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Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary

We are celebrating our 40th anniversary this year as we continue the work of empowering learning communities and helping children and families access the tools they need to thrive! In honor of our special year, we’ll be looking back at LAEP milestone moments that have helped us achieve impact and equity.

Milestone Moment: in 2019, LAEP received a $10.2M grant from the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Head Start to provide Early Head Start services in Inglewood. We continue to expand those services and are proud to highlight that in our last year, 85% of children in the Early Head Start program met or exceeded developmental benchmarks in each learning domain after one year in the program. Thank you to all of our partners for making this possible!

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Eric Barela, Ph.D.

Senior Consultant, Raya Cooper Impact Consulting

Dr. Eric Barela has worked as a measurement & evaluation professional for over 2 decades, helping organizations to better understand and act on their social impact. He’s currently a Senior Consultant with Raya Cooper Impact Consulting and previously worked at Salesforce, where he led efforts to measure the social impact of the company’s work with nonprofits and educational institutions across the globe. He began his career working with the Los Angeles Unified School District and with the nonprofit, Partners in School Innovation. Eric previously served on the Board of the American Evaluation Association and currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Journal of Evaluation.

Eric grew up in East LA and was educated in the Montebello Unified School District. He holds a Ph.D. in education from UCLA. He loves a good road trip, with his husband serving as trusty navigator.