Dream Center

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition

Los Angeles,
CA
(2012)

Dream Center

Adult Education, Behavioral Health, College or Vocational Training, Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Healthcare, Shelters and Community Food, Youth and Families, Youth Program

The Dream Center, a volunteer-driven organization, currently serves over 40,000 people each month.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $48,788,500
Total Project Cost: $48,788,500

IMPACT

65 FTE jobs
50 construction jobs

CDEs

Accion Opportunity Fund, Chase, Los Angeles Development Fund, National New Markets Fund, TELACU

Investor

Chase

Project Description

The Dream Center, a volunteer-driven organization, currently serves over 40,000 people each month. Services and programs offered include residential rehabilitation programs for teens and adults, a shelter for victims of human trafficking, a transitional shelter for homeless families, mobile hunger relief and medical programs, and a foster care intervention outreach that works closely with Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Services to keep families intact by delivering the required furnishings, clothing and food to assure that their homes meet DCFS standards. Educational development programs such as adult basic education, job skills training and life skills counseling to homeless families and individuals make it a vital community development resource. (NNMF NMTCs: $16.3 million)

MAP

Address: 2301 Bellevue Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Census Tract: 6037195710

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