Employment trainingDaily living skillsGodly focusEducational enrichment

Jennifer A. Graves, DirectorThe Union EDGE Program

School of Education, Union University1050 Union University Drive

Jackson, Tennessee 38305731.661.5382

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EXCELLENCE-DRIVEN | CHRIST-CENTERED | PEOPLE-FOCUSED | FUTURE-DIRECTED

THE UNION

PROGRAM

Employment training | Daily living skillsGodly focus | Educational enrichment

Union EDGE is a comprehensive program for highly motivated young adults who have a documented intellectual and/or developmental disability (IDD). This is a two-year certificate program for students ages

18-26 who have completed high school. The Union EDGE program will be a residential or non-residential program designed to aid in career development and employment skills. Students will audit college courses, participate in life skills classes, work in on-campus and off-campus internships, and experience the full range of college life. Exiting students will receive a certificate of completion along with their personal portfolio.

WHAT IS THE PROGRAM?

HOW TO APPLY?Applications for Fall enrollment must be signed and received by May 1 to be considered. An application is considered complete when we have received the Application for Admission and $50 application fee made out to “Union EDGE Program” (this is non-refundable).

Once an application has been received and reviewed, applicant will be contacted to set up an interview day and time.

Please submit all application materials and direct questions to Jennifer Graves

(see contact information on back)

Application can be downloaded at uu.edu/EDGEprogram

The program fees are $7,500 each semester, plus room and board for residential students. Union EDGE students may seek the STEP UP scholarship provided by lottery funds (equivalent to the Hope Scholarship). Once Union University becomes a Comprehensive Transition Program through the federal government, then students may qualify for federal grants. The Union EDGE Program has begun this process.

WHAT ARE THE COSTS?

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