Education Resources
Life Skills and Mental Health
Services
Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center
This program offers several services
for foster and probation youth on Medi-Cal, ages 0 - 21. These include:
individual and group therapy, outpatient/inpatient services, socialization
and intervention groups, etc. Services are tailored to the child
or youth's individual needs. Staff willing to help with transportation
issues. Please contact:
Suzanne
Silverstein, (310) 423-3506, suzanne.silverstein@cshs.org
Makin' It in LA
Makin' it in LA is a Gang Reduction and Youth
Development* program for eligible youth ages 10-15 residing in Baldwin
Village. This is anew program funded by the City of Los Angeles designed
to help kids survive and thrive in challenging circumstances.
• Staffed by youth
coaches trained to help youth develop physically, emotionally, and academically.
• Parent coaches
trained to help parents raise strong and self-disciplined youth.
• Free counseling,
therapy, parenting and life skills classes.
The program will connect youth to community services, pay fees, and
provide transportation to activities in the community.
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Community Build, Inc.
Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
3650 Crenshaw Bl, Suite 247,
Los Angeles, CA 90008
Telephone (323) 596-2277 |
*Gang Reduction and Youth Development Program
Funded by the City of Los Angeles
Peace4Kids
This program covers employment, housing, and money management for foster youth and other at-risk youth from the South Los Angeles area. Their focus is to encourage each teen to develop dreams and goals for their own future. Youth will learn how to look for a job, write a resume, fill out applications, and what to expect, including how to act, in a job interview. They will also learn how to find an apartment, what is important to look for in an apartment and/or roommate, and what the responsibilities are when signing a lease. Finally, they will learn the many aspects of managing their money including budgeting, saving, banking, planning ahead, and tips for saving when shopping.
Street
Poets
Street Poets is a non-profit poetry-based
peace-making organization dedicated to the creative process as
a force for individual and community transformation. Their mission
is:
TO INSPIRE at-risk youth in the juvenile detention facilities, schools
and streets of Los Angeles County to discover and develop their voices
as writers, artists and human beings;
TO EMPOWER these young people to use the skills and increased self-awareness
engendered through the arts to transcend self-destructive lifestyles;
TO CREATE a healing community that unites different racial, ethnic
and socioeconomic segments of the city around the transformational
power of the creative process.
Street Poets holds weekly workshops at their office (Seeking Peace,
Tuesdays 4-6 p.m. and Studio Recording Sessions, Fridays 4-8
p.m.), probation camps and at public and alternative high schools in Los Angeles. In
the last three years, they've produced 3 CDs of music and poetry by our youth. You
can download tracks from these CDs on their website.
Teen Web/My Life Careers
Looking for a job or a career in something you're really interested in? Maybe you're just looking to volunteer somewhere? This is a good place to start your search.
Teen Web/My Life Health
If you have questions about your health, this link at your local library might help you find the answer you're looking for.
Teen Web/My Life Personal Problems
Are you struggling with some personal questions? Visit this link; there are some folks working with your local library that might be able to help you out.
United Job Creation Council
Want help learning how
to solve problems and become more self-aware? UJCC can help if you
are between the ages of 17 -24 and live in the areas of Inglewood,
Lennox, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Carson, or the West Athens
district of Los Angeles. Complete their 30-hour training and receive
a $25 stipend!
Contact (323) 432-3976.
Download details
in PDF format here: 
Youth
Empowerment Strategies for Success — Independent Living
Program (YESS-ILP)
Youth Empowerment Strategies
for Success (YESS) is a comprehensive and integrated program
that unites community partners and academic leaders to empower
foster youth to successfully transition into independent living.
The YESS program provides services that focus on life
skills training and academic performance with the objective
of achieving self-sufficiency.
The YESS-ILP
Program offers a series of workshops/resources for
foster students ages 16-21 to develop life skills and learn about
our academic/vocational programs.
YESS-ILP participants:
• Learn
how to navigate the opportunities at the Compton
Center
• Earn
college units
• Make-up
high school credits
• Learn
about the financial aid process focusing on foster youth
• Receive
information on student services like EOP&S,
Transfer Center, and Cal Works
• Receive
assistance
with earning a high school diploma
• Earn
job skills and job training
• Receive
employment
counseling and exploration
• Learn
how to transition into independent living
• Enjoy
a host field trips, guest speakers and prizes
Participants will get refreshments, a t-shirt, book bag, and school
supplies. If a student completes the YESS-ILP program and registers
as a full-time Compton Center student (12 units or more) the student
will be eligible for a Student Ambassador Job.
For further information, contact: Johnny J.
Conley, M.Ed., Outreach Specialist, Outreach & Relations with Schools • Telephone:
(310) 900·1600
Ext 2767 Email: jconley@elcamino.edu
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