The specific and primary purpose of the llc is to help make it possible to provide quality early childhood education in a low income community in south los angeles. Most government supported child care programs do not allow operators to use program fees for mortgage payments and consequently operators must find rental space that can be modified and licensed for head start or other child care programs. Erc believes that by using its assets to acquire and lease the building to the child care operator (at a below market lease rate), it is engaging in, assisting, supporting, and contributing to the support of charitable activities and charitable projects in the public interest for a public purpose. Erc believes that by purchasing property to be used by child care operators it is ameliorating conditions of poverty, dependency, chronic unemployment and underemployment, rising community tensions, and social and economic disadvantage in southern california.

Child Day Care , Children & Youth

Below market leasing activity to head start/other child care programs to enable them to provide assistance and housing to the low income community. In this fiscal year children's institute inc. (cii), a not for profit, was the tenant at 4277 so western. They were founded in 1906. They offer an array of services, to children and families healing from the effects of family and community violence within los angeles's most challenged neighborhoods, and to at-risk youth in los angeles who are affected by child abuse, neglect, domestic and gang violence as well as poverty. Cii is a multi-service organization that combines evidence-based clinical services, youth development programs and family support services designed to address the whole child and entire family. The organization provides various forms of trauma support-including therapy, intervention services, parenting workshops, early childcare programs and other support services offered in english, spanish and korean. Specifically at 4277 so western, children's institute inc. (cii) offers comprehensive early care and education programs (ece) for pregnant women, children from six weeks to five years of age, and their families. They serve low income at risk families. The programs promote the optimal development of children and build and/or strengthen effective parenting skills.