Shalimar Learning Center, the founding facility of educational nonprofit Think Together, on Costa Mesa's Westside has pivoted from offering academic services to filling in for family's basic needs.
But then the coronavirus blew through, decimating the jobs of 100% of the center’s participating parents.“Just all of a sudden, boom, they’re done,” said Randy Barth, Think Together’s chief executive.
Hernandez went from cooking five days a week at a pizzeria in Costa Mesa to just nine hours a week. Her husband was let go from his day job cooking at a restaurant in Newport Beach. The family began relying solely on his evening job, which brought in 25 paid hours a week — and on Think Together.“What everybody was talking about was, ‘We’re so scared, what are we going to do?’” said Melissa Arambula, 35, family and community coordinator for Shalimar Learning Center.
“We immediately started transition,” she added. “Academic support can wait; we need to meet basic needs right now.”
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