Year-Two Care First Community Investment Grant Application Deadline Approaching

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.