#TBT to our Promotor graduation ceremony! 🎓✨Celebrating the hard work and resilience of our amazing Promotor Pathway graduates.
About us
The mission of the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) is to empower a diverse population of youth to achieve a successful transition to adulthood through multi-cultural, comprehensive, and innovative programs that address youths' social, academic, and career needs. Since 1968, LAYC has been committed to transforming the lives of low-income young people and their families. LAYC offers multi-service, comprehensive, and bilingual enrichment, prevention, and intervention programs and opportunities in education, workforce readiness, housing, community building, mental health services, arts, and healthy recreation to over 4,000 individuals each year. LAYC has special expertise in serving underserved youth, low-income teen parents, homeless youth, youth in foster care and juvenile justice systems, and youth facing mental health, substance abuse, or complex family issues. While LAYC initially worked with Latino youth of diverse backgrounds, today all youth -- Latino, African American, African -- are supported by LAYC at sites in the District of Columbia and Maryland's Prince George's and Montgomery Counties.
- Website
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http://www.layc-dc.org
External link for Latin American Youth Center
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1974
- Specialties
- youth development, families, social services, education, bilingual services, job training, college preparation, mental health and substnace abuse treatment, and recreation
Locations
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Primary
1419 Columbia Rd., NW
Washington, DC 20009, US
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8700 Georgia Avenue,
Suite 500
Silver Spring,, Maryland 20910, US
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6200 Sheridan Street
Riverdale, Maryland 20737, US
Employees at Latin American Youth Center
Updates
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Join Our Team! 🌟 LAYC is hiring for various positions. If you're passionate about empowering youth and making a difference in the community, apply now! Click the link to learn more: https://shorturl.at/zCPBT #LAYCJobs #JoinOurTeam #EmpowerYouth
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We're proud to partner with the District of Columbia Violence Prevention and Response Team (VPART) Program, sponsored by the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs, to offer trauma-informed mental health services to LGBTQIA+ youth under 21 who’ve experienced hate crimes or bias incidents. If you know someone who could benefit, please refer them using our referral form: https://lnkd.in/eaPJJmMe. Together, we can support our youth! 💙 #MentalHealthMatters
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Last week, we had an amazing time at our Lotería event for National HIV Testing Day! 🎉🎟️ It was a fantastic day filled with engaging activities, crucial information about HIV prevention, and fun prizes. Thank you to SMYAL, Amerigroup, Children's National Hospital, Mary's Center, LAYC’s AmeriCorps, and our Food and Nutrition team for providing resources to our community! Did you know we also provide HIV/STI testing at our Kaplan building? Click the link to learn more: https://lnkd.in/e79zuXv6
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It's #FriYay, and we’re celebrating the accomplishments of our LAYC River Corps members at their closing ceremony! Their dedication to protecting the environment and learning new life skills has been truly inspiring.🌟🌍 #LAYCRiverCorps
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Congratulations to our incredible Montgomery County GED graduates at LAYC! We are so proud of our youth's dedication and perseverance in achieving this milestone. 🎓✨ Thank you to DoorDash for supporting our 32 GED graduates and to Councilmember Gabriel Albornoz for your inspiring speech. We were also treated to a beautiful performance by Emma G! #LAYCGraduation
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Last Friday’s LAYC picnic was a perfect #FriYay celebration! We had a fantastic time enjoying good food, fun games, and the great outdoors. Thank you to our amazing team, DoorDash, Los Hermanos, and Ben's Chili Bowl, for making it a fantastic event!🌞
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Reliving the amazing vibes from the DC Pride Festival with this #TBT! 🌈✨ Our LAYC staff came together to celebrate our LGBTQ+ youth and allies by providing resources and free HIV/STI testing. #DCPride2024
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Today, we celebrate #Juneteenth, a powerful reminder of resilience and the enduring fight for freedom and justice. Did you know? Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of Slavery in the US. At LAYC, we honor this historic day by learning, reflecting, and celebrating the contributions of the Black community! 💫#CelebrateCommunity