Department:
Public Health

Program Description:
Provides regular visits by specially trained nurses for young, first-time mothers and mothers-to-be in foster care starting in early pregnancy and continuing through the child’s second birthday.

Budget:
$6,340,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Department:
Library

Program Description:
Support LA County Library early literacy and educational programs, including the LA County Library’s Student and Tutors Reading Achieving Success, the Reading Machine program, the LA County Library MākMō vehicles, and the School Readiness Program.

Budget:
$1,930,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Department:
Library

Program Description:
Expand the Library’s “Park and Connect” program by installing outdoor Wi-Fi antennas at 55 LA County libraries, which will offer public internet access in the library parking lots and adjacent public spaces.

Budget:
$1,500,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Website:
lacountylibrary.org/wifi

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:
Chief Executive Office

Program Description:
Launch a Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program to improve the financial stability of populations most impacted by COVID by reducing destabilizing and catastrophic income volatility.

Budget:
$41,800,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Website:
https://ceo.lacounty.gov/pai/breathe/
No longer accepting applications for 2022

Department:
Economic Opportunity

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 LGBTQI+ community, including the Careers for a Cause, Skills and Experience for the Careers of Tomorrow (SECTOR), and Fire Camp programs

Budget:
$21,700,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Department:
Chief Executive Office

Program Description:
As a part of the State of California’s Department of Housing and Community Development’s  (HCD’s) Homekey Round 2 program, the County of Los Angeles is jointly applying with affordable housing developers and homeless services providers (co-applicants) for funding to acquire properties that will be used as permanent and temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness. The County will provide ARPA funding to support the local match required in some instances for the acquisition, rehabilitation, and operation of these properties. The properties will provide housing to the most vulnerable residents of the County of Los Angeles, all of whom have been impacted by COVID-19. After the onset of the pandemic, the number of deaths among people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in LA County increased, going from  1271 deaths pre-pandemic (March 31, 2019-April 1, 2020) to 1988 deaths (April 1, 2020-March 31, 2021). While COVID-19 became the third leading cause of death among PEH in the post-pandemic onset year, the overall increase was driven to an equal or more considerable degree by increases in overdoses, homicide, congenital heart disease, and traffic injury deaths. Evidence shows the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated stressors already present in the lives of PEH, leading to increases in other causes of death, even as we redoubled our COVID-19 prevention efforts in this population. The Homekey Round 2 program will help reduce these stressors and create more stability for PEH, increasing their ability to secure safe housing and comprehensive supportive services to stabilize and maintain their housing. Properties designated for interim housing will serve families, single adults, or transition-aged youth (TAY) experiencing homelessness. They will provide health and mental health services, employment services, access to benefits, and support in identifying and securing permanent housing. Properties designated for permanent supportive housing will be used to provide homeless, disabled adults with long-term rental subsidies and intensive case management services (ICMS), a model that has been proven to the highly effective in enabling chronically homeless households to retain their housing.

Budget:
$173,600,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Website:
https://homeless.lacounty.gov/homekey/

Department:
Department of Health Services

Program Description:
Extend funding for ODR’s COVID-19 Jail Release: interim housing beds to provide housing for PEH who have severe mental illness and physical health issues who were released during pandemic-caused jail decompression.

Budget:
$10,000,000

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:
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://dcba.lacounty.gov/noevictions/

Department:
Department of Consumer and Business Affairs

Program Description:
The Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA) of the Office of Immigrant Affairs (OIA) will provide funds to a lead contractor to implement the four project pillars: detained removal defense, non-detained removal defense, affirmative immigration benefits representation, and community support. Services will support vulnerable immigrant groups that struggle to obtain legal representation through existing funding sources and programs. This includes detained immigrants, as well as immigrants experiencing homelessness, survivors of labor exploitation, asylum seekers, and children who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned by a parent. Immigrant workers are overrepresented in “essential” workplaces and service industries that bore the brunt of the economic downturn at the outset of the pandemic.

The individuals receiving services in this program represent that most marginalized and/or linguistically isolated immigrant groups have been deeply impacted by health and economic impacts of the pandemic. The community support pillar will ensure that services reach these historically marginalized groups to facilitate their recovery from the pandemic. Services will be rendered by nonprofit legal service providers and community-based organizations (CBOs) who have become indispensable trusted messengers and providers of direct relief during the pandemic. This includes the distribution of economic relief aid, food, COVID testing and vaccination, and housing assistance. These CBOs have also addressed community concerns about “public charge,” a major barrier that has severely impacted the willingness of immigrant households to access vital support during the pandemic.

Budget:
$7,000,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Website:
www.representla.org

Department:
Department of Consumer and Business Affairs

Program Description:
This program seeks to award Dispute Resolution Organizations dedicated to helping underserved individuals who lack the resources and capacity to adequately navigate the judicial system whose contributions lead to resolving financially devastating disputes, such as landlord-tenant disputes, credit card bills, payday loans, personal loans, and medical debt. The Project will fund well-established DROs with a proven track record in assisting underserved communities throughout the County.

Budget:
$1,000,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Website:
dcba.lacounty.gov/countywidedrp

Department:
Department of Consumer and Business Affairs

Program Description:
Work with community partners to increase tax credits received by low-income individuals and families, prioritizing meeting the deadline for non-filers to receive federal and state stimulus checks.

Budget:
$2,300,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Website:
www.kyccla.org/services/community-economic-development-ced/get-free-tax-help

Department:
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:
$100,500,000

Launch Date:
Early 2022

Department:
Public Social Services

Program Description:
Promote CalFresh sign-ups to eligible residents from the Asian, Asian Pacific Islanders, seniors, and LGBTQ population groups by partnering with community-based organizations and leverage their reach and access in the community. Twenty-five CBOs are in the program, each receiving $20,000 over a 12-month period to consume the $500K ARP budget.

