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Your contribution to California Competes makes a difference in building a California where all residents can achieve their education and career dreams and realize their full potential.
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Thank you for choosing to support California Competes!
Some of the progress we’ve made with your support in 2023
Over 1 billion data points integrated into the California Cradle-to-Career Data System
to improve equity in education
Protected $2 billion in state funding to expand student housing
amid a tight fiscal climate
Over $17 billion in state investments to be coordinated
via the Governor's executive order on career education
$500,000 in state funding to build an evidence-based strategy for online education
in the California Community Colleges
Became an independent nonprofit and grew staff by 30%, expanding our capacity to drive change
Set up collective impact infrastructure
for advancing student parent success
“When I reflect on how I got to where I am now, it was through the alignment of social services, employers and a higher education institution — and their shared culture of supporting the whole student. With such coordinated efforts, many more students like me — and their families and communities — can find their way to prosperity.“
Jairo Salgado
Compton College graduate & machine operator in Los Angeles, California
Source: Hechinger Report
Source: Hechinger Report
