2022-09-09T16:36:31-05:00 2021-12-31 Maginnis Knechtel & McIntyre LLP 300 W Colorado Blvd Pasadena CA 91105 990 2021-01-01 820576380 UNITE-LA INC % ALYSIA M BELL UNIT 2133251500 1055 WILSHIRE BLVD Suite 1750 LOS ANGELES CA 90017 ALYSIA BELL PRESIDENT 3104773924 2022-09-01 true ALYSIA BELL 999009999 Linda E G Ballesteros P00366852 6264493466 2022-09-01 2 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ALYSIA BELL 1055 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 1750 LOS ANGELES CA 90017 6306944 false X www.unitela.com X 2002 CA TO ENSURE THE IMPROVEMENT OF EFFECTIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS IN LA. 21 20 46 165 0 5129996 6303345 5649 3594 25 5 0 0 5135670 6306944 30000 175588 0 0 3380518 3836883 0 0 554685 1662559 1375338 5073077 5387809 62593 919135 2379741 3433330 491651 626105 1888090 2807225 X UNITE-LA'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF EFFECTIVE AND ALIGNED CRADLE-TO-CAREER PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS IN LOS ANGELES, RESULTING IN ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH HAVING ACCESS TO A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION. UNITE-LA WORKS ON BEHALF OF LOCAL YOUTH BY PROVIDING PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FROM CRADLE-TO-CAREER; IN OUR SYSTEMS CHANGE AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS - BROKERING PARTNERSHIPS TO GRANT EQUAL ACCESS AND ACHIEVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE; AND IN ISSUES, ADVOCACY AND EXPERTISE - ADVOCATING AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO BUILD EQUITABLE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS SERVING YOUTH AND FAMILIES. false false 1661232 LA Youth at Work (LAYAW) - Our L.A. Youth at Work program demonstrates success begins with preparation. We see this when our youth are placed into L.A. area jobs and internships. LAYAW is transforming young adult, disadvantaged, lives by increasing stability, independence, and confidence. The proven and successful LAYAW program, begun in 1996, was built on working with students in person. The COVID-19 pandemic required? us to reimagine our work to best serve youth in a virtual environment. In May 2020, UNITE-LA launched WorkforceReady, an innovative, virtual program, in partnership with the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation. WorkforceReady consists of a six-week curriculum offering weekly online video or discussion-board activity-based modules. The learning pathways and course selections are designed to help youth develop the essential, non-technical soft skills that will promote their success in the workplace; curriculum content decisions were informed by UNITE-LA's partner employers. Our second year with this successful partnership included four cohorts, totaling 688 youth participants from UNITE-LA partner organizations and educational institutions. Additionally, WorkforceReady continues to allow us to reach an even more diverse audience - both in terms of race/ethnicity and economic status - at a critical time for youth in vulnerable communities. 991569 3594 L.A. Cash for College - L.A. Cash for College (LA-CFC) provides direct support, information and resources for financial aid to students and families across Los Angeles. This is done in collaboration with a wide network of nonprofit, college access providers, high school college counselors and local higher education admissions staff. LA-CFC effectively bridges the gap between K-12 and postsecondary education to create seamless onramps into higher education for first generation college-going students. LA-CFC focuses on activities that provide wide-scale impact and a level of support, excitement and engagement that would not be possible for a single school or nonprofit. Programming is year-long, with financial aid workshops and events beginning in the fall semester and concluding in the spring. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, L.A. Cash for College always held its largest event in-person every fall with the L.A. Cash for College: College & Career Convention, which brought thousands of students to one location in order to help prepare them and their families for the college application and financial aid application processes. This past school year, as a result of the continuing pandemic, L.A. Cash for College remained virtual. Like the previous year, UNITE-LA reimagined its L.A. Cash for College programming and offered students a virtual series of online workshops on financial aid, college applications, financial literacy for students, career exploration panels and resources to ensure the pandemic did not slow down their college dreams. This assistance with completing FAFSA and California Dream Act applications for financial aid took place in the fall and spring. As well, our scholarship awards program, Dollars for Scholars, continued with its virtual format, and awarded L.A. Cash for College participants more than $30,000 in Dr. Alma Salazar Scholarship money. This program continues to serve as an important incentive for families to access grant aid for which they are eligible. 785933 PUBLIC POLICY: The Policy team at UNITE-LA makes sure our local and state leaders are putting the needs of the unserved and underserved first and do so by continuing long-standing and building new partnerships with business organizations to mobilize private sector leaders on critical issues impacting the wellbeing of the communities where they conduct business. Policy work around topics such as early childcare and education, immigration, opportunity youth and many others ensure that business leaders are not only aware but can also be part of the solution to key societal issues so that all youth have an opportunity to succeed in life. 389235 L.A. 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Compact, a bold commitment to close the education and workforce gaps caused by systemic inequities and racism. Recognizing that no single institution alone can solve our most pressing, complex education and workforce challenges, the L.A. Compact brings together the region's most prominent leaders to collectively lead transformative change. Our unique role as an intermediary allows us to build consensus among diverse stakeholders through collaborative strategies, creating more sustainable and scalable education and workforce solutions. NBC-ACCE: The partnership between the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation (ADDE-F) and UNITE-LA leverages ACCE's powerful network of 1,600 member chambers of commerce and other business organizations, which represent about 1.2 million organizations that employ approximately 70 million people, with UNITE-LA's capacity and expertise in strengthening cradle-to-career education and workforce development systems, policies, and programs. 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