Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) announced that a new pilot will expand healthcare programming to eight CPS high schools as part of the Chicago Roadmap, an unprecedented collaboration that increases postsecondary opportunities for Chicago’s youth. The Healthcare Model Pathway pilot program will allow students to participate in college coursework and earn up to 15 college credits along with their high school diploma. Through the pilot, students will complete early college coursework, including key biology and healthcare courses, and will have the option to complete the coursework for the Certified Nursing Assistant certificate. This fall, students at CVCA, Dunbar, Gage Park, Instituto Health Sciences, Juarez, North-Grand, South Shore, and Washington will have the opportunity to complete courses in the model pathway and choose a health pathway of interest to them by completing key biology and healthcare prerequisite courses. The offerings will prepare students to launch healthcare careers such as physicians, dentists, nurses, radiographers, dental hygienists, physical therapy assistants, respiratory care techs, occupational therapy assistants and more.