General Donations
Funders/Sponsors
SALEF's "Fulfilling Our Dreams Scholarship" fund is making higher education a reality for Central American and Latino students, including AB 540 students, with approximately 750 scholarships provided since 1998. SALEF's "Fulfilling Our Dreams Scholarship" Fund offers financial assistance and support to undergraduate, graduate and professional students, often making the difference in whether a student can attend college or not.
The Scholarships are open to all qualifying students regardless of immigration status. SALEF promotes giving back to our communities, thus scholarship recipients are expected to complete community service hours and receipt of the scholarship award is dependent on completion of their pledge.
Health Career Scholarship: Scholarships are offered to students pursuing health related fields. This includes graduating high school seniors, community colleges, vocational/ trade schools, undergraduate, students pursuing a Master in Public Health (MPH) and students in Medical and/or Dentistry schools. Scholarship money is generously provided by The California Wellness Foundation.
High school Student Scholarship: Graduating High school seniors are eligible to apply for SALEF Scholarship regardless of their field of study and the educational institution they decide to attend after high school. Scholarship money is generously provided by the College Access Foundation of California (CAFC)
General Field Scholarship: SALEF scholarship is open to students regardless of their field of study. Students could either be enrolled in a 2 year institution, 4 year institution, or graduate school.
DEADLINE
May 2nd, 2012
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION 2012.pdf
a) Graduating High School seniors
b) Current undergraduate, graduate and professional students
c) Community college students (must be AB540)
d) Vocational/Trade school (must be pursuing a health related field)
a) Greater Los Angeles Area
(Specifically Pico-Union, South Los Angeles, and surrounding schools)
b) San Fernando Valley (must be pursuing a health related field)
c) San Francisco/Bay Area (must be pursuing a health related field)
Contact Information:
Carlota Merino, Scholarship Fund Coordinator
Email: cmerino_salef.org Office: (213) 480-1052
The LIDER program was established to increase the political and civic participation and provide leadership opportunities for Central Americans and other Latinos in California. The LIDER program brings together talented young Central Americans and other Latinos from throughout California and trains them to be new leaders so that they may have an effective role in expanding the civic and political participation of the Latino community. Participants attend an educational and leadership development workshop to gain knowledge about issues pertinent to the Latino community. Participants also partake in a legislative tour of Sacramento to discuss in part water issues, including water conservation water reliability issues. Each year, ten LIDER participants are chosen to participate as Interns in government, non-profit sector, business, and media. Finally, all participants undertake a community service project to assist Pico-Union residents.
A program designed to build the leadership skills and capacity of high school and college students might be the program for you.
This summer program offers the following:
Jovenes en Accion/Youth in Action trains youth to advocate for higher standards of education in Pico -Union and surounding areas. Jovenes en Accion provides a safe place where youth can express their concerns via grassroot organizing and policy advocacy campaigns utilizing media among other creative mediums.
In 2010, program participants supported the implementation of Linked Learning as well as Enrollment Campaign for Belmont and Robert F. Kennedy Zone of choice. This was accomplished through strategic community forums, classroom presentations and canvassing, organized by youth and parents both at the specific schools and community spaces.
Additionally, three program participants attended a national march in Washington D.C. in support of the Dream Act. On May 1st, 2010, over 100 youth marched with SALEF and other Central American organizations in support of immigration reform in downtown Los Angeles. Throughout the year, program participants developed a sense of cultural awareness by taking part in the Central American Independence Parade, Monsenor Romero Day and other ongoing activieies.
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION:
Jovenes en Acción 2011 Application.pdf
LIDER 2010 Application for College-university students.pdf
LIDER 2010 Application for high school students.pdf
Guillermo Girón, Education & Academic Programs Manager
Email: ggiron_salef.org
Office: (213) 480-1052
The Mayor's Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) serves youth ages 10 to 15 with the goal of increasing positive youth development opportunities and limiting the number of youth that become involved in area street gangs.
In 2008, the lead agency for the Rampart GRYD, El Centro Del Pueblo, sought mentoring services in an effort to positively impact the youth participants and partnered agencies. Since 2009, the Mi Futuro Mentoring Program - Rampart GRYD, provides one-on-one as well as group mentoring services to over 30 at-risk youth per year. Furthermore, the program curriculum consist of theme quarters that include:
Since its launch in 1999, as Paso Unido Mentoring Program, the curriculum has molded into a new custom design innovative model that prepares and inspires mentees for post-high school education options. The Program's holisitic approach that provides youth with the support , guidance and skills necessary to reach their goals has proven to be very effective.
For the past 11 years, SALEF has been providing mentoring services that have made an incredible impact in the lives of hundreds of youth that live in Pico Union Westlake neighborhoods or attend one of the three target schools:
Since 2007, SALEF, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) - South Gate Partnership, has provided group mentoring services to the class of 2010 in the city of South Gate.
The Mi Futuro Mentoring Program - South Gate offers weekly mentoring services consisting of:
For the past 11 years, SLAEF has been providing mentoring services that have made an incredible impact in the lives of hundreds of youth that live in Pico Union Westlake neighborhoods or attend one of the three target schools:
January Tutor of the Month. Jairo, a first year at CSULA majoring in Civil Engineering, spent part of his winter break tutoring a mentee from Manual Arts High School in Trigonometry.
SALEF Scholarship Application.pdf
Guillermo Girón: Education & Academic
Programs Manager
Maria Rivera: Mentoring Program
Coordinator
Email: mrivera_salef.org
Parents in Action provides leadership training workshops through a thirteen week curriculum presented at the school site and couples it with real practical experience through advocacy activities. The curriculum provides an overview of four main concepts
1. Civic Education
2. Education (K-12 and Higher Education)
3. Financial Literacy
4. Communication Skills
5. English as a Secon d language
information (ESL)
The youth Policy Institute (YPI) and SALEF partner to train a total of 60 individuals in various medical fields in two years. Such potential careers include Medical Assistant, Certify Nurse Assistant and Pharmacy Technician. This distinctive and time-worthy program targets low-income resident from South Central Los Angeles and Westlake Pico-Union Area.
Given the current economic situation, this program serves as an outlet for those seeking a career path that might otherwise not be affordable. The program funding includes school tuition, books, transportation, paid internship and port-graduation job placement support. This is another effort, with the support from the Youth Policy Institute, to continue empowering communities.
Communities most affected by the economic crisis are being trained and placed on jobs that will have a direct trained and placed in jobs that will have a direct impact on their quality of life.
Delmy Ruiz: Director, Parent Programs and
Community Partnerships
Email: druiz_salef.org
Mirna Solorzano: Manager, Medical
Career Program
Email: msolorzano_salef.org
For more information please contact
Guillermo Girón
Education & Academic
213-480-1052
ggiron_salef.org
Class Schedule January 2012.pdf
SALEF Computer Literacy Registration Form English - Copy.pdf
SALEF Computer Literacy Registration FormSpanish.pdf
