Checking/Savings Accounts

Provider: LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AUDITOR - CONTROLLER - OMBUDSPERSON FOR YOUTH

The office provides youth services for foster children age 13 and older, in Los Angeles county. Services include checking/savings accounts. Age restrictions apply; there are no geograpihc restrictions.

Through a partnership with SCE Credit Union, the Youth Access Banking Program offers bank accounts to foster youth without an adult co-owner. The program removes traditional barriers by accepting alternative forms of ID including school-issued ID cards, screenshots of student name and photo taken from official school portals, and letters from placement agencies or social workers; waiving account fees, and providing the $5 deposit required to establish an account. 

Application procedure
Call for Information, Write/E-mail for Information, Apply Online

Address

500 W. Temple St.

Los Angeles, California 90012 (Mailing)

Service hours
monday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
tuesday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
wednesday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
thursday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
friday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Service/Intake and Administration

+18884451234
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