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Career Development Resources: Compass Family Counseling Services & CARE Center

EGCC Career Development Department resources and services.

Compass Family Services

The partnership between Compass Family and Community Services and EGCC is built on the belief that with support, students can be successful. To date, they have helped hundreds of our students in Ohio and throughout the country, ranging from brief interventions to clinical intakes and services.   

Students feeling stressed, overwhelmed or struggling with mental illness, trauma and/or victimization can be referred to a Resource Specialist at COMPASSServices@EGCC.edu.   

Hours

They service online and Steubenville students remotely and a Community Resource Specialist and Community Advocate are housed on the Youngstown campus Monday-Thursday from 9-2 outside the Student Services Center. 

Compass will return emails within 24 hours (excluding the weekend.)  

24/7 National hotline information for crisis support (988) or HOME to 741 741 for texting.

About our Team

Jackie helps connect in person & online students to COMPASS-based services, community-based social services & services offered by EGGC. She will help assess the needs, connect them to resources, and/or connect them to the COMPASS Navigator for further intervention. If mental health counseling is needed, both her and the Navigator can refer students to services within COMPASS or the community.  

Contact: jgraham@compassfamily.org 

  • Jennifer Gray, MS, CA, Navigator. 

Jenn oversees the Community Resource Specialist and Community Advocate and serves as the Navigator for students, both in-person and online. With over 25 years of experience, she helps students who need to talk through a current situation, assess their own needs with assistance, understand how community systems work, and/or get short-term support for a recent trauma or victimization.  

Contact: jgrey@compassfamily.org 

Jennifer Direct Dial 330-531-7494 

  • Hailey Peservich, Community Advocate. 

Supports students with a specialty in assisting crime victims and survivors of interpersonal violence.

Contact: hpeservich@compassfamily.org