Operation Jump Start

Since 1994, OJS has provided the resources and mentoring needed to enable youth in underserved communities to reach their full potential through a college education. Our organization has an established legacy of success in providing access to higher education for low-income students of color - a demographic group significantly underrepresented on four-year college campuses throughout California. OJS does this with the administration of two distinct and comprehensive programs: The College Access Program and the College Success Program.

The mission of Operation Jump Start is to help low-resourced, high-potential first-generation students get in, stay in, and graduate from a four-year college. We do this by providing academic support, mentoring, and exposure to a broader world.

College Success provides enhanced support to high school upperclassmen and college students. This program, beginning in the 11th grade and following students until they graduate college, ensures academic success as students navigate college admission and attendance, stewarding them through to degree attainment.

By creating a chance at a college education, OJS offers a path out of poverty for first- generation students of Long Beach so that they may not only succeed academically, but also in life. Our ultimate marker for success is degree attainment. The funds from the LA2050 grant challenge would provide critical support as we take our first steps towards our newly launched goal to serve 475 students across all OJS programs by the fall of 2024.

College Success provides enhanced support to high school upperclassmen and college students. This program, beginning in the 11th grade and following students until they graduate college, ensures academic success as students navigate college admission and attendance, stewarding them through to degree attainment.