Educate All

Immigrant and Refugee Support

Expand existing project, program, or initiative

It is important to address barriers that result in underutilization of immigrant parents' skills in LA county. According to the LA County Census, immigrants are 33.5% of the population. Immigrant parents often struggle with completing college courses due to limited English proficiency which perpetuates a cycle of limited and missed opportunities for immigrant families. Immigrants make up a major share of workforce operations in industries requiring little formal education. Research from Ballard Brief shows that skilled LEP immigrants earn 25-40% less than their English proficient coworkers, and this income divide is why it is necessary to address this issue. It is imperative to close this gap to allay the generational impact to immigrant children. By supporting immigrant parents in improving English proficiency and building business skills, we can address the income divide and more effectively promote equal opportunities for residents living and working in Los Angeles County.

The Educate All initiative develops skills to access higher education and diverse careers. Nuleep has supported nonprofits in training and curriculum development programs by serving USC, LACI, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. With benchmarking data from 6 cohorts, the Educate All initiative will provide Career Discovery 101 Skills to support workforce re-entry. Nuleep has trained 2,000 youths and adults. The 10 week bootcamp facilitates both life and technical skills and provides tools and resources to pursue education and career pathways. Past programs have included professionals from Microsoft, Netflix, Marvel, Apple, Downtown Women's Center, Homeboy Industries, and Disney. Participants learn from real people. The Educate All initiative consists of a 10 week bootcamp. Classes meet twice weekly (In person/2 hours and On Zoom/2 hours). First 2 weeks will focus on building life skills and will include exercises that incorporate computer training. Experiential learning activities include "How to Make a PB&J Sandwich" and "Creating your Dream Vacation". Both exercises received a 95% satisfaction rate with participants highlighting the benefits of connecting career development to everyday life. The next 8 weeks focus on Career Development Skills 101 and include short lectures, workshops, and a 4 week case study that the participants will curate in partnership with professional or company. We build mentorship and relationship building into our training from day 1.

According to ppic.org, 20% of immigrants finished high school but did not attend college in California. Our goal is to reduce this percentage through our program. Immigrant parents would have more access to resources to assist them in pursuing education and diverse career pathways. This would create more stability in households throughout LA County and lead to higher rates of immigrant children pursuing education. This increase in educational opportunities and accessibility will enhance career prospects for people and contribute to the local LA County workforce, assisting in also creating a community that is inclusive and diverse.

For all of our programs, we conduct a survey at the beginning and end of each program to learn from our participants because our training modules are focused on iterative growth and improvements that incorporate the lived experiences of our participants. For X initiative, we will measure impact on the number of participants that are able to create a career plan, an 80% satisfaction of the learning by an evaluation survey, and the number of participants that become interested in advancing their career plan to higher education, training, bootcamps, or a job. For our team at Nuleep, we will also track each stakeholder's contribution (facilitators with lived experiences, participants, mentors, and more) and their feedback on the program in order to improve success metrics for each iteration of the program.