El Camino College was recently the sole grant awardee of the competitive California Community Colleges Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Transfer Agreement Project. El Camino will receive $2.9 million over five years to help improve student transfer paths with HBCUs.

Objectives of the grant include:

• Provide effective organization and governance to ensure the success of the HBCU Transfer Agreement Project.
• Provide effective HBCU partner relationship building, management, and oversight.
• Construct and maintain an effective statewide outreach campaign to involved stakeholders, including students, parents, high school and college counselors, instructional faculty, community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations.
• Form, participate in, and maintain strategic partnerships with other state and national groups with shared goals, such as Umoja, A2MEND, The Black Common Application, Black Expo, and HBCU Alumni Chapters, etc.
• Maintain necessary data infrastructure to collect, measure, and evaluate program outcomes in respect to the objectives.