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I M P A C T

R E P O R T

For more than 30 years, the Youth Policy Institute (YPI) has been breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty by

providing access to education, workforce training, and essential services for youth and families.

Originally part of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, YPI was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1983. In 1996, YPI relocated to

Los Angeles to focus on direct education and comprehensive services including early childhood education, tutoring, operating

K-12 schools, college preparation, computer labs, case management, financial literacy, and job training.

Now over 1,600 YPI employees serve some of the city’s lowest-income neighborhoods, reaching more than 115,000 youth and

adults annually at 136 program sites in Los Angeles. YPI is the only nonprofit in the country to receive all three signature White House

Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative grants: Promise Neighborhoods, Choice Neighborhoods, and Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation;

and is lead implementation partner for the Los Angeles Promise Zone.

We are humbled by these endorsements of YPI’s work and consider them a call to do even better. In the years ahead, we will

continue to build and strengthen collaborations, invest in our staff, and sharpen our ability to measure the impact of our work.

We are honored to provide these services in Los Angeles, and thank you for your support of our efforts.

from cradle to college and careerYPI transforms Los Angeles neighborhoods using 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.

Our Mission

Transforming Lives and Neighborhoods

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From Our Executive DirectorDixon Slingerland

I am honored to share with you some of the impact YPI created and

fostered in 2015. It was a year filled with educational milestones for our

youth, great strides for our families, and compelling transformations for the

communities we serve.

In 2015, YPI collaborated with more than 130 community-based, business, and governmental partners to make our city a

better place for all who live and work here. This included a new data-sharing agreement with the Los Angeles

Unified School District—the first time the district has shared student-level data with an external agency. This unprecedented

partnership will help YPI and our partners create better place-based solutions to benefit thousands of students. It will also

allow us to track student results at 119 schools, and follow their stories year after year.

For our youngest learners and their families, YPI was thrilled to secure a competitive contract with Los Angeles

County that will enable us to open two Early Head Start facilities in 2016. This opportunity creates high quality learning

experiences for infants and toddlers, and jumpstarts their readiness for school.

Also in 2015, Los Angeles was selected by the Obama Administration for the first ever round of Performance

Partnership Pilot Awards for Disconnected Youth (P3). One of only five cities selected, P3 allows Los Angeles to

integrate programs and blend funding streams to improve outcomes for Opportunity Youth ages 14-24. Importantly, it

gives flexibility around federal program rules and regulations that have proven to be barriers in serving older youth

who drop out of school and are not employed—building on our work in the Los Angeles Promise Zone.

We will continue to strengthen our city’s youth and families by integrating and expanding our programs in response to

community needs. We want to ensure that our neighborhoods are safe, positive places to establish careers and build

lives of hope and promise.

I could not be more proud of the work our YPI staff achieved in 2015. With your help, I’m excited to see what we will

accomplish next.

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Educational Achievement

YPI’s education programs present a focused, diversified, and thorough commitment to academic

success. Our initiatives prepare learners for post-secondary education and meaningful lifelong careers. Our K-12 educational efforts impact 119 district and charter schools throughout Los Angeles, including five schools YPI directly operates: three charter schools and two LAUSD schools. Throughout the city, YPI provides a vast range of tutoring and after-school programs, and has opened 83 public computer centers. Our 1,600-person staff and numerous volunteers work closely with many partner organizations to provide additional educational enrichment services that support YPI's

mission and vision for our clients.

In 2015, more than 23,000 individuals took part in YPI’s extended learning opportunities before and after

school. On average, we served 2,387 elementary and middle school students and 3,059 high school students

daily—making us the largest after-school provider for high school students in the state of California. YPI’s tutoring

and project-based learning programs offer individual program assessments, identifying areas of need for each student, and bring

trained teachers to address those needs.

⋅ Strong curriculum and tutoring programs focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

⋅ After-school tutoring and developmental programs, such as Supplemental Educational Services tutoring and GEAR UP.

⋅ Summer school programs that encourage continued learning in engaging environments.

⋅ College workshops, visits, and counseling/career advising for more than 3,000 students per year.

a college promise

YPI’s Promise Scholars Program includes

a critical financial component. We help

low-income students pay for college through

a unique 3:1 match that puts up to $981 per

student into a special savings account. This

amount covers the financial gap for the first

year of community college after financial aid.

