California (Northern)

Name	BAYAC (Bay Area Youth Agency Consortium) - Americorps
Program Type	Program Description
Subject	Academic Enrichment, Career Exploration, College Awareness, Mentoring, Self-Esteem
Target Population	Elementary, Middle School, High School, College, Youth Counselors
Medium	Handout
Cost	None
Contact	Annabella Pitkin Title: Regional Director
Organization	BAYAC - Americorps
Address	220 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone / Fax	(415) 447-1430 / (415) 447-1431
email/web	BAYCORPS@aol.com
description	College awareness Americorps program for Bay Area students.

Name	CAL-SOAP (California Student Opportunity and Access Program)
Program Type	Program Description
Subject	College Advising, College Awareness, Financial Aid Awareness
Target Population	Elementary, Middle School, High School
Medium	Brochure
Cost	None
Contact	Saunthy Nicolson-Singh Title: Coordinator, CAL-SOAP
Organization	California Student Aid Commission
Address	PO Box 510845 Sacramento, CA 94245-0845
Phone / Fax	(916) 323-9045 / (916) 322-3044
email/web
description	Nine programs in California work with youth on college awareness. Include tutoring and advising on curriculum. Works in conjunction with federally funded NEISP program.

Name	College Horizons
Program Type	Program Description
Subject	College Advising, College Awareness, Financial Aid Awareness
Target Population	High School
Medium	Other Media
Cost	None
Contact	Francie Tidey Title: Director
Organization	College Horizons
Address	Sacramento Count Office of Education 9738 Lincoln Village Drive Sacramento, CA 95827
Phone / Fax	(916) 228-2654 / (916) 228-2404
email/web
description	Program encourages Sacramento high school students to attend college. Does college awareness and financial aid presentations; provides college advising.

Name	College Kids
Program Type	Program Description
Subject	Academic Enrichment, College Awareness, Mentoring,, Parent Involvement
Target Population	Elementary, Parents
Medium	Brochure
Cost	None
Contact	Kenny Rogers Title: Executive Director
Organization	College Kids
Address	1060 Tennessee Street San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone / Fax	(415) 824-8777 / (415) 824-6198
email/web	KGambler@aol.com
description	Program works with low-income California elementary school students to raise their awareness about and prepare them for college. Components include academic enrichment, mentoring and parent development.

Name	College Readiness Program/San Jose State University
Program Type	Program Description
Subject	Academic Enrichment, College Awareness, Mentoring
Target Population	Middle School
Medium	Brochure
Cost	None
Contact	Ms. Laurie Scolari Title: Director
Organization	College Readiness Program
Address	San Jose State University One Washington Square San Jose, CA
Phone / Fax	(408) 924-2622 / (408) 924-2513
email/web	Laurie@eopnet.sjsu.edu
description	Program trains college students as tutors and mentors for Middle School students to help them prepare for college. Jointly administered by the California Dept. of Education and the California State University System.

Name	Dare to Dream: Educational Guidance for Excellence
Program Type	Study discusses strategies for school change to increase students' educational achievement. For a free copy, fax your name, aress and number of copies wanted to the fax number listed.
Subject	Research Study
Target Population	College Awareness, Self-Esteem
Medium	School Administration, Teachers, Youth Counselors
Cost	Report
Contact	None
Organization	Lilly Endowment Inc.
Address
Phone / Fax	(805) 893-8736
email/web
description

Name	Early Academic Outreach - University of California, Berkeley
Program Type	Program Description
Subject	Academic Enrichment, College Awareness, Parent Involvement
Target Population	Middle School, High School
Medium	Brochure
Cost	None
Contact	Linda Gallego Title: Director, Academic Preparation and Articulation
Organization	Early Academic Outreach Program
Address	2515 Hilagas Avenue #1060 Berkeley, CA 94720-1060
Phone / Fax	(510) 642-8368
email/web
description	Program promotes eligibility of underrepresented youth for admission to the University of California. Includes Saturday and summer academic enrichment programs, college and financial aid application workshops, college campus visits and parent meetings.

Name	MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement)
Program Type	Program Description
Subject	Academic Enrichment, Career Exploration, College Awareness
Target Population	Middle School, High School
Medium	Brochure, Other Media
Cost	None
Contact	Tanya Fraley Title: Program Assistant
Organization	MESA
Address	University of California -- Berkeley 312 McLaughlin Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-1702
Phone / Fax	(510) 642-2041 / (510) 643-5066
email/web	tanyaf@coe.berkley.edu
description	Program provides organized study, summer enrichment programs, academic advising, MESA meetings, career exploration and family involvement.

Name	Summerbridge
Program Type	Program Description
Subject	Academic Enrichment, College Awareness, Mentoring
Target Population	Elementary, Middle School
Medium	Brochure, Handout
Cost	None
Contact
Organization	Summerbridge
Address	1902 Van Ness Avenue 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone / Fax	(415) 749-2037 / (415) 749-5282
email/web	sbnation@aol.com
description	Summer program promotes academic enrichment for ethnically diverse Middle School students. 35 program locations nationwide. Teachers are high school or college students.