South Bay Community Services is a community-based nonprofit organization providing a comprehensive range of services for children, youth, and families in San Diego county. They serve more than 50,000 children, youth and, families annually through a wide array of services including: housing assistance, independent living skills, employment readiness, financial literacy services, mental health counseling, domestic violence and child abuse intervention, juvenile crimes prevention, therapeutic educational programming, and meals and nutritional support.

Mahoning Valley Educational Service Center (MVESC) offers a wide range of services such as the Alternative Education program, which provides a variety of educational options for students including smaller class sizes, online education, blended learning settings, and traditional classroom instruction. All of the alternative programs offer additional support to students including on-site counseling and social work services. MVESC currently services 22 districts in the Mahoning, Columbiana, Portage, and Trumbull Counties of Ohio. MVESC applied to expand the Mahoning Valley Prepared for Success initiative in the Mahoning Valley region in Ohio. The initiative is a collaboration of the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Youngstown and Mahoning Valley, three institutions of higher education, and other government, industry and nonprofit partners, dedicated to providing high-quality career and technical education programming, including dual enrollment in college, career pathways and linked learning, and first year experience courses.

NAF (formerly known as the National Academy Foundation) has a 30-year history of partnering with high-need communities to improve outcomes for students by implementing small learning communities within existing high schools (NAF academies). NAF has grown from one academy in New York City to hundreds of academies nationwide focusing on growing industries including: finance, hospitality and tourism, information technology, engineering, and health sciences. During the 2018-2019 school year, over 100,000 students attended 617 NAF academies across 35 states, including D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2018, NAF academies reported a 99% graduation rate with 87% of graduates planning to go to college. NAF applied to use PFS to increase opportunities for full student participation in work-based learning and paid internships, through expanding their Future Ready Labs initiative in two major cities.

Pharr-San Juan Alamo Independent School District (PSJA ISD) is a tri-city public school district in Texas offering a pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade curriculum. PSJA ISD serves a student body of 32,000 with a high school graduation rate of ~97%. The majority of students are economically disadvantaged, from minority backgrounds, and English Language Learners. PSJA ISD has a successful Early College program, with approximately 3,500 high school students enrolled in college courses every semester through dual and concurrent enrollment programs. PSJA ISD also operates a number of career pathways that have a track record of improving outcomes for students and closing the gap to post-secondary education.

Education Service Center – Region 19 (ESC R-19) is one of twenty regional service centers located throughout the state of Texas that function as a link between the districts and charter schools they serve and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). ESC R-19 cultivates collaboration between post-graduation technical schools and high school CTE programs with school districts in the El Paso Borderplex region. ESC R-19 applied for technical assistance to use PFS to expand biomedical CTE programming with three partner school districts (Socorro ISD, Canutillo ISD, and Clint ISD).

The School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) is the tenth-largest school district in the nation and the fifth-largest in the State of Florida, serving more than 197,000 students. SDPBC has 335 Choice, Career and Technical Education programs offering 93 industry certifications across 124 campuses. SDPBC applied for technical assistance to use PFS to launch and scale an advanced manufacturing CTE program for high school students at Riviera Beach Preparatory and Achievement Academy.

SouthTech Academy, Inc. is a tuition-free public conversion charter school in the SouthTech School system. In 2016, SouthTech became an official local education agency (LEA) as recognized by the Florida Department of Education. SouthTech serves over 1,100 students in grades 9-12 and offers 13 career academies with over 40 industry certifications. SouthTech’s student body is 94% free-or-reduced lunch eligible with a graduation rate of 98%. SouthTech is preparing to launch its 14th career academy aimed at providing STEM-focused high school students and young adults with work-based learning opportunities and access to US DOL Maker Professional Registered apprenticeships. The Palm Beach County School District plans to act as the outcomes payor.