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Sacramento Cash for College workshops provide students and their families an opportunity to receive FREE, professional help to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Cal Grant GPA Verification Form necessary for Cal Grants and other financial aid.

Coming Soon!

The Sacramento Cal-SOAP Scholarship was established to provide financial assistance to graduating seniors who plan to pursue a college degree and who received college and financial aid advising through the Sacramento Cal SOAP at participating high schools.

  • The 2009 Sacramento Cal-SOAP Scholarship Applications will be available February 1, 2009.

Cal-SOAP will also be accepting applications for the 2009 College Horizons Scholarship for AVID students beginning February 1, 2009. To find out more, refer to the:

Check out the Questbridge College Prep Scholarship for High School Juniors! It could lead to a scholarship to a college summer program while you're still in high school, travel expenses for college visits, SAT prep courses, or a new laptop computer. And, it could eventually lead to a four-year college scholarship.


Welcome!

The Sacramento Cal-SOAP Consortium is one of 15 projects of the California Student Opportunity Access Program, administered statewide by the California Student Aid Commission.

The Sacramento Cal-SOAP directly serves students in 55 elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Sacramento County. The project provides tutoring services to students in more than 100 AVID classes and delivers a college and financial aid advising program to approximately 5,300 students in nine high schools.

The Sacramento Consortium operates with the support of these partner organizations:

  • Sacramento County Office of Education
  • Capital Region AVID® Center
  • Breakthrough Sacramento and Sacramento Country Day School
  • University of California, Davis
  • California State University, Sacramento
  • Los Rios Community Colleges
  • University of the Pacific

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Program History