OPTIONS Training and Technical Assistance ver the past 20 years, in the process of helping over 4,000 students enroll in college, OPTIONS has developed a successful program model for assisting young people from diverse backgrounds achieve post-secondary education. OPTIONS has worked with social service agencies around the city for more than 15 years to develop college counseling programs. We also helped found the College Access Consortium of New York (CACNY), a 100-member group of colleagues in schools, colleges, and non-profits. The two training and technical assistance initiatives at OPTIONS are: OPTIONS Training Project and subsequent formation of the OPTIONS Collaborative College Access Professional Development Institute (CAPDI) which offers a foundation course in college access counseling OPTIONS Training Project and Collaborative The seven-year OPTIONS Training Project established four new college access centers based on the OPTIONS model. We accomplished this by offering training, technical assistance and seed funding to youth-serving organizations in high-need neighborhoods. The new centers, which now form the OPTIONS Collaborative, are: Mosholu Montefiore Community Center’s Educational Counseling Center (located in the northwest Bronx) New Settlement Apartments' College Access Center (located in the south Bronx) Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation's College S.T.E.P.S. (located in the East New York section of Brooklyn) Chinese-American Planning Council's Project Gateway (located in the Chinatown section of Manhattan) To learn more about this project, please read our report, Replicating OPTIONS For more information about OPTIONS’ Training and Technical Assistance, please contact: Judith Lorimer (212) 873-6600 jlorimer@goddard.org Amy Greenwood (212)873-6600, agreenwood@goddard.org