At our second quarter staff retreat, UNITE-LA team members visited Destination Crenshaw and the surrounding area.

Last month, UNITE-LA's Programs team hosted the Fall Partner Open House, welcoming 44 partners from across our network.

Last month, UNITE-LA successfully launched the My Pathway to Health and Step into Tech programs, exceeding enrollment goals!

The City of Los Angeles’ Youth Development Department hosted the L.A. Youth Expo at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, in partnership with various city departments, community-based organizations, YouthSource Centers and others. Close to 3,000 youth, ages 14-25, attended the Youth Expo.

On June 3, UNITE-LA celebrated 43 graduates from our Spring 2025 Los Angeles Regional Cleantech Career Academy (Academy) at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College.

Check out the UNITE-LA National Strategic Partnerships team’s June edition of News to Know, the monthly newsletter featuring national workforce and education trends and regional chamber initiatives.

We are proud to spotlight the Heising-Simons Foundation for their generous $500,000 general operating grant supporting UNITE-LA, in recognition of our dedicated work to drive policy and systemic solutions that will improve support for families with children ages 0-5.

UNITE-LA's Director of Digital Equity, Liliana Aide Monge, alongside our LA DEAL partner, Joel Martin from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, hosted an LA DEAL California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Infrastructure Grant Account webinar for L.A. County that featured three members of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), including Program Supervisor Louise Fischer.

Last month, UNITE-LA's Director of Education and Workforce Strategy & Policy, Kelly Reynolds, joined Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) and child care advocates, including EveryChild CA and San Diego for Every Child, in Washington, D.C., for an advocacy trip to meet with lawmakers about the proposed cuts to Medicaid in the reconciliation budget process and the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request. In these meetings, advocates elevated the devastating impacts cuts to Medicaid will have on access to child care, families, businesses and the economy at large.

On June 10, UNITE-LA's Policy team held an Education Means Business policy webinar and brought together Assemblymember David Alvarez (AD-80), Chair of Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance, and Edgar Cabral, Deputy Legislative Analyst: K-12 Education, California Legislative Analyst’s Office.