As part of the Horizons 32K Strategic Plan for Opportunity Youth, UNITE-LA and regional partners are working to strengthen health care career pathways and expand access to paid work-based learning opportunities for young people across Los Angeles County. Through the Opportunity Youth Systems Change Demonstration Project, partners have spent the past year examining where health care pathways break down and identifying strategies to create more connected, equitable routes into training and employment. Findings from this work are helping inform both regional practice and state-level conversations about how to better support opportunity youth.

As part of the Horizons 32K strategic plan to improve outcomes for opportunity youth across Los Angeles County, UNITE‑LA is advancing efforts to strengthen the transition from high school into college, training and employment for students in Los Angeles' alternative education system. In February, alongside the Britebound Center for Career Navigation at Jobs for the Future (JFF) and LAUSD, UNITE‑LA convened K–12, community college and workforce leaders to improve career navigation for students completing high school in non-traditional settings. LAUSD's Options division serves more than 9,000 students across 60 sites, including continuation high schools, virtual academies and community day schools for expelled students.