UNITE-LA advances cradle-through-career outcomes, develops career pathways in high-growth industries, and advances greater economic mobility for high priority populations.

For more than 25 years, UNITE-LA has been active in the development of comprehensive and scaled career pathways. Our multicultural, multi-stakeholder Cleantech Academy cultivates a more diverse, skilled and economically mobile workforce within L.A.’s emerging cleantech industries while ensuring under-resourced communities, particularly those facing persistent systemic barriers, have equitable access to postsecondary career education and living wage occupations.

We engage and collaborate with public, private and community partners to inform our work and evolve strategies for improved youth engagement and outcomes. UNITE-LA’s work-based learning programs prioritize cleantech, health care and tech due to wider career pathways, higher wages and more stable scaffolding for upward transitions. To date, we have served more than 600,000 youth.

UNITE-LA is the exclusive Employer Engagement Specialist for L.A. Economic Workforce Development Department and the City of Los Angeles’ Hire L.A.’s Youth campaign.