Los Angeles, CA May 24, 2006 Today Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the L.A. City Council hosted a press conference to announce “Hire L.A.’s Youth 2006”, at which KCCD was recognized as one of the Mayor’s corporate partners for this summer youth employment program. KCCD’s Youth Workforce Program (YWP) will assist local youth by providing job placement, with CVS/ Pharmacy as its anchor employer. KCCD’s YWP will provide additional services to participants, including training in job readiness skills in order to successfully place participants into one of CVS’s career track options, which include Retail Services, Pharmacy Technician, and Photo Technician. Through KCCD’s YWP, CVS is also able to offer paid externships to YWP participants.

KCCD’s Youth Workforce Program is a project funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Learn more about HIRE L.A.

The KCCD Youth Workforce Program is an innovative workforce development program to improve the employment outcomes for Korean and other adjudicated and at-risk youth and young adults in Los Angeles and Orange County. In future years, KCCD will be offering similar programs in other areas.

KCCD's Mission

KCCD is a non-profit faith-based organization, which serves as a bridge between the Asian American community and the greater community at large in connecting and creating private and public collaborations. Our mission is to maximize the capacity of Asian American faith-based organizations and other community non-profits to remove the cultural, language and economic barriers by increasing their access to resources and funds in order to assist low income individuals and revitalize neighborhoods.