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- Andi's Toy Box
- Honoring 16-year-old friend Andi Collins, who succumbed to breast cancer in 2003, high school student Brittany Ambrosanio created a program that provides boxes of toys for Southern California cancer centers, including USC/Norris. The program provides the children and young siblings of cancer patients with puzzles, coloring books, crayons, markers, DVDs, videos, magazines and other items to keep them occupied in waiting rooms.
Ages Served: Less than 5 yrs. old; 5 to 14 yrs.
Contact: Sondra Malatesta, 323-865-0700
Email: malatesta_s@ccnt.hsc.usc.edu
- CARES Child and Family Program
- This program provides an array of services to the LAC+USC Medical Center's patients and visitors, including free child care, bilingual educational activities, psychological support, complete infant care, hot meals, parent education and immunizations. Children are screened for developmental and psychological problems, general health problems and child abuse.
Ages Served: All ages
Contact: Coco Ceja, 323-226-6945
Email: sceja@dhs.co.la.ca.us
- Center on Child Welfare
- The mission of the center is to improve service delivery to families and children at risk. Its central task is to provide training to public child welfare workers, supervisory staff and graduate-level social work students.
Contact: Paul Carlo, 213-743-2429
Email: nancy@sowk.usc.edu
- Children's Outreach Program
- CORE pairs interested second-year students at the Keck School of Medicine of USC with chronically ill children. The students commit to serving two to four hours per week with a family enrolled in the national Family Friends Program to serve as a big brother or sister to the child and to learn how chronic illness shapes affects their family.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.; 15 to 24 yrs.
Contact: Felice Resnick, 818-761-3447
Email: famfriends@aol.com
Etan Milgrom, 213-740-0225 emilgrom@usc.edu
- Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Office of Community Affairs
- Community Affairs provides services to area families through a variety of programs, including child passenger safety seat education classes (available by appointment and available in English and Spanish), child and youth safety information and resources, injury prevention, parenting resources, Healthy Families program, health fairs, and health promotion.
Contact: Ellen Zaman, 323-669-2487
Email: ezaman@chla.usc.edu
Olga Taylor, 323-669-2487 otaylor@chla.usc.edu
- Joint Educational Project
- JEP is a service-learning program based in USC College. The program is designed to broker between academic courses and schools and service agencies in the University Park neighborhood. Each year JEP places approximately 2,000 students as mentors, mini-course instructors, translators, assistants to teachers and other helping professionals. Since 1972, students from over 65 different academic courses have attempted to understand the practical implications and applications of course-related concepts through community-service activities. Their work involves weekly reflective exercises as well as an end-of-semester paper, and is supported by classroom instructors and teaching assistants.
Contact: Tammara S. Anderson, 213-740-1837
Email: tanderso@usc.edu
- Kid Watch
- Kid Watch volunteer participants are encouraged by the USC Department of Public Safety, Los Angeles Police Department/Southwest Division, LAUSD Police and USC Civic and Community Relations to watch over local children in a reasonable manner and to observe and report crimes against them. The goal is to help make the neighborhoods of the USC Family of Schools safer so that local children can feel more comfortable going to school and home and take advantage of the area's academic, cultural and recreational centers. Funded in part by a USC Neighborhood Outreach grant.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.; 15 to 24 yrs.; Less than 5 yrs. old
Contact: Katharine A. D?az, 213-743-5262
Email: ccr@usc.edu
- Panhellenic/Interfraternity Council Halloween Carnival
- This Halloween celebration on USC's McAllister Greek Row provides a safe celebration that includes music, carnival games, face painting, lunch, snacks and hands-on arts activities.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.
Contact: Beth Saul, 213-740-2080
Email: saul@usc.edu
- Safe Halloween
- The USC Norman Topping Student Aid Fund, in collaboration with the City of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation, organizes the annual Safe Halloween event to provide a safe celebration for children in the local community. In coordination with the Hoover Recreation Center's staff, Topping Scholars annually plan and provide a one-night extravaganza, held on October 31 of each year, with inflatable games, a haunted house, candy, crafts and treats for neighborhood youth.
Ages Served: Less than 5 yrs. old; 5 to 14 yrs.
Contact: Desiree A. Campos, 213-740-7575
Email: ntsaf@usc.edu
- Society of Women Engineers Halloween Fun Fair
- Students from the USC Family of Schools are invited to the USC campus for some safe Halloween fun. Volunteers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Volunteer Center run activity stations that include bobbing for apples, cookie decorating and face painting. Pi?atas and a magician round off the morning of fun for both volunteers and elementary students.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.
