CREATEEmpowering Generations Through Learning
The Empowering Generations Through Learning Initiative aims to address income inequality and acheive mental well-being by fostering a culture of community care while creating educational and career pathways that empower underrepresented and marginalized communities. We propose a series of projects that will provide equitable access to adult foundational education, career development, mental health services that support the upward mobility of Angelenos.
What is the primary issue area that your application will impact?
Income inequality
In what stage of innovation is this project, program, or initiative?
Expand existing project, program, or initiative (expanding and continuing ongoing, successful work)
What is your understanding of the issue that you are seeking to address?
In LA County, over one million adults are illiterate in their native language. The ongoing gap in education is exectricably linked to socioeconomic inequality and mental health issues among immigrant communities today.
Describe the project, program, or initiative this grant will support to address the issue.
The initiative will support to address the issues of income inequality and mental health by providing a intergenerational learning space that increases access to programs, workshops, and services that are inclusive and culturally-informed. We seek to expand existing adult foundational education programs and implement a new series of workshops in mental health, career development and financial literacy that will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to acheive upward mobility. We will also provide individual counseling services that will support educational, career and economic advancement.
Describe how Los Angeles County will be different if your work is successful.
By fostering community-based practices and creating learning environments that are socioculturally compentant, we can enhance the learning experience of multigenerations while encouraging the continuation of education and sharing of knowlegdge. In doing so, we believe that we can fill the gap in education among immigrants while making a long-lasting impact on Los Angeles County at large.
What evidence do you have that this project, program, or initiative is or will be successful, and how will you define and measure success?
In the past, we have assessed the impact of our programs throughs participant surveys and focus groups that critically address issues with economic inequality and mental health. We plan to continue to define and measure success through surveys and focus groups while also being open to adopt other ways to measure our social impact.
Approximately how many people will be impacted by this project, program, or initiative?
Direct Impact: 250.0
Indirect Impact: 500.0