Title V Project HOPE (Health Operations and Pipeline to Education) began Oct. 1, 2002 and continued through Sept. 30, 2007. From that ending point, began a rough path for Project HOPE supporters, but as of July 1, 2009, Project HOPE became institutionalized.

The two year battle for the institutionalization began on Oct. 17, 2007 when Public Presentations were presented by students, alumni, faculty/staff and the community, which resulted in a unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees to use the Avalon revenues to keep Project HOPE going for one more year.

During that year Cerritos College students and the community held a silent protest in support of the institutionalization of Project HOPE.

Public Presentations were once again made to the Board of Trustees to institutionalize the program.

Summer 2008, Bill Farmer became an impacting component in this situation. Farmer states, “Project HOPE had many recommendations about how they could be institutionalized into the fabric of the college. I accepted all the recommendations of the Task Force, except for one. I was not willing to give their faculty 80%. I gave them 40%.”

In January 2009, Farmer anounced the institutionalization plan for Project HOPE that did not have the community or the students happy with the model plan.

As of September 2009, the program for Project HOPE has been placed in full effect.

Although it appears to be settled with the program being in a stable postion, after a two year battle, there is still so many unanswered questions that the Project HOPE students, parents, faculty and alumni have.

Project HOPE stated, “The money is here. The program has been institutionalized. Let’s see whats really going to happen now.”