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- EIN 52-1278339
- (213) 688-2802
- 634 South Spring Street 10th Floor Los Angeles CA 90014 USA
- www.ypiusa.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Employment, Human Services, Job Training, Youth Development
Mission: The Youth Policy Institute (YPI) is a nonprofit organization that uses a holistic approach to reduce poverty by ensuring families have access to high quality schools, wrap-around education and technology services, enabling a successful transition from cradle to college and career. YPI was founded in 1983 as an outgrowth of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial and has been operating in California since 1996. Since then, YPI has worked in Los Angeles to provide direct education and human need services for low-income youth and families. We now serve over 100,000 youth and adults annually at 125 sites throughout Los Angeles, with a focus on place-based community-driven initiatives that target high need communities such as Hollywood, Pacoima, and Pico Union/Westlake.
Results: In 2013, YPI ... - Provided 848,291 hours of technology training to 610,111 participants; - Provided financial literacy education for over 1,300 participants, helping them learn how to budget their money and save for college; - Placed over 200 youth - who were neither in school nor working - in postsecondary education or employment; - Served more than 5,000 students every day with our afterschool services at 56 school sites (we are the largest high school afterschool provider in all of California); - Increased our YPI schools' API scores by an average of 25.5 points! Our Bert Corona Charter School achieved a 43-point API increase, the fourth largest of any middle school in Los Angeles; and more! Check out our 2013 Annual Report on our website for more information!
Target demographics: Low-income families
Direct beneficiaries per year: Ever year, over 100,000 youth and adults receive free YPI services at over 100 program sites throughout Los Angeles.
Geographic areas served: Los Angeles, with an emphasis on the communities of Pacoima, Hollywood & Pico Union/Westlake
Programs: Early education learning services like Baby University and Mommy and Me classes; K-12 mentoring, tutoring, arts, and sports programs -- offered before, during, and after school; college and career preparation services like summer job opportunities, matched college savings accounts and college counseling services; and family supportive services that include case management, workforce development, health and nutrition classes, access to public benefits like CalFresh and health care services, and adult education programs (classes like ESL, GED, computer literacy).
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