Community Education Partnerships

Community Education Partnerships' mission is to increase the learning opportunities and
enhance the academic achievement of students experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity in the San Francisco Bay Area. To achieve this mission, we recruit, screen, and train volunteers to provide high-quality, individualized one-on-one academic tutoring and mentoring for pre-kindergarten – 12th grade unhoused students. As a lack of transportation presents one of the most significant challenges our students face in their education, CEP takes its services to the children. Thus, most of the tutoring and mentoring takes place in shelters, transitional homes, libraries, coffee shops – wherever volunteers can meet their students. CEP provides all of its students with grade-appropriate backpacks, school supplies, and books throughout the school year. Additionally, CEP offers opportunities for students facing homelessness to participate in extra-curricular enrichment activities like field trips and CEP-hosted shelter-based activities, such as Summer Reading Clubs, Back to School Nights, Homework Clubs, and Family Reading Nights.