Ltsc Community Development Corporation

Provided multilingual social services; originally founded to serve monolingual japanese living in little tokyo, the organization continued to serve this population and has expanded to serve the japanese american population throughout southern california, as well as other asian immigrant populations in los angeles. Services have expanded to children, youth, young adult and adult populations. The homeless services program is focused on providing direct services to unhoused people in little tokyo and the surrounding neighborhoods through outreach and engagement, case management, service referral and housing navigation.

Worked with little tokyo residents and stakeholders to improve the community and represent their voices in the ongoing development of the neighborhood; developed and managed a multi-purpose sports and activities center to provide a facility where youth and families can congregate and engage in meaningful activities that emphasize sportsmanship, teamwork, diversity and healthy-living; served as the fiscal sponsor for a number of programs, offering technical assistance, as well as management and administrative support to help the programs fulfill their respective goals and missions.administered subsidized, high quality child care for primarily low-income families with children ages six weeks to five years old. The family child care program involves home-based providers who service newborns and toddlers, and angelina preschool services three to fiveyear-olds. The programs are developmental, child-oriented, service program costs of other, non-childcare, related programs, parent-friendly and staffed by skilled professionals.