Youth Leadership Summit - Washington, DC 2006

	The mission of the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) is to develop and strengthen broadbased partnerships throughout the education continuum, from early childhood through postsecondary education.

Booz Allen Hamilton, a global strategy and technology consulting firm, works with clients to deliver results that endure. We provide services to the world's leading corporations, government and other public agencies, emerging growth companies, and institutions.

The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) were created in 1998 during the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to encourage more young people from low-income families to consider and prepare early for college. Currently, GEAR UP serves 1.2 million students in 47 states, the District of Columbia and three territories. The program can be found in all but three states: Idaho; New Hampshire; and North Dakota. In now its seventh funding year, GEAR UP has received almost $1.2 billion since its creation and has 280 partnership grants and 36 state grants.

Gear Up For Excellence is a training organization dedicated to serving the Gear Up community. We provide motivational speakers, books, leadership retreats and camps. Contact us so we can get involved in your community.