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The second World Congress of Colleges and Polytechnics was held in Melbourne, Australia in March 2002. The Congress explored outcomes aligned to themes of accessibility, technology and globalisation, strengthening partnerships and youth as a vocational education and training (VET) customer. This paper was presented under the theme of expanding accessibility and as part of the workshop on identifying and removing barriers to access. It discusses an educational program for Aboriginal youth delivered by the Riverina Institute at the Griffith Campus, TAFE NSW. KOOL (Koori Outreach Options for Learning) was initially implemented as a pilot program in 2000 following a survey of community agencies that identified a strong need for relevant and purposeful educational programs for Aboriginal youth in the Riverina region of New South Wales (NSW). The program is explained in terms of its location, course details, aims, course structure and delivery strategies as well as the innovative aspects of the program and how each KOOL program is evaluated. The paper concludes with a list of the major outcomes of the KOOL programs.