ARP Project Timelines – Available and Coming Soon
The American Rescue Plan represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to address LA County’s most urgent inequities. This page details launched American Rescue Plan programs in Los Angeles County and provides details about their funded amounts, priorities, and program websites. New programs are being launched regularly. Please check this page often for updates on newly launched programs.
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Department:
Department of Health Services
Program Description:
Support the Department of Health Services’ (DHS) Housing for Health Homelessness Prevention Unit, a proactive, collaborative, data-driven effort to identify people in LA County who are at-risk of losing their housing and provide them with support services and flexible cash assistance to address an array of needs, including rent and utility arrears, and connection to mainstream services and benefits.
Budget:
$13,750,000
Launch Date:
Launched
Website:
https://dhs.lacounty.gov/housing-for-health/our-services/housing-for-health/
Department:
Department of Health Services
Program Description:
Provide Intensive Case Management Services (ICMS) and move-in assistance for approximately 1,500 federal subsidy recipients who are coming out of homelessness and matched to a permanent housing opportunity.
Budget:
$16,700,000
Launch Date:
Launched
Website:
https://dhs.lacounty.gov/housing-for-health/our-services/housing-for-health/
Department:
Department of Health Services
Program Description:
Support the operation of 261 interim housing beds in 10 different sites located throughout LA County, including at three new Recuperative Care Centers opened on DHS hospital campuses in response to COVID-19.
Budget:
$6,000,000
Launch Date:
Launched
Website:
https://dhs.lacounty.gov/housing-for-health/our-services/housing-for-health/
Department:
Department of Health Services
Program Description:
Support the Safe Landing Program, which provides interim supportive housing to people experiencing homelessness who can be diverted from jail or from the emergency room, including 24/7 admissions and onsite health and mental health clinical
assessment and care.
Budget:
$4,250,000
Launch Date:
Launched
Website:
https://dhs.lacounty.gov/housing-for-health/our-services/housing-for-health/
Department:
Department of Consumer and Business Affairs
Program Description:
Expand upon the success of the LA Regional COVID Fund by providing additional grant opportunities to nonprofits that provide safety net services in communities hardest hit by the pandemic.
Budget:
$15,000,000
Launch Date:
Existing Program with Additional ARPA Funded-Grants Available Soon
Website:
https://www.lacovidfund.org/
Department:
Department of Consumer and Business Affairs
Program Description:
Expand upon the success of the LA Regional COVID Fund by providing additional grant opportunities to small businesses and microentrepreneurs, including veteran-owned businesses and disadvantaged businesses.
Budget:
$20,000,000
Launch Date:
Existing Program with Additional ARPA Funded-Grants Available Soon
Website:
https://www.lacovidfund.org/
Department:
Department of Health Services
Program Description:
Extend funding for the Office of Diversion and Reentry’s (ODR) “Covid19 Jail Release,” which are interim housing beds to provide housing for people who are experiencing homelessness and have severe mental illness and physical health issues who were released during pandemic-caused jail decompression.
Budget:
$5,000,000
Launch Date:
Launched
Website:
https://dhs.lacounty.gov/housing-for-health/our-services/housing-for-health/
Department:
Department of Health Services
Program Description:
Create permanent supportive housing for individuals and families with complex health or behavioral health conditions who are experiencing homelessness by providing rental subsidies that can be used in the private rental market, for master leasing, and for project-based sites without rental subsidies, among other options, without any upfront capital costs.
Budget:
$30,000,000
Launch Date:
Launched
Website:
https://dhs.lacounty.gov/housing-for-health/our-services/housing-for-health/
Department:
Los Angeles County Development Authority
Program Description:
Support small businesses (and their landlords) in unincorporated areas who are struggling to pay rent due to COVID-19.
Budget:
$7,500,000
Launch Date:
Launched
Website:
No longer accepting applications for 2022
Department:
Department of Consumer and Business Affairs
Program Description:
Expand and sustain Stay Housed LA County, a first-of-its-kind partnership between LA County, community-based organizations, and nonprofit legal services providers to provide outreach, education, full-scope legal representation, and emergency rental assistance to low-income residents facing eviction.
Budget:
$12,000,000
Launch Date:
Existing Program with Additional ARPA Funding Launching Soon
Website:
https://www.stayhousedla.org
Department:
Department of Consumer and Business Affairs
Program Description:
Provide additional funding for DCBA’s Tenant Protections Hotline and its Small Claims Advisor program as they field inquiries from tenants and landlords seeking to understand their rights and responsibilities, as well as the required judicial process under new state laws for unpaid rent during the pandemic.
Budget:
$500,000
Launch Date:
Launched
Website:
https://dhs.lacounty.gov/housing-for-health/our-services/housing-for-health/
Department:
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Program Description:
In partnership with the Greater LA Education Foundation, the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) , private sector partners and nonprofits, support Teen Tech Centers as
after-school spaces equipped with cutting-edge technology and staffed by youth development professionals who provide a safe, supporting learning environment.
Budget:
$2,000,000
Launch Date:
RFA available now!
Website:
https://www.greaterlaedfund.org/community-impact-hub/
Department:
Workforce Development, Aging, and Community Services
Program Description:
In partnership with nonprofit legal services providers, offer legal advice and landlord-tenant support for income-qualified small businesses.
Budget:
$1,500,000
Launch Date:
Launching February 2022!
Website:
https://wdacs.lacounty.gov/
Department:
Workforce Development, Aging, and Community Services
Program Description:
In partnership with nonprofit legal services providers, offer legal advice and landlord-tenant support for income-qualified small businesses.
Budget:
$500,000
Launch Date:
Launching February 2022!
Website:
https://wdacs.lacounty.gov/
Department:
Workforce Development, Aging, and Community Services
Program Description:
Provide a variety of job placement programming for individuals returning from serving sentences in jail or prison, with a focus on women and the LGBTQIA+ community, including the Careers for a Cause, Skills and Experience for the Careers of
Tomorrow (SECTOR), and Fire Camp programs.
Budget:
$2,600,000
Launch Date:
Launching February 22, 2022
Website:
https://wdacs.lacounty.gov/services/job-training-and-placement-services/