By Para Los Niños Team
August 3, 2022
For nearly two decades, the Para Los Niños Youth Workforce Services (YWS) program (in partnership with the City of Los Angeles’ Economic and Workforce Development Department and LAUSD) has been offering Los Angeles youth ages 16-24 with mental health support, career training, and college preparation to reengage them back to school and the workforce.
“We are proud to serve over 2,000 youth a year to cross barriers to employment,” Jorge Orozco, Para Los Niños Director of YWS, stated at a recent press conference, “We welcome students who dropped out of school (some come into our program with zero credits), need support with catching up with credits to graduate in time, or are out of school and out of work with a high school diploma and not sure what is next for them.”
Recently, Para Los Niños was honored to be awarded $350,000 of federal funding for our YWS Program through Congressman Jimmy Gomez’s Community Funding Project allocation.
“Ever since the pandemic started, there has been so much uncertainty especially for young people…We are grateful for organizations like Para Los Niños doing the invaluable work of uplifting our youth in every way they can,” Congressman Gomez said.