Providing this match makes it three times more

likely that students enroll in college—and four

times more likely they’ll graduate.

Our range of academic and youth development programs and services include:

⋅ College access programs specifically focused on immigrant youth.

⋅ An alternative high school for homeless youth, and support for disconnected youth who have dropped out of school through YouthSource Centers.

⋅ An in-house GED program with YouthBuild.

⋅ Physical education and general wellness programs.

⋅ Translators for parent conferences in Spanish-speaking neighborhoods.

⋅ Broadband and computer access.


Making a Difference in High-Need SchoolsYPI programming has been proven to work at all kinds of schools: charter, district, and pilot. We now operate three charter schools: Bert Corona Charter Middle and High Schools in Pacoima, and Monseñor Oscar Romero Charter School in Pico-Union/Westlake. We also operate two LAUSD schools: San Fernando Institute for Applied Media Pilot School and Sylmar Biotech Health Academy.

In addition to the breadth and scope of these educational programs, YPI is expanding its reach to target specific neighborhoods and schools greatly impacted by poverty. This immersive work began within the Los Angeles Promise Neighborhood, where YPI is providing a saturation of services across the area’s 18 schools.

For the 2014-15 academic year, each of the seven LAUSD Promise Neighborhood high schools increased their graduation rates, with an average increase of 6.6%:

⋅ Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Teacher Prep Academy: 75% graduation rate, an increase of 18.7 percentage points.

⋅ STEM Academy in Hollywood: 79% graduation rate, an increase of 9 percentage points.

⋅ San Fernando High School (2,370+ students): 83% graduation rate, 9 percentage points above the district average.

⋅ Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Academy for Scientific Exploration increased 13.4 percentage points, to an 87% graduation rate.

⋅ Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Social Justice Humanitas had a rate of 94%, continuing its graduation success and making it a strong role model working toward a 100% goal.

This is remarkable leadership in action … This community and these young people are going to help prove to the country what children who weren’t born with a silver spoon in their mouth can do if we give them opportunities.

– Arne Duncan former U.S. Secretary of

Education


Fresh produce from the Community Supported Agriculture Program is distributed at YPI's FamilySource Center, one of many services available here.

policy into action

In 2015, YPI helped 149 youth apply for the

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

Program, supporting undocumented youth in

learning more about national and California

policies regarding access to college and career

opportunities. By the end of the year, 50 had

received work permits, 38 had obtained jobs,

and 17 had entered postsecondary education.

Supporting Families

YPI is the only Los Angeles organization operating the full range of center-based programming through

the city’s YouthSource, FamilySource, and WorkSource Centers.

Collectively at these Centers, YPI provides families in need with job training, skill building, employment support, financial literacy, tax preparation, legal services, assistance applying for public benefits, computer classes and access, adult education programs, parenting classes, leadership development training, cultural and recreational activities, and referrals to health care, housing, and emergency services.

YPI supports families by utilizing an intensive case management system at our Hollywood

FamilySource Center. YPI’s WorkSource Center in Pacoima houses an innovative Financial Opportunity

Center, which integrates financial coaching with workforce development and assistance obtaining

income supports. Clients are encouraged to move through the entire continuum of services in order

to maximize the benefit of each.

The Youth Policy Institute is a leader for social change in Los

Angeles, improving the well-being of our struggling communities with

intelligent and innovative approaches for L.A.’s new war on poverty.

– Fred AliPresident and CEO

Weingart Foundation


YPI’s Asset Building Programs provided almost 3,881 hours of financial education in 2015, serving more than 1,000 clients and helping families save more than $100,000—and these programs are continuing to expand. They are another crucial component in achieving our mission to fight poverty.

⋅ Financial capability workshops in English and Spanish that use the FDIC MoneySmart curriculum.

⋅ One-on-one financial coaching to provide personalized support that helps clients improve their own financial capacities.

⋅ 1,269 individuals have received comprehensive financial education workshops in order to start saving for college.

⋅ Free tax preparation services through the VITA program. $145,084 in Earned Income Credit has been provided to the community. The total refund amount provided to the community

was $335,553.⋅ Matched savings accounts specifically earmarked for college costs, home purchase, or to

start a business. 363 matched savings accounts were opened in 2015.

At YPI’s Hollywood FamilySource Center alone, families that participated in our Asset Building Programs collectively increased their income more than $600,000 in 2015.

