Youth Policy Institute

YPI transforms Los Angeles neighborhoods using a holistic approach to reduce poverty by ensuring families have access to top-notch schools and wraparound services, enabling a successful transition from cradle to college and career. For more than 30 years, YPI has offered a holistic approach to breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty by ensuring access to high-quality education, workforce training, and essential services for youth and families. Through signature place-based strategies like the Los Angeles Promise Zone and Promise Neighborhoods, YPI operates 138 program sites across LA with 1,500 dynamic staff serving 112,000 youth and adults. YPI is the only agency in the country to have been awarded all three signature White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiatives: Promise Neighborhoods, Choice Neighborhoods, and Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation; and is the lead implementation partner for the Los Angeles Promise Zone.