Contact: SWE President , 213-740-4530
Email: sweusc@usc.edu
- Theatre for Youth
- Theatre for Youth started in 1991 as a children's theater outreach program completely organized by USC School of Theatre students. Currently it is a two-semester course involving the theory, training and practice of performing improv-based productions and stories for elementary and secondary school youth. The first semester is devoted to theory, training and development of works that are then performed for students from all over Los Angeles at USC's Bing Theatre over approximately four Friday mornings. During the first part of the second semester, students prepare separate pieces for middle and senior high school audiences, to be performed at the end of the semester in Friday morning sessions at the Bing Theatre.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.
Contact: Brent Blair, 213-740-7175
Email: bblair@usc.edu
- Tooth Tutoring
- The USC School of Dentistry's Dental Hygiene Division, in cooperation with the USC Joint Educational Project, offers this dental health program in the local schools each year with teams of students preparing and presenting lessons on proper nutrition and dental care.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.
Contact: Dental Hygiene Program , 213-740-1072
Brenda Pesante, 213-740-1837 pesante@usc.edu
- Trojan KidS Camp
- Trojan KidS Camp is a summer youth program designed to enhance the on-campus experience of youngsters in the Los Angeles community. The program is open to youth ages 10-16. Supervised and structured sports activities are the basis of Trojan KidS Camp. Activities include swimming and other sports.
Contact: Justine Gilman, 213-740-5127
Email: recsports@usc.edu
- University Park Family Newspaper
- This bimonthly, bilingual (English and Spanish) newspaper for parents, guardians and family members of USC Family of Schools' students is a partnership between USC Public Relations, USC Civic and Community Relations and the USC Family of Schools. The publication focuses on school news items, programs, events and resources of interest to University Park neighborhood parents, guardians and friends. It is funded by a USC Neighborhood Outreach grant.
Ages Served: Not applicable; Less than 5 yrs. old; 5 to 14 yrs.; 15 to 24 yrs.
Contact: Katharine A. D?az, 213-743-4514
Email: kdiaz@usc.edu
- University Residential Student Community
- URSC is the residential student government created to provide opportunities for education and interactive experience, including community service, for all those who reside within the university community. URSC organizes several community programs, including Spirits at Troy, the Giving Tree and the Easter Eggstravaganza. With Spirits at Troy, area children come on campus to trick-or-treat at Halloween parties set up by each building in university housing. Through the Giving Tree, students at USC donate holiday gifts to children who are in local hospitals. With the Easter Eggstravaganza, local children come on campus and participate in a fun-filled day of Easter activities, including an Easter egg hunt.
Contact: Community Outreach Coordinator , 213-740-6467
Email: ursc@usc.edu
- USC Civic and Community Relations
- USC Civic and Community Relations (USC CCR), a unit of University Relations under USC External Relations, harnesses the resources of the university on behalf of the communities it strives to serve at both its University Park and Health Sciences campuses. It develops partnerships with local community and USC leaders, stakeholders and decision makers; and implements and promotes USC's Children and Family University Initiative through the USC Family of Schools and USC Health Sciences Campus Partner Schools Task Force. USC CCR also documents and communicates USC's community involvement; provides direct services to the community; and administers the L.A. Metro Minority Business Develoment Center, the USC Educational Opportunity Programs Center, Multimedia University Academy, and the USC School for Early Childhood Education. This work is carried out with input from the USC Community Advisory Council.
Ages Served: All ages
Contact: Kay Song, 213-743-5262
Email: ccr@usc.edu
- USC Family Activity Program
- The goal of the USC Family Activity Program is to encourage accomplished and deserving students participating in the various programs that make up the USC Community Education Academy -- all of which are related to the USC Family of Schools and the USC Health Sciences Campus Partner Schools -- to discover and explore a variety of USC activities by inviting their families to share in the experience with them. It hopes to enlighten, enrich and entertain students, their families and guests by making available to them complimentary tickets to concerts, athletic events, plays and guest speakers appearing on and around the USC campuses.
