L.A. Cash for College is a financial aid awareness campaign that helps students and families navigate the financial aid process and realize their college potential. Through the annual College & Career Convention, financial aid completion workshops and scholarship incentives, we inform students about college and financial aid processes, personally assist students and families applying for financial aid, and reward students with potential $1,000 scholarships.
L.A. Youth at Work invests in our young adults to develop the future workforce. LAYAW solicits entry-level job commitments and internship opportunities from private sector employers then trains and certifies young adults between the ages of 16-24, free of charge and regardless of income or residency, with the skills necessary to qualify for entry-level employment.
The Real World of STEAM provides youth (ages 14-24) with career exposure/awareness throughout the different disciplines within the STEAM umbrella.
South L.A. Scholars provides paid work experience in a health care setting for South L.A. students enrolled in health-career-themed high schools. The program is designed to connect students, especially low-income and underrepresented youth residing in South Los Angeles, to meaningful summer internship opportunities, and help youth develop the necessary skills to secure future employment in the health sector.
The UNITE-LA Tech Pathway recognizes that talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. We work to bridge this gap by working with industry, educational institutions, community-based organizations and the City of Los Angeles to connect underserved talent to careers in technology.
UNITE-LA is committed to addressing critical health care workforce shortages to ensure a thriving regional economy. We're working with L.A.'s health care employers to create a diverse talent pipeline.
The Avantus Cleantech Career Academy creates opportunities for students to succeed in California’s green energy future. Through education, job-readiness programs and paid work-based learning, future clean energy leaders develop the real-world skills employers need and gain access to high-growth, high-wage jobs.
Collective input, collective action, collective impact. The L.A. Compact is a bold commitment by Los Angeles leaders from education, business, government, labor, and non-profit sectors, to transform education outcomes from cradle to career, ensuring that today’s youth have the skills necessary to compete and succeed in a 21st century global workforce.
Our nation's equitable recovery, maximization of human capital and improved economic mobility depend on better informed collaboration among business, economic development leaders, regional workforce systems and education and training institutions. Each face new and large-scale challenges that demand an integrated approach.
In order to truly transform our educational system, change takes place at the local, state and national levels. UNITE-LA unifies with community-based organizations for local partnerships; the R.E.A.L. Coalition with statewide influence; and A.C.C.E. projecting a national voice.
Thirteen years ago, the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute revealed that while “96% of Latino parents want their children to attend college”, few understood how to support their children in the college admission process or how to access the financial aid opportunities that make that access affordable. Our mission is to educate students and families so their finances no longer are a factor in deciding whether or not to go to college.
UNITE-LA is partnering with the Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC) to ensure employers have access to skilled workforce that is representative of local, diverse talent, and that talent from underserved communities – particularly those who experience systemic barriers to living-wage career pathways – have access to high-demand, living-wage careers.
UNITE-LA understands the importance of investment in early learning, birth through five years old, and its effectiveness in improving high school graduation rates and college attendance, in addition to increasing safety, decreasing crime and building a stronger economy and middle class.
UNITE-LA supports the new 21st century assessments and accountability system, along with the Linked Learning approach for education, which integrates rigorous academics with career-based learning and real work workplace experience.
UNITE-LA seeks to improve post-secondary student success outcomes, expand access and eligibility for financial aid, and supports pathways of opportunity for undocumented students in the pursuit of college education and career development.
UNITE-LA supports the development of comprehensive P-16 career pathways that create a systemic approach to meeting the needs of high-demand industry sectors and preparing our youth for the challenging opportunities of the global economy.
UNITE-LA is particularly concerned with the challenges facing youth who are Out-of-School and Out-of-Work. This population of critically at-risk youth needs special supports and on-ramps to ensure they become re-engaged in society. UNITE-LA employs staff to specifically support strategies aimed at changing outcomes for this high need population that includes Foster Youth, Transition-Age Youth, Probation Youth and Formerly Incarcerated youth.
