Identify your current stage, goals, strengths, concerns, and immediate barriers.
Family & Community Navigator Institute
EFF Family Navigator Pathway
Learn how college offices work and support a learner without taking over their decisions.
Designed for: Parents, guardians, spouses, relatives, caregivers, and trusted supporters
Your Five-Part Continuity Journey
Explore education, career, credential, and support choices that may fit your life.
Try a realistic, low-risk simulation before making a real-world decision.
Practice responding to a setback with clear questions, documentation, and support.
Leave with a checklist, timeline, scripts, questions, and trustworthy next steps.
Your Learning Modules
- How College Offices Work
- Meet the Major Offices
- Financial Aid vs. Student Accounts
- Enrollment Warning Signs
- Support Without Taking Over
- Talk About Difficult Topics
- Privacy & Permission Boundaries
- Move-In & First Semester
- When a Student Wants to Leave
- Family Emergency Plan
- Family Support Simulation
- Build My Support Plan
Your Completion Product
My Family College-Support Plan — a private, printable record of your EFF University participation and practical next steps. It is not academic credit or an official institutional record.
EFF University is a free educational simulation, training, and navigation platform presented by Esther Funds Foundation. EFF University is not an accredited college or university and does not award academic degrees, high-school diplomas, college credit, or professional licenses.