Santa Fe Community College is an open admissions, degree granting public two-year institution established by the State of Florida in 1965. For the past three years, SFCC has been administering a HCOP grant for 5 targeted Health Sciences programs. The purpose of the HCOP grant is to increase the representation of minorities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds in specific Health Sciences education programs by targeting these groups for recruitment, enrollment and graduation. The grant incorporates a Summer Institute, Orientation, Academic Advisement, Mentoring, Counseling, and Shadowing. The Summer Institute serves as the backbone of the HCOP program. The Institute offers the students a 6-week intensive enrichment program in the biological and physical sciences, mathematics, critical thinking skills, and other areas. Students rated the summer institute in terms of stating what was to be learned, motivating, providing guidance and structure, providing appropriate practice activities, giving appropriate feedback, and enabling participants to evaluate learning experience. Scores ranged from 4.16 to 4.89, indicating that the summer institute was successful in helping the students on these items. Scores for the orientation ranged from 4.84 to 4.96, indicating that the orientation was successful in introducing the students to the program. Scores for the career shadowing experience ranged from 4.18 to 4.73, indicating that the shadowing of future professionals is essential to the success of the program. Comments on the Summer Institute include: "The summer institute was a wonderful experience! The most important part of HCOP is that you can get a free tutor if you have problems with a class." Through the HCOP grant, the college remains committed to increasing higher education opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds.