UNITE-LA was proudly represented at the L.A. County Department of Economic Opportunity’s High Road Training Partnership (HRTP) kick-off event on July 9.

Last month, UNITE-LA's My Pathway to Health program had 25 participants successfully earn their Basic Life Support (BLS) training certifications, with two more already certified from a previous session—bringing our total to 27 BLS-certified participants!

We are proud to spotlight Propel America, one of our valued My Pathway to Health partners, for their recent recognition as a recipient of the High Road Training Partnership (HRTP) award!

On Tuesday, July 22, UNITE-LA co-hosted the Southern California Apprenticeship Network (SCAN) mixer alongside the Orange County Regional Consortium at Madero 1899 Cocina y Cantina.

On June 30, UNITE-LA and the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) co-hosted a regional lunch and learn to convene subregional leads and partners for an energizing conversation on advancing work-based learning (WBL) across the L.A. region.

UNITE-LA was excited to be selected to participate in DESIGN, REGISTER, LAUNCH: The Apprenticeship Bootcamp.

On June 30, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) announced winners of the EnergyTech University Prize (EnergyTech UP) 2025 National Pitch event at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Finalists, who came from multidisciplinary teams of postsecondary students from universities across the U.S., pitched their innovative business plans to bring a high-potential energy technology to market. Finalist teams competed for the top three national spots and bonus prizes. Felix Peng, a fall 2024 LA Regional Cleantech Career Academy graduate and current Harvey Mudd College student (class of 2028), and his team won a $20,000 bonus prize!

The National Strategic Partnerships (NSP) team, working with their partners at the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE), recently graduated their seventh cohort of chamber professionals in skills-based hiring practices.

At UNITE-LA, we are proud to support young professionals as they take meaningful steps toward bright and impactful futures. One shining example is Ruby Nava, a 2024 graduate of our My Pathway to Health program.

In July, the City of Los Angeles Economic & Workforce Development Department (EWDD) and the L.A. Opportunity Youth Collaborative (OYC), of which UNITE-LA is a partner, convened the third Horizons 32K Stewardship Board meeting.