Applications to Open for Community Care Expansion Preservation Capital Projects Grant Program

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health or LACDMH, the Los Angeles County Development Authority or LACDA and Brilliant Corners announce the launch of the community care expansion preservation capital projects grant program, which will fund physical rehabilitation improvements for licensed adult residential facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, and residential care facilities for the chronically ill located within the county. This grant program will provide a minimum of $50,000 per facility to eligible awardees.

Funding for the program is being made available through Assembly Bill (AB) 172, which established a state-wide effort to expand the state’s housing and care continuum, improve treatment outcomes, and prevent the cycle of homelessness or unnecessary institutionalization. In Los Angeles County, $55.5 million will be utilized to fund the  community care expansion preservation capital projects grant program to help preserve licensed residential care facilities in need of critical repairs that may impact their licensing status, and health/safety related repairs or required upgrades, thereby potentially preventing facility closures which could result in exits to homelessness. LACDMH committed an additional $11.2 million of Mental Health Services Act funds toward this effort for a total of $66.7 million.

LACDA will administer and implement the program on behalf of the county and will partner with Brilliant Corners, with funding received from Cedars-Sinai and administered by the California Community Foundation, to oversee the required physical needs assessments to determine grant applicants’ capital improvement needs.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have voted unanimously on the motion, co-sponsored by Supervisor Hahn and 1st District Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, in favor of accepting state funds to implement this grant program.

The funding will be targeted to facilities that have a critical gap in their financial ability to make needed repairs or upgrades, placing the facility at risk of closure or at risk of reducing the number of beds for qualified residents. The program will also fund repairs needed to ensure facilities are compliant with licensing and health and safety standards.

The application portal will open on January 22, 2024 and will remain open for six weeks, closing on March 4, 2024. Application-related trainings will be offered Jan. 17, for eligibility and scoring criteria and requesting a physical needs assessment report and on Jan. 29, for the step-by-step application process.

Details: For more information and to register, visit https://www.ccecp.org/.