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Maxine Waters Employment Prep Center - LAUSD: culinary training in Los Angeles, CA

10925 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90059 · Public · Program website

On California's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) In person Leads to: Culinary Art-Chef Assistant

Culinary Art-Chef Assistant

Tuition and feesas listed, California list, DOL file dated June 30, 2025: $1,960
Books and suppliesas listed: $1,749
Listed cost: $3,709
Lengthfull-time weeks and weekly hours, as listed: 19 weeks, 29 hours a week
Students who completedof all students who exited, July 2021 to June 2025: 66.8%
Employed in the 2nd quarter after exitall students who exited, state wage records: 41.5%
Median earnings, 2nd quarter after exitone quarter's pay, students employed then: $12,617
Students who exitedJuly 2021 to June 2025: 274
On the list sincedate added, ETA-9171: June 12, 2024
Typical pay for chefs and head cooksBLS OEWS May 2025, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA: $69,990

Every line comes from the file named under it. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); a blank is never estimated.

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Maxine Waters Employment Prep Center - LAUSD has one culinary program on California's list, filed under culinary arts and related services (CIP 12.0503). Its listed tuition of $1,960 compares with typical yearly pay of $69,990 for chefs and head cooks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Of the 274 students who left the program between July 2021 and June 2025, 66.8% completed it.

This provider does not appear in IPEDS, the FMCSA training registry or a state list we load, so the Department of Labor's file is the record shown here. Ask the provider and your American Job Center whether the program is still on the list before you enroll: the file lists programs as of June 30, 2025.

Maxine Waters Employment Prep Center - LAUSD's culinary programs on the list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed program	Tuition and fees	Length	Completed	Employed, 2nd quarter	Median earnings, 2nd quarter	Students who exited
Culinary Art-Chef AssistantCulinary Art-Chef Assistant · In person · CIP 12.0503	$1,960+ $1,749 books	19 weeks, 29 hours a week	66.8%	41.5%	$12,617	274

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Not matched to any other record: listed here as the state reported it.

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