Education
Earn While You Learn
State-Recognized Programs: BPPE-approved and aligned with industry certifications for direct career pathways.
Practical Learning: Emphasizes hands-on, real-world training and work-based experiences.
Community-Rooted Instruction: Courses led by expert instructors committed to student and community success.
Built-In Career Pipeline: Direct connection to employment opportunities through CRE Pathways’ AJCC site and workforce network.
Our Services
Unique Vocational Program and Hands On Experience
Real Estate
As Sacramento’s only community-based Real Estate School, we offer guided instruction that prepares students to pass the State Salesperson Exam. Local instructors provide practical training and real-world insights often missing from traditional programs.
Community Health Worker
CRE Pathways offers a unique earn-while-you-learn Community Health Worker certification program, allowing students to build career experience while completing their training. Participants earn a wage throughout the program, supporting financial stability as they prepare for impactful roles in community health.
Workplace Technology Certifications
The Workplace Technology course equips students with essential digital skills through hands-on training in Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and more. Each student receives a Chromebook and software access to eliminate tech barriers—and keeps their tools after completion to continue growing in their career.
Construction and Electrical Basics
The Construction and Electrical Basics Certification Course offers hands-on training in fundamental trade skills, preparing students for careers in construction and electrical work. Graduates earn OSHA 10 certification, certified pre-apprenticeship hours, and their own set of hand tools—removing financial barriers and opening doors to future apprenticeship opportunities.
Why Choose Us
Earn While You Learn
Each CRE Pathways Education Program includes on-the-job training, allowing students to earn while they learn, gain real-world experience, and build professional networks during their studies.
Customizeable Education
CRE Pathways is committed to innovation—if your ideal career path doesn’t yet exist, we’ll help create it and connect you with meaningful opportunities to reach your goals.
Built in Job Center
Through our alignment with Pivot Sacramento, an America’s Job Center of California, all CRE Pathways students receive specialized barrier mitigation and job center services to support their success every step of the way.
Youth Opportunities
CRE Pathways offers a 12-month paid Fellowship Program that lets youth explore multiple career paths before choosing a long-term direction. The program is designed to build exposure, experience, and confidence.
Everyday is a new opportunity!
CRE Pathways offers a uniquely innovative education model that combines exposure, experience, and opportunity for those seeking more but unsure where to start. By bridging gaps in knowledge and access, we’ve helped over 596 individuals secure meaningful, living-wage careers in just the past three years.
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Education
Civic Engagement Cohort
Our unique civic engagement program serves as an education and empowerment hub for various organizations within the community. This 13 week program teaches our community how to navigate and engage in legislative spaces, covering information such as:
- What is legislation?
- What is a bill?
- How does a bill become law?
- How can the community influence bills and policies?
- How to author a bill?
- How to speak with legislation?
The overall goal of the Civic Engagement Cohort is to develop capable leaders, successors, and culture-keepers to champion a new body of policy work spotlighting core community issues. The initiative’s curriculum is guided by experienced Political and private industry leaders inclusive of:
- Lessons for skills development to craft policies relative to Community’s core interest areas;
- Participation in a series of educational and professional development training and seminars;
- Unique occasions to engage elected officials and influential leaders who work within the social and political arenas of community core issues;
- Personal development of political and public service values;
- Invaluable leadership experience by spearheading altruistic projects within California or beyond.
Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap is a signature community outreach program, through the International Faith Based Coalition that brings together Faith Based Leaders, Law Enforcement, as well as grassroots organizations in effort to elevate awareness and educate on substance use/abuse prevention and mitigation strategies.
This specialized conference is now hosted in partnership with SYAFP and is designed to elevate youth influence, voices, and youth-led coordinated engagements with the Faith Based Communities and law enforcement. Thus Bridging the gap between the Faith Based communities, law enforcement, and the newest generation of emerging leaders in drug policy, substance use and abuse mitigation and prevention spaces.
Education
Civic Engagement Cohort
Our unique civic engagement program serves as an education and empowerment hub for various organizations within the community. This 13 week program teaches our community how to navigate and engage in legislative spaces, covering information such as:
- What is legislation?
- What is a bill?
- How does a bill become law?
- How can the community influence bills and policies?
- How to author a bill?
- How to speak with legislation?
The overall goal of the Civic Engagement Cohort is to develop capable leaders, successors, and culture-keepers to champion a new body of policy work spotlighting core community issues. The initiative’s curriculum is guided by experienced Political and private industry leaders inclusive of:
- Lessons for skills development to craft policies relative to Community’s core interest areas;
- Participation in a series of educational and professional development training and seminars;
- Unique occasions to engage elected officials and influential leaders who work within the social and political arenas of community core issues;
- Personal development of political and public service values;
- Invaluable leadership experience by spearheading altruistic projects within California or beyond.
Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap is a signature community outreach program, through the International Faith Based Coalition that brings together Faith Based Leaders, Law Enforcement, as well as grassroots organizations in effort to elevate awareness and educate on substance use/abuse prevention and mitigation strategies.
This specialized conference is now hosted in partnership with SYAFP and is designed to elevate youth influence, voices, and youth-led coordinated engagements with the Faith Based Communities and law enforcement. Thus Bridging the gap between the Faith Based communities, law enforcement, and the newest generation of emerging leaders in drug policy, substance use and abuse mitigation and prevention spaces.