LOS ANGELES — Care First Community Investment or CFCI grant applications from the Los Angeles County Justice, Care and Opportunities Department are live, and will remain open until Sept. 1.
CFCI grants were created by the Board of Supervisors to set aside 10% of the county’s locally generated, unrestricted revenue for alternatives to incarceration and direct community investment.
A large portion of L.A. County’s direct investment is being delivered in the form of care grants to community-based organizations or CBOs that are helping justice-impacted individuals while making our communities safer.
A total of more than $55 million for three years was awarded to 118 CBOs in the first year of CFCI.
For year-two, a total of more than $122 million for three years is available to all CBOs working in the following areas:
Community operated youth centers
Expanding safety in L.A. County
Job readiness, training and placement for adults
Healing-informed arts projects
Satellite sites in gang impacted communities to work with active gang members
Increasing food access in Los Angeles: urban agriculture & training programs
Bridge housing
Release, education, neighborhood treatment, reintegration and youth empowerment
Residential treatment for survivors of sexual exploitation
Indigenous youth empowerment programs
Youth justice programs
End exploitation and create a safer community for women
From treatment, diversion, or jail to work
Details: Apply for year-two grants by Sept. 1, here.
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