Youth Policy Institute Employee Directory
Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States201-500 Employees
Based in Los Angeles, California, Youth Policy Institute is a nonprofit organization focused on reducing poverty by helping families access high-quality education, workforce training, and wraparound services. The organization uses a holistic, cradle-to-career approach and implements place-based strategies such as the Los Angeles Promise Zone and Promise Neighborhoods. It operates 138 program sites across Los Angeles and employs around 1,500 staff to serve about 112,000 youth and adults. YPI holds a distinctive national role as the lead implementation partner for the Los Angeles Promise Zone and is the only agency to have been awarded all three White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiatives: Promise Neighborhoods, Choice Neighborhoods, and Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation. This positioning places the organization within the nonprofit sector that combines education access with community development and youth services in urban settings.