Young Womens Christian Association Of Greater Los Angeles California

Profile

Key Facts

Year founded:
1894

Programs

Job corps: administered by the u. S. Department of labor and operated locally by the ywca, job corps is one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive residential education and job training programs for at-risk youth, ages 16 through 24. The average los angeles job corps enrollee is 20 years old and has not completed high school. The los angeles job corps center (lajcc) annually serves more than 1,300 los angeles area youth. Lajcc students are a part of los angeles' 94,000 young adults who are out of school and unemployed. Lajcc specializes in serving los angeles' neediest youth: high school drop-outs, foster and homeless youth, youthful offenders, and recent immigrants. No other agency provides a wide array of all-inclusive services to meet the multi-dimensional need of los angeles' youth.


child development:the overall goal of ywca gla's child development program is to provide a safe, nurturing, and learning environment in which children can flourish while enabling their families to increase their capacity towards self-sufficiency. Ywca gla does this by providing a developmentally appropriate, culturally diverse program which addresses all phases of a child's development - social, emotional, cognitive, and physical. Families are involved in all phases of their child's educational progress through planning, implementation, and evaluation. The service offered is affordable and often free to those in need at child development sites throughout greater los angeles.


sexual assault crisis services:since 1985, sexual assault crisis services has provided crisis intervention and prevention services to survivors of sexual assault and their families. The program operates from ywca gla's compton empowerment center, angeles mesa empowerment center and the satellite office in south bay. The program provides the following services: 24 hour hotline; follow-up to ensure quality of service; counseling both individual and group; accompaniment to law enforcement, hospitals and court; community and prevention education; self-defense classes; and the clothesline project, which allows a visualization of the trauma experienced by victims. The program operates a 24-hour hotline number: 1-877 y-helps-u, which is staffed by certified crisis advocates.


youth services:the goal of ywca gla youth services program provides a safe haven for youth during those off hours when school is out. By cultivating their educational, cultural, and social development, we supply young people with the tools necessary for becoming healthy, happy, and productive adults. The ywca gla runs a variety of youth programs for youth ages 11 to 17, focusing largely on girls, but includes several programs for both sexes. These programs offer educational and leadership opportunities that guide and empower young people to reach their full potentials, whatever their surrounding circumstances may be. All of ywca gla's youth programs encourage empowerment and growth by focusing on the following four areas:academic enrichment - ywca gla cultivates effective learning skills through tutoring, study halls, and science and technology training programs. Ywca gla also aims to strengthen family relations by encouraging parents to meet with school faculty;community action & leadership - ywca gla trains young women and girls for political and social leadership positions within their communities. Ywca gla educates them on social issues and provides them with activism opportunities--both on a local and global level--through the ywca gla movement;economic empowerment & financial literacy - ywca gla inspires youth to set goals and pursue their dreams by providing them with successful role models and mentoring, and by teaching them life tools for personal resiliency, and;positive health and fitness - ywca gla promotes the physical and mental health of our youth by raising their awareness of health-related issues. Ywca gla also offers fitness training, competitive sports, and comprehensive sexual education. Union pacific empowerment center:in february 2010, ywca gla began providing supportive program services in east los angeles. This site is the model ywca gla location which includes:- child care slots for 80 children, including infants, toddlers and preschool children. - senior meal service for 35 seniors, providing lunch meals daily with social engagement activities. - girls club, serving middle and high school students with life skill activities. - computer lab for career development, computer training and job searching workshops. - esl workshops, designed to empower the east los angeles residents in learning english as a second language.