LADC Grant Partners 2007-2008

2007-2008 Grant Partners

Girls & Gangs/Los Angeles
$15,000

To deliver a series of Girls & Gangs’ financial education workshops to girls and young women on probation in Los Angeles County

Girls Inc. of Greater Los Angeles/Los Angeles
$15,000

To provide low-income girls in 16 Los Angeles middle and high schools an opportunity to learn about debt management, financial responsibility and alternative career exploration

Girls Today Women Tomorrow/Los Angeles
$10,000

To support and mentor leadership of financial literacy for two community service projects, and incentives for completion of financial literacy workshops with the SCE Federal Credit Union

Glendale Commission on the Status of Women/Glendale
$15,000

To support implementation of Camp Rosie, developed for young women and girls to empower them to make informed choices so they can achieve self-sufficiency, career satisfaction and long-term financial security

Homegirl Café/Los Angeles
$15,000

To support the Homegirl Café, where at-risk women and girls learn basic tools to improve their lives financially and emotionally

Junior Achievement of Southern California/Los Angeles
$10,000

To provide scholarships for 100 disadvantaged young women to attend the new experiential learning facility, JA Finance Park, where they learn about budgeting, investing and other personal economics

New Economics for Women (NEW)/Los Angeles
$15,000

To support the Single Parent Financial Education program designed to foster economic self-sufficiency for 45 to 60 lowincome young mothers residing at La Posada, NEW’s two-year transitional housing facility

Rosie’s Girls/Los Angeles
$15,000

To support two, three-week summer programs for 64 girls to build self-esteem and leadership through exploration of skilled trades and other nontraditional activities

Southeast Asian Community Alliance/Los Angeles
$10,000

For a financial literacy curriculum targeting teen girls from immigrant and refugee families

Women and Youth Supporting Each Other/Orange County
$15,000

To support curriculum updating, evaluations and mentor trainings and the hiring of a part-time program director

YWCA Santa Monica/Westside/Los Angeles
$15,000

To support Girls In Action, a comprehensive leadership program for middle school girls Central Valley Grant Partners