Helping Families Build Assets


closing the gap

Government grants provide much needed

funding. But these dollars don’t nearly cover

all of the costs of our integrated service

delivery. Private support makes government

dollars work harder and smarter to make

sure YPI’s programs are effective and

successful.

Creating the L.A. Promise Zone

When YPI moved to Los Angeles in 1996 with the mission to fight intergenerational poverty,

we knew our work would include providing as many programs and services as possible to neighborhoods most in need.

Our successes continued to build over time, and in 2012-13, YPI received all three signature White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative grants—the only organization in the country to earn this honor. The Promise Neighborhood, Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation, and Choice Neighborhood grants have provided YPI with the opportunity to dig deeper and do more within

targeted communities, while creating innovative place-based collaborations with partners seeking the

same results.

The recognition of these grants—and more importantly the work behind them—led to

another enormous honor and opportunity: In 2014, Los Angeles became one of the first five federally designated Promise Zones in the country, with YPI as lead implementation partner.

The L.A. Promise Zone encompasses the communities of East Hollywood, Thai Town,

Little Armenia, Koreatown, and Pico-Union/Westlake. The needs in these communities

are profound, but YPI and our 50 Promise Zone partners are confident we can affect meaningful,

long-term change through job creation, increased economic activity, improved educational opportunities,

improved public safety, leveraged private capital, preserving and expanding housing affordability, and through smart growth policies.

We recognize that to succeed we must overcome formidable obstacles. We are happy to report that we are succeeding, thanks to collaborative partnerships across the Promise Zone communities and beyond.

Luke Tate, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Mobility, speaking at our 2015 gala.


A bridge between L.A.’s promise and its potential, the Youth Policy Institute is a one-of-a-kind organization that makes real change—by challenging the status quo and delivering innovative solutions that make our communities stronger, safer, smarter, and more stable.As Mayor, I’ve found YPI to be one of our strongest, most creative partners in facing down obstacles to academic achievement, job success, and financial stability. It operates each type of the City’s most critical resource centers and partners effectively with charter and district schools to break down barriers and maintain focus on our young people and their future success. YPI has also been a cornerstone of L.A.’s recent success in drawing federal dollars to support

our most vulnerable communities.

– Eric GarcettiMayor, City of Los Angeles

The needs of the L.A. Promise Zone are startling:

⋅ 35% of the population lives at or below poverty level, compared to 20% city-wide.

⋅33% of households earn less than $20,000 per year.

⋅ 31% of the population is under the age of 25.

⋅ 37% of residents age 25+ do not have a high school diploma.

⋅ Only 20% of 6th graders are proficient in math; only 28% are proficient in English Language Arts.

⋅ 77% of households with children under 18 receive CalFresh (food stamps).

⋅ At the 45 schools in the Promise Zone, more than 80% of students are eligible for free and reduced lunch.

⋅ The unemployment rate is 14%, nearly double the city average.

⋅ Violent crime is twice the city-wide rate.

YPI’s saturation of programs and services for

youth and their families in the Promise Zone is

just getting started. To date, we are seeing high

school graduation rates rise, and increases in both

academic proficiency and family income. There

is much work ahead to address community

needs, and to create neighborhoods of

opportunity and promise.

YPI in Action: Helping the Whole Family

the enciso family story

Julian and Sylvia Enciso came to the United States more than 20 years ago to give their children a chance for greater opportunities. Sylvia has a 6th

grade education. Julian is a mechanic and wishes he could have had a better education.

Their sons Julian Jr. and Luis were doing well in elementary school, but everything changed when Julian Jr. was 10 and Luis was 6, and their 13-year-old sister died after a long illness. Devastated, they became disillusioned with

school, and struggled with their grief. “They didn't want to try,” Sylvia explains.

Turning to YPI for Help

Sylvia came to YPI and enrolled Julian in the GEAR UP program, which helped him focus on his studies and succeed in school. Now 21, Julian has a child, works

with his father, and attends Mission College. Sylvia herself started attending nutrition courses through YPI and took part in programming to help support the family through

their difficult transition.

Luis Gets His Life Back: Without YPI “I’d be dead or in jail.”

The biggest change was in their son, Luis, now 17.

“I ended my freshman year as a D student,” Luis shares. In 10th grade, a YPI staff member learned about his artistic talent, and recruited him to help create a student mural at his school, Sylmar Biotech and Health Academy. “Having something I enjoyed about school, something I looked forward to, and something I was good at gave me confidence,” Luis says. “It was then I started to realize the importance of school and my future.”

