Beat the Streets Los Angeles

Five years ago we established a leadership program in response to the COVID pandemic. We have continued to expand the program year after year. The program has three pillars; leadership, job readiness, and college preparation. In 2024 we launched a paid apprenticeship program to train and hire the youth in the leadership program to coach and mentor a younger cohort of youth in their communities. We plan to expand both the training for the apprentices as well as scale the number of opportunities to join and benefit from the program.

Beat the Streets Los Angeles serves over 1200 youth annually throughout Los Angeles and surround areas. We have 20 programming sites, providing regularly scheduled practice from September - June. We also run a leadership program for high school age participants and host events, clinics, and provide camp scholarships in the summer. We plan to use the funds provided by this grant to support our programming costs that include, coaches training, coaches pay, permitting, gear, and equipment. All of our programs are operated free of charge.