your team has to manage a calendar.

When do sessions happen?

Outside work hours, so the benefit never competes with the workday or a program's own schedule.

What languages?

English and Spanish, with the same team in both. Families choose; they don't get handed to a translator.

How is it priced?

One contract price for your organization, not per employee or per student. The scope sets the number, and it stays fixed regardless of how many families use it.

Who delivers the coaching?

The Empowered Admissions team: 50+ years of combined experience inside admissions offices, financial aid departments, and community colleges, and 40,000+ college applications read.

Will this overlap with what we already run?

No. If you already run TRIO, GEAR UP, or a program of your own, we fit inside it. We add bilingual family engagement and student support where your program has a gap, and we stay out of the parts that already work.

Not Ready to Talk Yet?

Read what we publish first. The 3AM Download is our newsletter for the questions families ask at 3AM, and our Publications page has the guides we hand to districts and families. When you're ready, send us a note.