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Helping Students Attend College Since 2000

What is Cal-SOAP?

The California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP) is a statewide program designed to increase the number of students attending college. The program serves students that are from low-income families, will be the first in their family to attend college, or are from areas or schools with low-eligibility or college-going rates. Cal-SOAP was established by the state legislature in 1978 and today operates projects in 14 locations throughout the state. Cal-SOAP is funded and administered by the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC).

Mission

The mission of the Southern San Joaquin Valley Cal-SOAP Consortium is to provide academic support, advisement and access to information about postsecondary education and financial aid to students who meet at least one of the following criteria:

first in their family to attend college
come from a low socio-economic family
live in a geographic area with low college-going rates

Other 14 Cal-SOAP Programs in California

Eureka - Northcoast Consortium
Gilroy - South County Gilroy Consortium
Los Angeles - Los Angeles Consortium
Long Beach - Greater Long Beach Regional Consortium
Marysville - North Valley Consortium
Merced - Merced Consortium
Oakland - East Bay Consortium
Sacramento - Sacramento Consortium
San Diego - San Diego and Imperial Counties Cal-SOAP Consortium
San Francisco - San Francisco Consortium
San Jose - San Jose Consortium
Santa Maria - Central Coast Consortium
Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Consortium
Solano County - Success Consortium

Southern San Joaquin Valley Cal-SOAP Consortium

The Southern San Joaquin Valley Cal-SOAP Consortium was established in 2000 and serves approximately 14,000 students at schools in Kern, Santa Barbara, and San Bernardino Counties. We also help organize several college outreach events for all Kern County students. The partners comprising our consortium include the following:

High Schools

Arvin High School	Mira Monte High School
Bakersfield High School	Shafter High School
Foothill High School	South High School
Frazier Mt. High School	Taft Union High School
Golden Valley High School	Tehachapi High School
Highland High School	Trona High School
Kern Valley High School	West High School
Maricopa High School

Elementary & Feeder Middle School Districts

Arvin Union School District	Bakersfield City School District
Buttonwillow Union School District	Caliente Union School District
Cuyama Joint Unified School District	Delano Union School District
Di Giorgio School District	Edision Elementary School District
El Tejon Unified School District	Fairfax School District
Kernville Union School District	Lamont School District
Maricopa Unified School District	McFarland Unified School District
South Fork Union School District	Southern Kern Unified School District
Taft Union High School District	Tehachapi Unified School District
Trona Joint Unified School District	Wasco Union Elementary School District