LAEC Adult Vocational Training Center -
​Los Angeles Education Corps YouthBuild

LAEC YouthBuild Vocational Training Center is LAEC's option for young adults ages 18-25 who choose to transition directly into a career pathway instead of enrolling in a college or university.  The center offers curriculum where participants can gain hands-on training, new knowledge and skills through exploration, and earn industry certificates for high-wage jobs.  It's open to LAEC students and alumni as well as any young person from the local community. 

Our flagship program. located at the center, is Los Angeles Education Corps YouthBuild, where students can earn certifications while taking 166 hours of General Construction course(s) including the NCCER as well as CPR, first aid and Cal OSHA 10/30 courses. (LAEC is an affiliate of YouthBuild USA.) In addition, LAEC YouthBuild is now an Accredited Training Sponsor (ATS). This designation certifies our staff to train construction trainers and qualify them to earn continuing education credits or to renew their certifications.

In the future, we will train participants to earn certifications in the Culinary Arts and as Nursing/Elder Care Assistants.

LAEC YouthBuild Vocational Training Center is located within the Mafundi Building at 1827 E. 103rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90002.  To visit or for more information contact Kendra LaRose, Director of Vocational Education Programs, at (323) 316-2069 or klarose@laedcorps.org
LAEC YouthBuild
Vocational Training Center
1827 E 103rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90002
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Four-Year Focused

​While assisting young people to overcome past obstacles, we also prepare them for transition to college.  LAEC offers graduation resources through our Four-Year Focused program.  During their senior year students are placed in a cohort with their graduating peers and receive individual case management and tracking and support in applying for college and financial aid. They also participate in workshops and go on college road trips.   The summer before their freshman year in college they receive individual transition support. Students from grades 9-11 are also provided with college information, exposure and access via the LAEC’s Advisory Curriculum. This curriculum was designed to build students knowledge of themselves, leadership skill development and college knowledge. The expectation is that students complete their 11th grade year with all of the foundational knowledge they need to begin their Four-Year Focused journey in their senior year. 


​MSW Counseling Program

We partner with local universities, such as USC, UCLA, and Long Beach State.  Graduate students who are pursuing a Masters in Social Work (counseling) are hosted on our campuses, where they work one-on-one with students to meet their counseling and case management needs.


​Get Lit

Get Lit is a citywide program that has been implemented successfully at our College Bridge Academy - Watts site.  It is dedicated to bringing the power of poetic expression to at-risk teens through a standards-based curriculum fusing classic literature and poetry with contemporary Spoken Word performance techniques. We have found that participants are more likely to come to school, achieve higher grades in their other ​classes, and finish the semester without dropping out. Many of our poetry students report
increases in self-confidence and self-worth, as 



​well as using poetry as an outlet for dealing with negative emotions or trauma when they previously would have turned to substance abuse, fighting, or self-harm. Four of our graduates have also earned spots as ambassadors for the Get Lit program. As Get LitPlayers, these students went on to such opportunities as performing at high schools all across Los Angeles, at Dodgers Stadium, on the Queen Latifah show, at a John Legend concert, and even as far as the Kennedy Center stage and the White House.