Generation X: UCLA Center X

What happens when you take kids at an elementary school in South Los Angeles and pair them with older adults in their community? Everybody wins.

Welcome to the Generation Xchange (GenX) Program, a partnership between the UCLA Department of Medicine (Divisions of Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the L.A. Unified School District).

MISSION:  The mission is to promote greater health and wellness outcomes in at-risk older adults, while simultaneously supporting greater academic and behavioral outcomes for children in grades kindergarten through 3rd grade.

HOW:  The GenX Program places older community volunteers into our K-3 classrooms to help students improve reading and math skills. Designed as a truly intergenerational program, GenX contributes to each generation it serves.

WHY:  The program promotes health in the older adult volunteers and increases educational outcomes for children in the area of literacy!