Before joining LA:RISE, Imani faced the potential of becoming homeless because of rising rent costs. Imani also struggled to access essential financial support for textbooks and other materials for college. While searching for work and educational resources, a family member introduced Imani to the
On December 2nd, local leaders from EWDD WorkSource partner Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD), the City of Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County gathered at L.A. Trade-Tech College to celebrate a $20 million federal investment from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The funding will be used towards the
On December 11th, Mayor Bass visited Fresh Start Healthy Meals, Inc., a small business that supplies healthy meals to students in Los Angeles. At Fresh Start, the team makes meals from scratch, assembles packaging, and ships- all from under one roof.
Fresh Start’s CEOs, Juan Carlos Saucedo and Veronica Alcaraz, welcomed
Fresh Start’s CEOs, Juan Carlos Saucedo and Veronica Alcaraz, welcomed
On December 11th, EWDD’s annual BusinessSource Centers (BSC) and partners meeting was held at the USC Credit Union. For their exceptional performance throughout the year, BSC operators Initiating Change in Our Neighborhoods (ICON), Managed Career Solutions (MCS), and Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) received