Los Angeles nonprofit receives $30 million from U.S. Department of Education
A Los Angeles-area nonprofit that provides education services to low-income families and poverty-stricken communities received a $30-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education on Friday.
The Youth Policy Institute is one of seven agencies in the nation to be awarded a Promise Neighborhood grant, implemented in 2010 by President Obama, and will receive $6 million every year for five years. The grant will be matched dollar for dollar by key founders in the community including the California Endowment, Weingart and Annenberg foundations.
As the lead agency for Los Angeles’ Promise Neighborhood collective, the Youth Policy Institute will distribute the money to its various community-based partners, namely ones in Pacoima and Hollywood.
“On a practical level, it means that those communities are going to be transformed,” said Dixon Slingerland, the