Many of Kedren’s programs are delivered in “Service Area 6”, which encompasses 23 community zip codes including most of South Los Angeles, as well as the cities of Compton, Lynwood and Paramount.
Of the residents in Service Area 6
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72.6% of children and youth live in poverty. |
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38% of children and youth live in single parent families. |
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7,645 children are identified as having mental disabilities. |
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Greater than 300,000 are Latino adults. |
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26.7% do not speak English. |
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15% are unemployed |
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33.1% of families have food insecurity |
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28% of the open Department of Children and Family Services cases are in service area 6. |
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Gang violence is a problem of epidemic proportions in service area 6 |
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47 active gangs have been identified in the immediate area, with 344 gang crimes committed during 2007. |
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75% of the adults over 25 do not have a high school diploma, and one in two have not completed the 9th grade. |
Kedren’s Head Start/State Preschool provides quality programs throughout Los Angeles
Kedren’s Head Start/State Preschool programs are delivered at 27 sites throughout Los Angeles in South Los Angeles, Wilshire/Westlake, Los Angeles, Cypress Park and Burbank.
A snapshot of Kedren’s Head Start/State Preschool families:
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79% are Latino |
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12% are African American |
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The remainder being small percentages of Armenian, Cambodian, White, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Pacific Islander, Vietnamese, African Cuban and bi-racial |
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17 languages are spoken by enrolled families |
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52% of families speak a language other than English |
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30% of families served are single-parent families |
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15.5% of families are unemployed |
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91.4% of enrolled families are at, or below, the Federal poverty level. |
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