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Latin American Youth Center is a NGO created in 1968 in Washington metropolitan area initially created to empower Latino youth, later extended to youth of all races, to "achieve a successful transition to adulthood, through multi-cultural, comprehensive, and innovative programs that address youths' social, academic, and career needs" in order to transform low-income young people and their families.[1]

Population served

LAYC serves more than 4,000 young people, including low-income teen parents, and homeless youth with support for their studies and to get their GED certificates.[2]

In 2016 DC approved the Ending Youth Homelessness Act and created two drop-in centers; one of them, in Columbia Heights (a few blocks from Columbia Heights station) is managed by LAYC. Youth can go during daytime to take a shower, a meal, wash their clothes and study for GED tests without any appointment and regardless if the user are clean or sober, and receive substance abuse counseling, HIV testing, mental-health care and housing referrals. The center operates from 8 am to 8 pm.[3][4]

Budget

LAYC is supported by the District of Columbia, and also two Maryland counties, Prince George and Montgomery. In 2015 LAYC's budget was US$15,807,189.[5] LAYC also receives fundraising from other inverstors such as Venture Philanthropy Partners.[6]

Program services

LAYC programs are Social services, Community wellness, Education, Workforce investment and social enterprise, Arts and media programs, among others.[7][8][9]

The LAYC Career Academy is a program to support and let young people to study for their GED certificate or for a career such a Medical Assistant, Computer Hardware Technician, etc.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Latin American Youth Center. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  2. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/why-dc-has-a-uniquely-bad-record-on-helping-the-unemployed-get-jobs/2015/12/12/751d05ae-99d4-11e5-94f0-9eeaff906ef3_story.html
  3. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/surrounding-young-people-with-unconditional-love-and-respect/2015/12/30/189eeb9e-af14-11e5-b820-eea4d64be2a1_story.html
  4. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/the-best-way-to-reach-homeless-kids-is-rarely-used/2016/03/14/c6b168b6-e6e0-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html
  5. ^ http://www.layc-dc.org/images/LAYC-FS-YE09-30-15_Finalsigned.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.vppartners.org/portfolio/portfolio-i/latin-american-youth-center
  7. ^ http://www.capitalwirepr.com/pr_description.php?id=197708c0-96aa-647f-1ced-57dc4e5e3d2e
  8. ^ https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/washington-dc-scene/latin-american-youth-center-gala-2016-at-the-omni-shoreham-hotel-59666
  9. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/eltiempolatino/2016/04/29/af7e4e80-0b1f-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html
  10. ^ http://www.laycca.org/
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