Academic Resources
Academic Advising Centers – Meet with your Academic Advisor for assistance on your academic journey, including program selection, academic planning, course registration, and support services.
Credit for Prior Learning – Credit for Prior Leaning (CPL) may be awarded if a student has learning experience through military service, industry certifications/credentials, apprenticeship programs, or successful completion of standardized exams.
Disability Support Services – Provides academic and technology support services to current students with physical, psychological, or learning disabilities to support student success while pursuing academic goals.
Military & Veterans Services – Assistance with VA benefits, tuition assistance (TA), transition opportunities, credit for military service, and more.
Open Computer Labs – Access to computers, internet, software, web cams, login assistance, and more.
Paul H. Thompson Library – The Library provides access to books, magazines, databases, computers, printing, study rooms, collaborative space, Makerspace Lab, archives, and individual research help that can help you complete your assignments.
Student Learning Center – The Student Learning Center offers one-on-one and online academic tutoring, computer access and study assistance at no cost to students during normal day and evening class hours.
University Outreach – Transfer counselors can assist in planning the best university transfer pathway to achieve your goals.
Watermark Student App – Download the Watermark Student App for quick and easy access to your advisor, success coach, instructors, and more.
Y.E.S. Initiative – Mentoring success program that provides students with opportunities to acquire academic skills, values, behaviors, and form relationships to support academic, personal, and professional success.
Cumberland Co. Libraries – Library services for students living in Cumberland County.
Dependent Care Resources
FindHelp.com – Search for free or reduced cost services like medical care, childcare, food, job training, and more in your community.
Finish Line Grant – Emergency assistance for housing, utilities, transportation, dependent care, healthcare and school supplies for students who are at least 50% complete in an approved FTCC program.
Lactation Room – A private place for nursing mothers. Open Monday-Friday until 5:00 pm. (Nursing Education & Simulation Center (NESC) Room 139)
Parents for Higher Education Child Care Grant (PFHE) – Financial assistance with childcare tuition for fulltime FTCC curriculum students.
Cumberland Co. Council on Older Adults – Services offered at no cost to seniors age 60+ living in Cumberland County and their caregivers.
Partnership for Children – Resources to find and help pay for childcare.
Food & Housing Resources
FindHelp.com – Search for free or reduced cost services like medical care, childcare, food, job training, and more in your community.
Finish Line Grant – Emergency assistance for housing, utilities, transportation, dependent care, healthcare and school supplies for students who are at least 50% complete in an approved FTCC program.
FTCC Food Pantry – Nonperishable and personal care items for currently enrolled FTCC students.
FTCC Foundation Emergency Assistance Funds – Emergency assistance for housing, utilities, transportation, food, textbooks, class supplies, and tuition. Eligibility criteria apply.
Cape Fear Valley Community Resources List –
Cumberland County Community Resources
Health & Wellness Resources
Barbering Services – 910-678-0148 – Barbering students provide low-cost barbering services to the public.
Cosmetology and Esthetics Services – Cosmetology and Esthetics students provide low-cost hair, nail, and skincare services to the public.
Dental Hygiene Clinic – Dental Hygiene program students provide low-cost dental hygiene services to the public.
Disability Support Services – Provides academic and technology support services to current students with physical, psychological, or learning disabilities to support student success while pursuing academic goals.
Finish Line Grant – Emergency assistance for housing, utilities, transportation, dependent care, healthcare and school supplies for students who are at least 50% complete in an approved FTCC program.
Fitness Center – Low-cost membership for students, faculty & staff for workout stations, free weights, stretching, and assistance with equipment orientation, body assessment & composition, and general fitness information.
Wellness Care Services – Help with dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, crisis situations, relationship issues, alcohol or drug use, etc.
Safety & Inclusion Resources
Disability Support Services – Provides academic and technology support services to current students with physical, psychological, or learning disabilities to support student success while pursuing academic goals.
H.U.B – Hope, Unity & Belonging – FTCC is dedicated to cultivating a welcoming and inclusive learning community where every individual feels valued, respected, and heard. We believe that fostering an atmosphere of hope, unity, and belonging is essential for the success of our diverse community.
Human Resources: Title IX – FTCC prohibits sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, sexual assault, stalking, or intimate partner violence that interferes with or limits a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from an educational program.
Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) – Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in order to ensure equal justice and to remove legal barriers to economic opportunity. LANC serves eligible clients in all 100 counties of North Carolina through its 18 geographically located field offices and seven state-wide, special project units.
Public Safety & Security – Highly trained and professional security staff help provide and maintain a safe atmosphere that enhances the educational process.
Technology Resources
Laptop Loaner Program – Current students can check out a laptop for a semester at a time.
Open Computer Labs – Access to computers, internet, software, web cams, login assistance, and more.
Paul H. Thompson Library – The Library provides access to books, magazines, databases, computers, printing, study rooms, collaborative space, Makerspace Lab, archives, and individual research help that can help you complete your assignments.
Student Learning Center – The Student Learning Center offers one-on-one and online academic tutoring, computer access and study assistance at no cost to students during normal day and evening class hours.
Transportation Resources
FTCC Transportation Resources
Finish Line Grant – Emergency assistance for housing, utilities, transportation, dependent care, healthcare and school supplies for students who are at least 50% complete in an approved FTCC program.
FTCC Foundation Emergency Assistance Funds – Emergency assistance for housing, utilities, transportation, food, textbooks, class supplies, and tuition. Eligibility criteria apply.
Community Transportation Resources
Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) Semester Pass Program – Bus passes for unlimited rides for students for $55 per semester.
FindHelp.com – Search for free or reduced cost services like medical care, childcare, food, job training, and more in your community.
Rural Operating Assistance Program Grant (ROAP) – NCDOT grant to provide transportation assistance for elderly and disabled, job and school access, and rural residents.
Cumberland County Community Resources
