Mar Vista Family Center

Program Overview

Mar Vista Family Center is a privately funded community center in West LA that provides low-income families with quality early childhood education, youth enrichment programs, and educational tools to creative positive changes in the community. We serve individuals from infancy to senior citizens with a range of programming. Please visit our website for a more comprehensive view of our programming.

Our literacy programs include:

A pre-school program for children 3-5 years

After-school tutoring Monday through Thursday for children K-12 with an emphasis on literacy.

Computer Literacy Courses for Adults

English as a Second Language Class for Adults (Wednesday evenings)

Annual Literacy Fair for Families (April 14th)

Student and Volunteer Success Stories

From Our Participants:

"MVFC is important because it serves as a safe haven from the violence that we face daily."

"MVFC is important to me because it allows me to help students that love to learn and love to help their community."

"MVFC is important to me because it helps me improve my leadership skills; it helps me on my schoolwork, and it teaches me important topics such as social entrepreneurship and STEM. It's a safe space for me to grow academically as well as personally."

Our Impact

Mar Vista Family Center has been transforming families and the community for over 40 years.

400 students are served annually through our programming.

81% of our youth program graduates enroll in post-secondary education.

120+ adults have received their certification in early childhood education through our on-site UCLA extension program.

In 2017, 160+ volunteers supported our programming with over 13,000 hours of service completed.