Luis is now an honor student, is class vice president, and has started a tutoring program for freshmen students.

In October 2015, Luis spoke passionately at YPI’s annual gala about his experiences, and YPI’s impact on his life and his future:

“I found out I am bright. I am smart. I have started taking college classes. Thanks to [YPI] I have a lot of confidence now … I realize that anything is


The many gifts

and unstoppable

energy of YPI’s staff

have made them

a critical factor in

advancing academic

achievement in

Los Angeles.

– Steve Zimmer LAUSD Board President

possible if you try.”

Luis will graduate high school in 2016. He is preparing to study computer science in college. He wants to give back to kids, and to YPI.

Words of Gratitude

The Enciso Family is just one example of the thousands of families we help every day. Their words are a testament to the care and hard work of our teachers, volunteers, staff, and supporters.

“I went through a huge transformation because of the people who never lost faith in me: my family, friends, and the YPI staff,” Luis says. “They never stop caring. They gave me my start, and I give them my thanks.”

His father, Julian, says, “They change a life at a time. They plant a seed of hope inour kids and in this society. Because of them, our family and our sons have changed.”

Sylvia adds, “People who donate, do it with humility. You are giving a donation tosave a youth, a family. It’s an investment.”

Luis is proud of the mural he helped create at YPI’s Sylmar Biotech and Health Academy. Luis discovered: “I have an amazing mind. My mind is really big.“ Parents Julian and Sylvia with Luis, 10-year-old brother Estif, and 4-year-old brother Joey.

Harvard Bound Noemi Valdez was a straight-A student in Mexico. When she was 9, her family moved

to the United States, where her grades suffered severely as she struggled to learn English. Through hard work, she mastered the language and began to excel in her coursework again.

In high school, Noemi had a 4.3 GPA but never thought about a college career. “A lot of first generation kids don’t know about college,” she says. During her junior year,

she enrolled in YPI programs that help students navigate the route to college. She participated in YPI’s College Ambassador and Cash for College programs,in addition to workshops on college applications, personal statements, and financial aid.

Noemi learned that she had a good possibility of getting into private and prestigious schools, but she knew she would need significant financial aid in order to enroll. “[YPI’s programs] expose you to the different options that are available,” Noemi says.

In 2015, Noemi graduated with honors from San Fernando High School and received a full scholarship to Harvard. She is studying archaeology and mathematics with the goal of becoming a university professor. She is proud to be the first in her family to go to college.

Of her experience with YPI, Noemi says, “I want to thank them for making it possible for me to be here and get me the help that I needed.”

A nthony Chavarria was just a kid when he served a four-year sentence in juvenile hall. As a teenager, he passed through four different high schools and eventually

dropped out. By the time he was 20, he was homeless and living on the streets.

Anthony’s life changed when a fellow homeless friend told him about YPI. He visited YPI’s YouthSource Center in Pacoima and got help receiving his GED, preparinga resume, and securing job interviews.

Today, Anthony works at Olive View UCLA Medical Center, transporting patients. While working full time, he is attending Valley College at night studying music technology, with a goal to transfer to the University of Southern California.

Anthony also volunteers as a guest speaker for YPI programs that help younger students and Opportunity Youth. “Now I say, I’m stressing over a midterm final. Then, I was stressing over where to sleep that night.”

Most importantly, Anthony says, “Now, I’m creating a future for myself.”

From Juvenile Hall to College


Increase in collective family income through YPI’s FamilySource Center programs.

Individuals provided with Internet access.

Hours of academic tutoring.

Students participated in educational enrichment programs.

Students engaged in physical education and general wellness programs.

Hours of financial education helped families collectively save more than $100,000.

Elementary and middle school students and 3,059 high school students attended after school programming daily.

Students received access to college visits, workshops, and counseling.

Adults received workforce training.

Matched savings accounts were opened with YPI’s help.

$602,846

44,364

29,477

18,907

4,204

3,881

2,387

2,895

1,821

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YPI Impact – 2015 By the Numbers


Your Support is an Investment in the Children and Families We Serve!

The Youth Policy Institute continues to grow and increase our positive impact on students, families,

and communities. Hundreds of YPI staff and volunteers serve some of the city’s lowest-income

neighborhoods, reaching more than 115,000 youth and adults at 136

program sites in and around L.A.

