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- Lee Breast Center at USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- The Lee Breast Center at the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center provides multidisciplinary approaches to breast health care including screening, examination, diagnosis, consultation, support groups for women with breast cancer, free information and videotapes. The center has recently established a patient education resource center which includes Internet access. Staff members conduct weekly screening clinics at LAC+USC Medical Center and distribute information at health fairs in the community. Speakers are available to organizations interested in hosting an educational seminar on self examination and breast health. A state-wide toll-free number (1-800-498-6666) links the center to self-referring patients and the community.
Contact: Constance St. Albin, 323-865-3368
Email: constance.stalbin@tenethealth.
- Leo Buscaglia Scholarships for Inner City Teacher Education
- This is an endowed scholarship for five new students per year from one of five local high schools: Crenshaw, Fremont, Jefferson, Manual Arts or Roosevelt. Upon completion of a degree at USC, the student will return to teach at one of these high schools or at one of their feeder middle or elementary schools.
Contact: Lisa Galvan, 213-821-2671
Email: lgalvan@usc.edu
- Literacy One
- Literacy One is an English-as-a-Second-Language program that focuses on improving the English-language readiness and pre-literacy skills of students at elementary schools in the University Park and Health Sciences Campus neighborhoods. Funded in part by a USC Neighborhood Outreach Grant.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.
Contact: Pamela Yamamoto, 213-740-7892
Email: pyamamot@usc.edu
- Literature, Arts, Culture, Education and Recreation
- LACER is an established after-school program for middle school students in Los Feliz. Keck School of Medicine of USC students join with the LaCER program at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School to teach weekly sessions on drugs and alcohol, sex and contraception, hygiene, nutrition, and development for boys and girls. A mentoring program also connects individual medical students with chosen at-risk students.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.
Contact: Todd Forman, 323-442-3070
Email: tforman@usc.edu
- Loan Repayment Assistance Program
- Graduates of USC Law School who are employed by nonprofit public service agencies and government law offices and are earning below a certain salary are given financial assistance in order to repay student loan debts. The program cannot receive direct requests for services.
Contact: Mary Bingham, 213-740-2523
Email: mbingham@law.usc.edu
- Local Vendor Program
- Firms participating in the LVP are given an opportunity to bid on USC projects open to competitive bidding. In addition, participating businesses are listed in the USC Small Business Directory, a publication used by more than 900 senior USC business officers, staff and faculty members, and 200 off-campus organizations. The directory is also available in a searchable format on the USC Small Business Development Office Web site.
Contact: Jim Browder, 213-821-1783
- Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center
- The center, part of the USC Andrus Gerontology Center, provides information and referral, family consultation, respite funding, legal consultation funding, support groups and short-term counseling to assist caregivers who are caring for a cognitively impaired adult (Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's, stroke, head injury). Provides workshops, training sessions and education to professionals in the community and caregivers on topics of concern, such as legal, financial and illness. Serves all of Los Angeles County with four satellite offices.
Contact: Donna Benton, (800) 540-4442
Email: lacrc@usc.edu
- Los Angeles Metro Minority Business Development Center
- The mission of the Los Angeles Metro Minority Business Development Center is to increase participation of ethnically owned businesses in the free enterprise system by providing consulting services, access to capital, access to market opportunities and advanced business training.
Contact: Ramesh N. Swamy, 213-368-1450
Email: info@lambdc.org
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