LA's BEST was pleased to be selected by World Hunger Year (WHY) as the most worthy after school program for which to create a replication manual. ĘThrough the efforts of two VISTA volunteers who worked throughout 1997-98, the LA's BEST Replication Manual was created. The program and manual were presented January 13, 1999 by WHY and the USDA in Washington D.C. as part of a day-long workshop called "Innovative Solutions To End Hunger Through Self Reliance: The Replication of Model Programs." Rather than a true replication model, LA's BEST sees its programs as a model for incubation — assuring that the vibrancy of what makes it distinctive comes from local adaptation.
“More than 1,000 copies of the LA's BEST Replication Manual have been requested since it was published in 1999.”