Priority Populations Rising: Expanding Dual Enrollment and Career Pathways

Lead Organizations

Breakthrough Sacramento

Total Funding Received

$99,150

Type of Funding Received

Workgroup Proposal

Who are the intended beneficiaries?

Students of color, low-income learners, and first-generation learners.

This program expands dual enrollment for under-resourced students through a summer program and year-round support to earn college credit and explore STEM and healthcare careers.

About the project

Breakthrough Sacramento, in partnership with SCOE and Los Rios Colleges (ARC), expanded dual enrollment access for priority youth. The 7-week summer program offered students the opportunity to earn up to 4 college credits in Life and Career Planning and College Success.

Students built skills for asynchronous learning through guided lessons, tutoring, and near-peer mentorship, while also creating multi-year academic plans to continue their dual enrollment journey. Year-round coaching and study labs helped reinforce persistence beyond the summer program.

The initiative strengthened college readiness, boosted academic confidence, and established a replicable pipeline of historically underserved students earning college credit before high school graduation — with long-term, scalable impact.

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