HISTORY

In 1995, the U.S. Department of Education awarded a Trio Upward Bound grant to the Japanese Community Youth Council (JCYC) to implement the AACE Upward Boundprogram to serve students in the San Francisco Unified School District. Traditionally, the majority of Upward Bound programs throughout the nation have been housed on university and college campuses. AACE Upward Bound has the unique distinction of being one of the few Upward Bound programs in California to be located at a non-profit, community agency. As a result of being located at a community agency, AACE Upward Bound at JCYC has built a partnership with San Francisco State University for both its academic and summer components, as well as with other colleges and universities, and community-based orgranizations throughout the City and County of San Francisco.