Started in 1972, The Children’s Collective, Inc. is a non-profit human services corporation that has helped people in need for over 50 years. Annually, TCCI serves approximately 5,000 children, youth, and families throughout South Los Angeles.

The Children’s Collective Inc.’s primary mission is to improve life outcomes for children, youth and their families in South Los Angeles by providing high quality, comprehensive, educational and family support services. The mission is achieved through the company’s major program divisions: Child Development, Youth Development, Family Support and Wellbeing. TCCI’s vision for the community is for every child and every family to reach their highest potential.

Program services are offered at 13 locations. Communities served include Greater Crenshaw, Exposition/Los Angeles, Manchester/ Vermont and Hawthorne. Fees for all programs are based on family income. Most families qualify for free services.

TCCI is best known for its comprehensive, high quality services as well as for its ability to change and grow in response to the needs of its clients. The company’s most visible symbol, the yellow butterfly, reflects its charge of “Transforming People…Changing Lives.”

The Children’s Collective Inc.’s primary mission is to improve life outcomes for children, youth and their families in South Los Angeles by providing high quality, comprehensive, educational and family support services.

The mission is achieved through the company’s major programs that encompass child development, youth development, family support, and wellness. TCCI’s vision for the community is for every child and every family to reach their highest potential.

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Child Development

 

The Children’s Collective, Inc. provides a developmentally appropriate program that promotes school readiness, encourages a positive sense of self-worth, meets children’s nutritional needs, addresses family health and social service needs, and engages parents, schools and communities in its implementation.

 

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Programs for Children from Birth to Five Years

 
  • Full and part-day childcare services
  • Infant, Toddler, and Preschool programs
  • 10 locations throughout South Los Angeles

Food Program

 

The Food Program works with our Child Development department to provide healthy meals and snacks to both infant/toddler and preschool programs at TCCI. All meals emphasize fresh fruits and vegetables, with limited salt and saturated fats. TCCI serves more than 225,000 breakfasts, lunches, and snacks each year.

 

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Black Infant Health

 

The Children’s Collective, Inc.’s Black Infant Health Program (BIH) is designed to reduce the high infant mortality rate among African American babies, as well as reduce the high death rate from pregnancy complications among African American women.

 

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FamilySource Center

 

The FamilySource Center addresses two key issues that keep families in poverty – low adult income and low student achievement. Its first goal aims to increase adult income in order to help families attain financial self-sufficiency and stability. The program’s second goal improves student achievement in order to provide youth with better opportunities for education and employment.

 

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CalFresh Healthy
Living

 

The CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) program provides various nutrition and physical activity resources for TCCI’s preschool sites. The program provides fresh produce distributions to enrolled families each month. CFHL also helps our sites use Smarter Mealtimes strategies to encourage kids to eat and try more fruits and vegetables.

 

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Who We Serve

 
  • Children from infancy to 12 years
  • Children with special needs
  • Children of teen mothers
  • High risk youth from 12-17 years old
  • Unemployed and underemployed adults
  • Pregnant and parenting women
  • People seeking citizenship
  • Families facing homelessness
  • Families facing food insecurity
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