The need is great. Over 35% of Promise Zone residents live at or below the poverty line (compared to 20% city-wide), with 1/3 of households earning less than $20,000 per year.

We invite you to join the YPI Promise Network

of donors, philanthropists, and businesses committed to

the future of Los Angeles and the transformative success of the

youth, families, and individuals working their way out of poverty. We cannot do this

work without you.

Gifts of all levels are welcome and may be targeted to the interests of the donor or directed where they are needed most. Here are some of the ways you can help …

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All donations are tax deductible. The Youth Policy Instituteis a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization.

90% of YPI’s operating

budget goes directly to program

services.

donate at ypiusa.org/donate

hope$25 – $1,000

Provides 1:1 tutoring in Math and Language Arts, plus much-needed supplies

for after-school enrichment programs at more than 70 different schools.

access$1,000 – $25,000

Contributes to educational programs like Promise Scholars, career building,

and workforce training programs.

empower$25,000 – $100,000Funds essential education in

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), Arts, and Culture.

transform$100,000 and up

Helps build Full-Service Community Schools. Coaches families and individuals in

financial literacy to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.


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n Contributions and Other

TOTAL

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n Management and General

n Fundraising

$30,792

5,212

$36,004

$31,785

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USES OF FUNDS

PROGRAM EXPENSES BY POPULATION SERVED

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n High School

n Opportunity Youth

n College

n Adults

n Families

TotalingIncrease in Net Assets

$35,235$769


The Accelerated Schools

Adams Legacy Foundation

AEG

Ahmanson Foundation

AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles

Annenberg Foundation

Aszkenazy Development

Athens Services

Bank of America

Bank of the West

Bright Future International

The Broad Foundation

California Emerging Technology Fund

The California Endowment

The California Wellness Foundation

The Carol and James Collins Foundation

Catapult Learning

Celerity Charter Schools

Center for Nonprofit Management

Citi Community Development

Citi Foundation

Coca-Cola Government Relations

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

David Bohnett Foundation

DirecTV

Disney

Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

Edison International

Eisner Foundation

First 5 LA

Fox Entertainment Group

Aileen Getty Foundation

Gibson Dunn

GRACE Inc.

Hershey Cause Communications

Home Depot

Hudson Pacific Properties

Imagine Learning

CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS

Johnny Carson Foundation

JP Morgan Chase

Kaiser Permanente

Kindel Gagen Associates

Korea Times

Los Angeles Department of Water

and Power

Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation

Liberty Hill Foundation

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Loyola Marymount University School

of Education

Los Angeles Giving Circle

Los Angeles Mayor’s Fund

Marcled Foundation

The Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Family

Foundation

Microsoft

Mitchell Silberberg Knupp

The Music Center

National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

NBC Universal/Comcast

Nederlander of California

Paramount Pictures

Points of Light Foundation

Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Recology

REDF

Riordan Foundation/RX for Reading

Rose Hills Foundation

Scholastic

SEIU Local 721

Showtime

SoCal Gas

Soledad Enrichment Action

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sound Body Sound Mind

Taproot Foundation

Telacu

Time Warner Cable

Tristar Group

Union Bank Foundation

United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Up2Us

UPS

The USC Sol Price School, Center on

Philanthropy and Public Policy

Verizon

Ware Disposal

Weingart Foundation

Ziffren Brittenham

INDIVIDUALS

David Abel and Brenda Levin

Aileen Adams and Geoffrey Cowan

Ambassador Frank and Kathy Baxter

Jay Berger

Carol and Frank Biondi

Andrew E. Bogen

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Our Funders and SupportersYPI is deeply grateful to the donors listed below for their generous financial support. These partnerships allow us to serve some of the most vulnerable communities in Los Angeles, and help create neighborhoods of opportunity and promise.

