About Us
The Youth Graduation Empowerment Project (YGEP) is a coalition of youth and adults who are committed to reduce California’s high dropout rate. Our coalition of a diverse group of organizations, foundations, and individuals share a passion for increasing the educational opportunities for student success.
The mission of the YGEP is to establish and support a statewide collaboration of empowered and engaged advocates to promote effective policies and programs that improve the educational outcomes for California’s students. Our current partners (*) and supporting organizations include:
- Lead Agency: California Center for Civic Participation * (www.californiacenter.org)
- Youth Service California *
- Mayor’s Round Table - 15 Mayors and School Superintendents *
- Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools - local and national affiliates *
- Los Angeles County Office of Education *
- Center for Multicultural Cooperation *
- Alliance for Education Solutions *
- Cesar Chavez Foundation *
- West Ed *
- PICO California – Sacramento ACT *
- Calif. Association of Student Councils *
- California Teachers Association - IFT
- Governor’s Office – Sec. of Education
- California Campus Compact
- Connect Ed/Center for College & Career
- California Student Success Project
- Central Valley Youth Organizing Project
- UCSB - Drop-Out Prevention Center
- California Youth Connection
- Juvenile Justice Institutions – COEs
- Continuation High Schools
- California State Board of Education
- Ca State Legislature (Senate President pro Tempore Darrel Steinberg)
- California Department of Education
- Association of Ca School Administrators
- California School Boards Association
- City of Fresno – Fresno United Way
- Workforce Investment Councils
- P-16 Councils - Community Colleges
- Project Citizen - Center for Civic Ed.
- UC Irvine Center for Ed Partnerships
- Constitutional Rights Foundation
- Youth Leadership Institute