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In May 2006, the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Tech Prep / College Connections, in partnership with the Regional Allied Health and Science Initiative (RAHSI) collaborative partners, was awarded a grant from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office through California Senate Bill 70 (SB70). A second SB70 grant award, in addition to grants from Grossmont Healthcare District and Girard Foundation, will sustain the project at least through 2010. The funding provides support for Career-Technical Education (CTE) linkages between the K-14 systems and community colleges. The list of collaborative partners is extensive and reaches countywide.

          The Regional Allied Health and Science Initiative is a collaborative effort among numerous entities in San Diego County to improve students’ ultimate success in healthcare. The problems this project seeks to improve are (1) lack of healthcare career awareness, (2) poor performance in college science courses, and (3) attrition rates in health training programs.

          The success of the project requires the input and expertise of all levels of education in conjunction with industry. The core of the project is the focus on redesigning high school science curricula to incorporate human systems and healthcare applications, career exploration activities, state biology/chemistry and healthcare standards, and industry skills.

          Integrated with the efforts to redesign coursework is the focus on career exploration activities that provide students with high-level exposure to various healthcare careers. Direct support is provided to interested schools in implementing summer camps, mentorship programs, job shadows, and internships.

          All partner high schools have existing, though varied, health career pathways as well as college and industry partnerships. RAHSI expands and strengthens these efforts by creating new Career-Technical Education models to meet the needs of all participants and ultimately improve the quality of students entering healthcare training programs and careers.