Recently, UNITE-LA's Postsecondary Systems Team partnered with the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Greater L.A. Foundation, California College Guidance Initiative and Career Ladders Project to host an in-person Los Angeles County Dual Enrollment Convening on March 2.

In the spirit of cross-collaboration, UNITE-LA’s Policy and National teams joined forces to lead the Small Business Majority Alliance’s March meeting and present the Business Case for Child Care to the Alliance network of national partners. The full presentation may be viewed here.

The National Strategic Partnerships team, in partnership with the ACCE Foundation, announced the 11 chambers participating in our Economic Mobility for Rural Workers cohort.

The National Strategic Partnerships team is here with another edition of the ACCE Education and Talent Development Division newsletter!

UNITE-LA’s L.A. Youth at Work team hosted in-person work-readiness certification sessions at Theodore Roosevelt High School and Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School.

As part of our Advancing Tech Sector Fair Chance Hiring engagement with the L.A. County Justice, Care and Opportunities Department (JCOD—previously the Office of Diversion and Reentry), UNITE-LA’s Research & Evaluation and Workforce teams collaborated with external partners to conduct surveys of 397 systems-involved individuals to better understand their employment experience and barriers; results informed our Step into Tech programming.

Did You Know?

After our advocating for Proposition 47, and our service as co-chair of the L.A. County Prop 47 Jobs & Services Taskforce, in 2018, in partnership with the L.A. County Department of Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services and their Fair Chance Hiring campaign, UNITE-LA launched a pilot workforce development cohort-style program connecting 26 systems-involved 16- to 24-year-olds to job preparation, mentorship and an eight-week, 320-hour, paid internship at a private sector company. This work continues!

My Pathway to Health is a new program for UNITE-LA, connecting opportunity youth (out of school and out of work), ages 18-24, to careers in allied health. Launching May 9, My Pathway to Health is a paid opportunity and will provide participants the chance to explore careers and educational opportunities as phlebotomists, community health workers and peer support specialists.

UNITE-LA will be launching the second cohort of its Step into Tech program on May 18. The program is being offered to systems-involved individuals, ages 18-35. Over the course of five weeks for a total of 15 hours, participants will have the opportunity to listen and learn about different career pathways in tech and entrepreneurship from six career professionals from companies that include Meta, Snap Inc., xahive, Silverline, IH Communications and Third and Grove.