Grounded in needs assessments shaped by Community Schools students, families and educators, UNITE-LA elevated community-defined priorities for student well-being—including access and expansion of vision and dental care, and dedicated supports for foster and homeless student needs.

As part of UNITE-LA's regional Student-Centered Transfer Redesign work, CSU Dominguez Hills empowered transfer students to lead campus change by launching S.T.A.R.S. (Supporting Transfer and Returning Students), a student-led organization that elevates transfer student voice and peer support.

In partnership with the OYC, UNITE‑LA designed participatory data trainings with foster youth leaders and Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Youth Engagement Section staff.

The Opportunity Youth Collaborative (OYC) launched a Youth Advisory Council to guide the implementation of the Horizons 32K Roadmap for opportunity youth. This structure places youth leaders alongside system decision‑makers on the Horizons 32K Stewardship Board, ensuring lived experience shapes what the region prioritizes and how it is delivered. Youth helped set three core priorities for year one implementation: stronger high school transitions, expanded paid work‑based learning and integrated holistic supports.

UNITE-LA extended its systems transformation work into digital equity—an essential foundation for learning, work and civic participation. As co-convener of the California Public Utilities Commission's designated Regional Broadband Consortium for L.A. County, LA DEAL, UNITE-LA catalyzed a $25 million broadband infrastructure proposal in the Antelope Valley that will increase internet access for nearly 1,000 residents. The Antelope Valley Broadband Project is transforming the way residents access the internet by providing them with internet service that is run by a community organization versus a private sector internet service provider.

In 2025, UNITE‑LA published two reports with the L.A. Opportunity Youth Collaborative—Centering Youth, Strengthening Systems and Uncovering the Full Cost of L.A. Youth Workforce Development Programs—to inform how workforce systems can better serve opportunity youth and improve long‑term outcomes.

As co-convener of LAUSD's Community Schools Initiative (CSI), UNITE-LA supported the implementation of the Meaningful Teaching and Learning (MTL) resolution, which empowers five designated community schools to redesign instruction and assessment toward deeper, more relevant and equity-centered learning aligned with student and community needs.

The Project CAMINOS STEM Summer Academy at Cal Poly Pomona, supported by the L.A. Region K-16 Collaborative, expanded equitable access to hands-on STEM learning for high school students across Los Angeles, providing robotics, architecture and other immersive experiences that help students see college as within reach and themselves as active learners on a university campus.

Since 2019, UNITE-LA has led a regional effort to redesign the student transfer ecosystem, partnering with community colleges, CSU campuses and philanthropy to address policies, practices and institutional cultures that hinder degree completion. This work evolved into a student-centered initiative anchored by CSU Dominguez Hills and Cal Poly Pomona.

UNITE-LA and the Los Angeles Digital Equity Action League (LA DEAL) advanced a coordinated, countywide approach to digital equity—aligning cities, community organizations, public agencies and residents around strategies to expand access to affordable, reliable high-speed internet.