Annually Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) educates over 20,000 students who self-identify as homeless. Factoring in the 25-30% who, for obvious reasons, go unregistered, the number quickly approaches 30,000. Astonishingly, 70% of those same students graduate!
When you consider the challenges these students and their families face simply to survive, it reflects their collective will to “learn their way out of poverty.”
Our LAUSD Homeless Students Program supports unhoused K-12 students by providing them with resources and support to assist in their resilient path to ultimately finishing their education. Our Essential Learning Kits are curated with a “must-have” list from LAUSD, along with hygiene and personal care items for students and their families.
We recognize that young people living in poverty have an opportunity to “learn their way out” and create stable, thriving lives for themselves and their loved ones.
Through the efforts of our ‘23-24 Youth Council cohort, we supplied 40 graduating unhoused seniors with brand new Lenovo laptops to replace their old Chromebooks that they were forced to turn in. In 2024-2025, with the help of generous sponsors, we supplied 3,000 K-12 students with new portable 4GB storage drives. These are not only vital for their studies but will also allow their families, who are consistently vulnerable, valuable portable document storage.
We continue to explore other material ways to impact the lives of our future with LAUSD. After all, doesn’t it make sense to invest in their futures as early as possible to proactively lift them out of poverty?
Our educational programming focuses on the myriad challenges facing these students and the success stories of those who are thriving, and provides invaluable insight into affordable, practical solutions.
Program-to-date students and families served in this program = 8,000