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Our Funders and Supporters

Valerie Braimah

Andrew Bridge

Kathleen Brown

Anne Lee Carpenter

George Cheung

Conway Collis

Rose Contreras

Angelina Corona

Glen Dake

Craig Darian

Bill Delvac

Alyssa Do

Percy Duran

Eugene Fisher

John Fogelman

Brenda and Tom Freiberg

Robert Friedman

Art Gastelum

Matthew Given

Marcia Haber

Winnie Holzman and Paul Dooley

Myung Ki “Mike” Hong

Patricia Howe

Lida Jennings

Jenny Johnson

Mitch Kamin

Mike Keeley

Mary Keipp

Enrique Koenig

Doris Koplik

Joanne Kozberg

Ari Lanin

Eugene La Pietra

Tamara Larsen

Matthew Laycock

Mia Lehrer

Vikki Levine

Elizabeth Hirsh Levitt

Ellyn Lindsay

Rodger Lowenstein

Monica Lozano

Rick Lynch

Jamie and Michael Lynton

Jim Mangia

Judy and Steve McDonald

Karen McNulty

Keith McNutt

John Megaw

Nathan Megaw

Ricardo Mireles

Marc Mitchell

Terry Monteleone

Frank Moran

Noramae Munster

Bradley Myslinski

Jesse Noonan

Claire O’Farrell

Sherrie Pastron

Jaime Perez

Fidel Ramirez

Lisa Cleri Reale

Rei Reid

Alex Reza

Ernest Roberts

Michael Robin

Tom Safran

Tony Salazar

Jesse Shapiro

Ritz Sherman

Mitchell Silberberg

Bill Simon

Nancy Sinata

Phil Star

Ron Stone

Gene Straub

Sithu Thein Swe

Tom and Janet Unterman

Gustavo Valdivia

Carlos Vaquerano

Jon Vein

Belinda Walker

Ferris and Debbie Wehbe

Daniel Weiss

Anne Williams

Jonathan Williams

Harriet Zaretsky

Jeff Zarrinnam

Corporation for National &

Community Service

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services

U.S. Department of Housing and

Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

California Department of Education

Los Angeles County Department

of Probation

Los Angeles County Office of Education

Los Angeles County Workforce

Investment Board

City of Los Angeles Economic &

Workforce Development Department

City of Los Angeles Housing & Community

Investment Department

City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of

Economic Development, L.A.

Promise Zone

City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of

Gang Reduction & Youth Development

Los Angeles Unified School District

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

INDIVIDUALS

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Angelina CoronaExecutive Director, Hermandad Mexicana Nacional

Brenda FreibergCommunity ActivistBoard Chair, New Village Girls Academy

Dr. Myung Ki “Mike” HongFounder & President, Dura Coat Products, Inc.

Michael F. Keeley Attorney

Ari Lanin Partner, Gibson Dunn

Tom UntermanFounding Partner, Rustic Canyon PartnersBoard Chair, California Community Foundation

Board of DirectorsPercy Duran, PresidentSenior Law Partner, Law Firm of Percy Duran, III

Dixon Slingerland, Vice PresidentExecutive Director, Youth Policy Institute

Sandra Lee, SecretaryPresident & CEO, ES Advertising, Inc.

David AbelChairman & Managing Director, VerdeXchange Institute

James AlvaSr. VP & Southern CA Market Manager, Citi Community Development

Andrew E. BogenRetired Partner, Gibson DunnWeingart Foundation Trustee

Executive TeamDixon SlingerlandExecutive Director

Iris ZuñigaChief Operating Officer

Steve SchultzChief Financial Officer

Jodi DelaneyChief Development Officer

Jesse Noonan, EdDChief Academic Officer

Stan SaundersChief Grants Officer

Ruth DinerosDirector of Human Resources & Operations

Tara Watford, PhDDirector of Research & Evaluation

Our Leadership Team

Our children are the most precious natural resource we have.

Every day, cycles of poverty leave them stripped of the opportunity to improve their own lives. Children find themselves not only born into poverty, but enveloped in it for the rest of their lives. And without the ability to better themselves, making lasting positive contributions to their families or communities is almost impossible.

We are losing generations of children to poverty. For every incredible story of a child who “beats the odds,” there are innumerable stories of children who don’t. That statistical reality exists, regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum.

What’s unique about YPI is the manner in which it works to break the cycle by embracing its communities. It’s a wraparound approach, an everything approach. And the difference between having access to these services or notcan mean the difference between breaking the cycle or reliving it.

– Ari LaninYPI Board Member

• Educational Achievement

• Supporting Families

• The Los Angeles Promise Zone

• Success Stories

• How You Can Help

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This impact report was made with the support of the Taproot Foundation.taprootfoundation.org

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transform lives and neighborhoods.

This essential work is only possible

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