Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles (BGCMLA)

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles (bgcmla) is a California not-for-profit corporation chartered by the Boys & Girls Clubs of america, inc. bgcmla was created in 2015 to consolidate existing Boys & Girls Clubs and to expand services through the creation of new Clubs and through partnerships with city and county government. The collective of Clubs includes: bell gardens Boys & Girls club, challengers Boys & Girls club (challengers), jordan high school Boys & Girls club, and watts/willowbrook Boys & Girls club (watts/willowbrook). Bgcmla's mission is focused on promoting the health, life skills, and educational, vocational, and character development of Los Angeles youth ages 6-18. Each of the youth program sites (Clubs) facilitates youth programs designed to meet the physical, emotional, cultural, and social needs of the participants. Because these core areas are integrated, it is not practical to separate expenses into program categories. Bgcmla's principal funding sources are contributions, grants, government contracts, special events and rentals.bgcmla provides a trauma-informed, social emotional learning approach to its afterschool programming in low-income communities. Bgcmla serves 95%+ african american and latinx students, 98% of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch. Bgcmla delivers high quality programs and significant access to resources for members and their families. Bgmla provides a safe place for youth to learn, explore, achieve, and dream. Bgmla accomplishes this through targeted programs in arts, music, stem, mentoring, athletics and healthy lifestyles.