AOP-20, established in 2013, is a collaborative of nine southeastern Ohio counties (two Educational Service Centers). The counties include Guernsey, Monroe, Noble, Washington, Muskingum, Coshocton, Morgan, Perry and Hocking, all of which are federally-designated Appalachian counties. Its mission is to inspire a regional commitment to student success and it is known for quarterly convening a diverse council of K-12, higher education, business, philanthropy, and governance. We are the only sizable collaborative in southeastern Ohio that has become a voice for identifying barriers to student success and seeking ways to respond to them. In 2017 AOP-20 was invited to participate in Ohio’s C2C Initiative. We have participated in their committees and been asked to serve as one of just six C2Cs in the state to develop the C2C plan for increasing student enrollment at all levels.