Los Angeles, California
Mission.
Alliance for Children’s Rights
Advocating for the rights of vulnerable children, young adults, and families impacted by foster care.
Our mission is to protect the rights of children in poverty and those overcoming abuse and neglect by delivering free legal services, supportive programs, and systemic solutions.
L.A. Opportunity Youth Collaborative
The L.A. OYC is a collective impact initiative, including 70 organizations, who are working together, across sectors, to improve the education and employment outcomes for transition age foster youth.
The Opportunity Youth Collaborative brings together a cross-sector collaborative to address the systemic barriers facing transition age foster youth “TAY” in Los Angeles.
Participating Programs.
The Opportunity Youth Collaborative brings together a cross-sector collaborative to address the systemic barriers facing transition age foster youth “TAY” in Los Angeles.
Foster Youth to Work Campaign, a collaborative effort to improve foster youth access to subsidized work experience and jobs. -convened by the Alliance for Children’s Rights and UNITE-LA
Foster Youth College Advance Project, a collaborative effort to improve foster youth access to post-secondary education. –convened by John Burton Advocates for Youth
OYC Young Leaders, a coalition of young adult leaders with lived experience of LA County’s child welfare system who play a key role in influencing decision making and inform the work of the collaborative. -convened by the Alliance for Children’s Rights
The LA OYC –Foster Youth at Work Campaign includes the Los Angeles County Youth@Work program and the iFoster Jobs Program, which enables transition-age foster youth (TAY) to earn competitive, permanent livable-wage jobs through a unique program model that includes workforce readiness, job skills training, reducing barriers to employment, and pipelines to sustainable private sector employment.
- Albertsons Vons Pavilions
- Chipotle
- County of Los Angeles
- CVS Pharmacy
- Evolution Fresh
- Gelson’s
- HMS Host
- Lemonade
- Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
- Los Angeles County Human Resources
- Macy’s
- Nabisco
- Panda Express
- Ralphs Food4Less
- Starbucks
- Target
Number of Opportunity Youth in the City.
- 8,000 Transition Age Foster Youth in Los Angeles County ages 14-24
- In 2017, 207,774 young adults, ages 18-24, in the metro L.A. area are not in school & not employed, which does not include transition age foster youth. As the traditional OY definition does not include foster youth. Due to 50% of foster youth being unemployed by age 24, the LA OYC has prioritized foster youth.
- In the County of Los Angeles, 171, 470 out of 1,000,510 Total Youth Aged 18-24 residing in HOUSEHOLDS are DISCONNECTED
- In the City of Los Angeles, 66,400 out of 395,200 Total Youth Aged 18-24 residing in HOUSEHOLDS are DISCONNECTED
- In the County and City of Los Angeles, ~8,000 Total Transition Age Foster Youth
- 50% are disconnected from school and work at age 24
Goals for The Hire Opportunity Coalition Grant.
Goal 1
Impacting the job readiness, hiring and retention of foster and probation youth in the region
Goal 2
Developing direct linkages between job ready young people seeking entry-level employment with companies looking for young talent
Get Involved.
Is your company looking for new, innovative ways to increase hiring, retention, and advancement within your organization?