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Community Education Pathways to Success: Overview

Community Education Pathways to Success (CEPS) helps community-based organizations strengthen their services for young people ages 16 to 24 who have dropped out of school with low reading and math levels (below eighth grade). The hallmark of CEPS is its highly structured approach to youth services. It focuses on those youth who are ineligible for GED preparation due to low academic skills, and builds the capacity of organizations to serve them effectively.

CEPS has also developed partnerships with colleges so that young people with GEDs or those who were marginalized in high school--but completed through a special program--can enter and remain in college. This work emphasizes college retention and has had very promising results.