Our Journey

1993: A group of concerned citizens, including Auburn University President Wilford Bailey, Auburn History Professor EmeritusWayne Flynt, Social Worker Pioneer Eulene Hawkins and Alabama Baptist Convention President Earl Potts come together to form Alabama Poverty Project. They joined with others across the South to study poverty, publicize their findings, teach undergraduates what they had learned, and mobilize public policy to bring about systems change.

2016: Cash for College initiative focused on making college more affordable by boosting completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Blueprints also became known as Blueprints College Success Initiative.

2017: Alabama Possible’s Summer Drop-In Center provided free assistance for students and families as they navigated the many steps involved in the postsecondary enrollment process.

2019: Kristina Scott testified in March before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the need to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and ease the burden of verification to reduce barriers to college enrollment.

2020: Alabama Possible began implementing a more robust virtual support structure under the Alabama Goes to College Campaign in response to the COVID-19. Stakeholders from across the state came together and formed the Alabama College Attainment Network (AlabamaCAN).

2021: Students, educators, and new executive director Chandra Scott testified before the Department of Alabama State Department of Education on the importance of the FAFSA. This resulted in the passing of the Universal FAFSA policy with an opt-out waiver option on April 8, 2021.

2022: Alabama Possible facilitates the nation’s first Predominately Black Community College (PBCC) and Historically Black Community College (HBCC) Network. Hosts inaugural Higher Education Alliance Presidents' Luncheon with Gov. Kay Ivey as guest speaker.

2023: Alabama Possible celebrates its 30th Anniversary!
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