Drew CDC

Drew CDC is a nonprofit organization in South Los Angeles. Our mission is to prepare the children of Watts-Willowbrook, Compton and South Los Angeles to succeed and thereby strengthen our community’s future.

Established in response to the needs demonstrated by the Watts Uprising, Drew CDC has long served as a cornerstone of support for our community’s children and families, who have carried the burden of years of social, racial, and economic disparity and injustice. Services were initially developed and administered by the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science until Drew CDC was established as its own private nonprofit in 1987.

Through government contracts, foundation grants, and private donations, each year, the agency administers a wide array of essential developmental services to more than 14,000 underserved children from culturally diverse families