Contact: Melanie Peterson, 213-821-1101
Email: mapeters@usc.edu
- USC Family of Schools
- The USC Family of Schools (USC FOS) is a partnership that provides educational, cultural and developmental opportunities to more than 12,000 children and youth who attend school in the neighborhoods close to USC's University Park Campus. The approximate target area is bounded by the Santa Monica Freeway (north), the Harbor Freeway (east), Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (south), and Western Avenue (west). ||Implemented as part of USC's "Children and Families University Community Initiative," USC FOS targets eight schools surrounding the University Park Campus. The USC FOS Full Committee, composed of school principals and educators, USC faculty and staff members, and members of the community, develops and coordinates a coherent and comprehensive approach that has a positive impact on the educational achievement of the children enrolled in the eight target schools. Programs address the following areas: safety, positive extracurricular activities, literacy, technology, science education, student academic achievement, parental involvement and education, and school administrator professional development. Individual USC FOS programs are included under separate entries.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.; 15 to 24 yrs.; Less than 5 yrs. old
Contact: USC Civic and Community Relati , 213-743-5262
Email: ccr@usc.edu
- USC Fisher Gallery Educational Programming
- USC Fisher Gallery offers a number of free educational programs for children, families and adults in conjunction with current exhibitions. Programs include dialogues on art, hands-on art workshops, performances and film screenings. Please call or visit the gallery's Web site for a current schedule.
Ages Served: All ages; Not applicable
Contact: Nick West, 213-740-4561
Email: nwest@usc.edu
- USC Head Start at St. Vincent Center
- The USC Head Start Program at St. Vincent Center is for economically disadvantaged children whose parents are working, enrolled in school or participating in job training. Full-day services are provided, including breakfast, lunch and snack. The program also provides comprehensive social services, parent education, health, mental health and nutrition.
Ages Served: Less than 5 yrs. old
Contact: Alicia Garcia, 213-743-1826
- USC Head Start at Villa Esperanza
- The USC Head Start at Villa Esperanza is for economically disadvantaged children whose parents are working or are enrolled in school or participating in job training. Full-day services are provided, including breakfast, lunch and snack, Monday through Friday. Since May 2000, a Twilight Head Start program has been offered Monday through Friday from 4:00-7:30 p.m. Dinner and snack are served. These programs also provide comprehensive social services related to counseling, housing, health, mental health and parent education.
Ages Served: Less than 5 yrs. old
Contact: Ofelia Ongpin, 213-743-2922
Email: ongpin@usc.edu
- USC HSC Partner Schools Task Force
- The USC HSC Partner Schools Task Force is a partnership that provides educational, cultural and developmental opportunities for approximately 4,700 children and youth who attend school in the neighborhoods close to USC's Health Sciences Campus in East Los Angeles. Implemented as part of USC's "Children and Family University Community Initiative," the task force targets four public schools: Griffin Avenue Elementary School, Murchison Street Elementary School, Sheridan Street Elementary School and Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School. Individual programs that partner with these schools are included under separate entries.
Contact: David Galaviz, 323-442-3572
Email: dgalaviz@usc.edu
- USC Law School Domestic Violence Clinic
- The Domestic Violence Clinic specializes in providing direct representation to victims of domestic violence in restraining order hearings and other family law matters. In addition, the clinic works in collaboration with the USC School of Social Work and the LAC+USC Hospital's Violence Intervention Program to provide holistic services to its clients to help them stay free of a violent environment.
Contact: Martha Matthews, 213-745-3600
Email: mmatthew@law.usc.edu
- USC School for Early Childhood Education
- USC SECE is a Head Start, Early Head Start and State Preschool program providing comprehensive child development services to pregnant women and children ages 0 to 5. Services include an educational approach that is cognitively oriented and developmentally appropriate. Comprehensive services include: social services, parent involvement, health, nutrition, mental health, services to children with disabilities, parent education and advocacy.||There are five centers: USC SECE Central Office, (213) 743-4650, which houses the home-based services; USC SECE at University Park Child Development Center, (213) 743-2466; USC SECE at St. Vincent Center, (213) 743-1826; USC SECE at Villa Esperanza Center, (213) 743-2922; and USC SECE at University Gardens, (323) 733-1650. Program hours vary by location but range from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (St. Vincent and Villa Esperanza Centers listed separately.)|
Ages Served: Less than 5 yrs. old
Contact: Lucia I. Palacios, 213-743-4650
Email: palacios@usc.edu
- Violence Intervention Program
- The Violence Intervention Program at LAC+USC Medical Center evaluates and treats victims of family violence and sexual assault. The program serves as a county-wide resource for cases of suspected child abuse and neglect, sexual assault, domestic violence, elder abuse/neglect, and dependent adult abuse/neglect. A primary care clinic for foster care children, called the Community-Based Assessment and Treatment Center, is the program's newest addition and opened in 2004. VIP projects also include the Everychild Foundation Center for the Vulnerable Child, Sexual Assault Center, 24-Hour Domestic Violence Response Team, Adult Protection Team and VIP Community Mental Health Center. The VIP CMHC Mentoring and Tutoring Project is funded in part by a USC Neighborhood Outreach grant.
Ages Served: All ages
Contact: Astrid Heppenstall-Heger, 323-226-2095
Email: vip_lacusc@msn.com
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