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LAUSD District 5 presents family safety guide and $1 million Compassionate Fund to Huntington Park council
Summary
LAUSD Board Member Carly Griego presented a multi-page family guide outlining emergency and immigration resources, childcare/transportation options and a $1 million Compassionate Fund through the LAUSD Foundation to support families with legal, food and other needs; she also described efforts to implement LGBTQ+ curriculum supports and school-site liaisons.
Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Carly Griego told Huntington Park leaders on Tuesday that LAUSD has prepared a multi-page guide for families facing safety or immigration-related crises and that the district's foundation has raised a $1 million Compassionate Fund to help students and families access legal support, food and other immediate needs.
"The Compassionate Fund is a million dollars that we have raised through our foundation," Griego said, urging residents to share the guide with families and local partners. She outlined three options for families who do not feel safe sending children to school: enroll in the LAUSD Virtual Academy, arrange special transportation through a principal, or access additional supports for unhoused and foster youth.
Griego also said the district is working to expand curriculum supports for LGBTQ+ history and to place LGBTQ+ liaisons at school sites; the effort is being coordinated with LAUSD's Human Rights, Diversity and Equity office. "We also heard from the community for dream centers, which we call student centers... and we won for LGBTQ plus," she said, describing funding allocation and the start of implementation planning.
Council members thanked Griego and discussed partnership opportunities, including reopening school facilities for community use and collaborating on safe-routes-to-school plans. Griego said LAUSD staffers engage with city managers through governmental relations and that the superintendent has expressed willingness to work with Southeast cities on shared access to school facilities.
The LAUSD presentation came amid heightened community concern about recent immigration enforcement actions and local incidents that have left some families fearful about sending children to school; Griego emphasized resources, hotlines and bilingual "know your rights" workshops to support families.
Council and staff agreed to continue conversations with LAUSD about site access and service coordination.
