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To our new staff members:

Johnny Andrade is our new Business Liaison. Johnny is conducting outreach with local businesses and business owners on Central Avenue between Washington and Adams to develop a business association and promote economic development. Currently, the business association meets monthly. Johnny grew up in South LA, and previously worked with Bienestar Human Services and two local schools.

Kirsten Grimm joins us as Senior Grant Writer. Kirsten is researching funding opportunities and preparing grant proposals to government, foundations, and corporations to support CRCD programs. She has a Masters degree in Urban Planning from UCLA, and previously worked with Rainbow Services and Little Tokyo Service Center.

For more information about CRCD's Executive Staff, click here.

 

CRCD is pleased to announce that Jan Brown has joined our staff as Youth Program Manager.

Jan holds a Master of Science degree in Marital & Family Therapy and has worked with children, youth, and families in South LA for more than nine years.

Jan has developed and implemented programs for pre-adolescent and transition-age youth, including emancipated foster youth and probationary youth. She has provided therapy and case management in a variety of settings, including a residential program, school-based clinic, in-home services, and a dual-diagnosis substance abuse treatment program. Jan is trained as a multi-systemic therapist and a life coach.

Jan joins CRCD at an exciting time. She will be supervising CRCD's workforce development program, which was launched last year.

This new program gives South LA youth and young adults the opportunity to secure living wage jobs with a career path. We provide case management, jobs with our South LA Beautification Team, employment readiness workshops, linkages to local schools, and placement in paid, 5-year, union apprenticeships in the construction trades.

Jan will also be working with CRCD staff and community partners on three permanent supportive housing projects for homeless transition-age youth and emancipated foster youth. CRCD and Little Tokyo Service Center are working together to develop these housing projects, which are scheduled to open in 2009 and 2010. CRCD is working with two collaborative partners - Community Build and Los Angeles Conservation Corps - to continue planning the on-site supportive services. The on-site supportive services will focus on independent living skills and economic self-sufficiency.

For more information about CRCD Youth
Programs, visit us here.

CRCD has started the new year at full speed!

Our South LA Beautification Team (SLABT) is out in the neighborhood 7 days a week removing graffiti and bulky items. We are hoping to exceed our previous year's production of more than 2.2 million square feet of graffiti removed and 200 tons of bulky items disposed.
In our unique Workforce Development Program, at-risk transition-age youth are working with our SLABT crew, and preparing for 5-year construction union apprenticeships. We had a great turnout for the February 2 program orientation.

Our housing projects are getting closer and closer to fruition. We are working with an architect to design three permanent supportive housing complexes in South LA for homeless transition-age youth and emancipated foster youth. This will help to meet a tremendous need for affordable housing in the community.

Along Central Avenue, we have been reaching out to local merchants to develop a new business association and help small businesses grow. Up to 50 people have turned out for recent meetings.

As we move full steam ahead in 2008, our work will be guided by CRCD's new 5-Year Strategic Plan. To develop this plan, we spent time talking with local youth and parents, as well as our staff, board of directors, and advisory board. Together, we have established specific goals with measurable objectives in each of our core focus areas.

Thank you for your ongoing support. We look forward to working with you in the coming months. Learn more about our programs! visit us here.

 

 

 
 

CRCD was featured on a nationwide webcast on December 5th - "Partnering with Police: Profiles of Gang Prevention & Youth Safety Strategies." CRCD Executive Director, Mark Wilson, spoke about CRCD's work in Los Angeles, and was joined by Teny Gross of the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence in Providence, RI. The webcast was hosted by the Local Initiative Support Corporation in New York, NY, which supports CRCD through its Community Safety Initiative. You can download the webcast for free at www.lisc.org/content/publications/detail/6631

In South Los Angeles, there are 1,500-1,700 homeless transition-age youth every year, based on figures from the 2007 Homeless Count conducted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

For more information about CRCD South Los Angeles Beautification Team, visit us here.

CRCD would like to thank the Pfaffinger Foundation for supporting our work. The Pfaffinger Foundation, located in Los Angeles, has awarded CRCD a $20,000 grant toward our workforce development program for transition-age youth in South Los Angeles.
Thank you very much!

To make a donation or find out how you can support, call us at 213.743.6193