Budget:
$500,000

Launch Date:
January 31, 2023

Department:
Public Health

Program Description:
Market Match is a program for people on CalFresh (formerly known as food stamps) and the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to help them buy healthy food at participating farmers’ markets. For every dollar of CalFresh or WIC benefits, the program gives an extra $1 in Market Match tokens or vouchers that can be used to buy fruits and vegetables.

Budget:
$3,000,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Department:
Public Health

Program Description:
Provide supplemental funding to 18 contracted agencies to provide 24-hour shelter, food, clothing, basic needs, case management and counseling to survivors of domestic violence.

Budget:
$11,100,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Department:
Economic Development

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:
Mental Health

Program Description:
Jumpstart the Alternative Crisis Response, a multiagency effort led by mental health professionals and first responders to promote the appropriate care and treatment of people in crisis as a primary alternative to a law enforcement response or jail.

Budget:
$18,500,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Department:
Economic Opportunity

Program Description:
Get free legal support for your small business!

Budget:
$3,000,000

Launch Date:
Launched

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:
$65,000,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Website:
https://dhs.lacounty.gov/housing-for-health/our-services/housing-for-health/

Department:
Internal Services Department

Program Description:
Led by the Internal Services Department (ISD) and through an innovative public-private partnership model, Delete the Divide seeks to unify efforts to provide youth in disadvantaged communities with direct access to modern technologies, as well as training and support services, educational programs, technical certifications, job shadowing, mentoring, corporate tours, paid work experience, academic scholarships, practical hands-on experience, and pathways to well-paying careers.

Budget:
$12,050,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Website:
https://www.deletethedivide.org/

Department:
Department of Parks and Recreation

Program Description:
The presence of recreational programming has been shown to greatly increase health equity and the number of persons engaging in moderate to vigorous physical activity in parks and other recreational settings. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, recreational programming that occurs during out-of-school-time offers mental, physical, and social benefits to children’s development and can reduce the toxic stress associated with adverse early childhood experiences (ACEs) (Ergler et al., 2013; Feng & Astell-Burt, 2017; Lewis & Burd-Sharps, 2018; Santoro, 2021). Approximately 31.1% of children residing in Los Angeles County report experiencing one or more ACEs, and 15.7% of youth have experienced two or more ACEs (Kidsdata, 2021). Older adults ages 60+ report feeling high levels of loneliness and isolation, which has been exacerbated by COVID-19, and can lead to early onset of dementia and even death (CDC, 2021).

Budget:
$8,800,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Department:
Department of Health Services

Program Description:
Support DHS Housing for Health Homelessness prevention unit in identifying people 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:
$25,000,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Website:
https://dhs.lacounty.gov/housing-for-health/our-services/housing-for-health/

Department:
Board of Supervisors

Program Description:
In partnership with the LA Regional Food Bank and nonprofit providers, continue drive-up food giveaway programs for those struggling to put food on the table.

Budget:
$3,500,000

Launch Date:
Launched

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:
Aging and Disabilities

Program Description:
Additional support for WDACS’ Elder Nutrition Program+, which provides free nutritious meals to low-income seniors, operated in partnership with community-based and nonprofit organizations.

Budget:
$17,300,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Department:
Parks and Recreation

Program Description:
Install public Wi-Fi at 36 LA County parks that serve communities hardest hit by the pandemic and with the lowest rates of home broadband access.

Budget:
$1,700,000

Launch Date:
Launched

Department:
Board of Supervisors Executive Office/Commission on Human Relations

Program Description:
Hate crime in 2020 increased by 20% in L.A. County, according to the LA County Hate Crime Report, the highest reported increase since 2003.  Hate violence targeted African Americans, who are just 9% of the county’s population, yet accounted for 42% of racial crime victims. A total of 169 anti-Black crimes were reported, an increase of 35%.  Anti-Latino crimes were up 58% to 106 and anti-white crimes jumped to 50, a 127% increase. Hate crimes targeting Asians increased 76%, from 25 to 44.  Data from 211-LA hate reporting line indicates there were over 1,500 reports of hate acts of all types, including bias motivated bullying.  A community survey produced by the Asian Youth Center found that parents and students in AAPI-heavy San Gabriel Valley are requesting additional resources to prevent bullying, anxiety, and fear of being targeted for hate.  This program will build capacity and develop resources as such:

1. Eight Dream Centers will launch at schools with high intergroup tensions. The Dream Centers will provide needed Safe Space healing interventions, resources, supplies, and skills building opportunities for youth leadership development.
2. Countywide trainings for law enforcement on the importance of treating victims of hate with dignity and respect.
4. Case management services at 211-LA will be expanded with links to AAPI-speaking case managers; and
5. An outside firm to evaluate the efficacy of these activities in decreasing hate acts.

Budget:
$1,000,000

Launch Date:
July 1, 2022

Contact:
TVillaMcdowell@hrc.lacounty.gov

Website:
www.LAvshate.org
https://hrc.lacounty.gov/la-vs-hate-anti-hate-initiative 

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:
Launched

Website:
www.stayhousedla.org

Department:
Economic Opportunity

Program Description:
Provide funding for the existing Fair Chance Campaign to increase employment of justice-involved individuals, while also providing incentives to employers.

Budget:
$2,000,000

Launch Date:
January 27, 2023

Department:
Los Angeles County Development Authority

Program Description:
Grants starting at $15,000 for Licensed Child Care Centers or Family Child Care Home operators located in Los Angeles County (excluding the City of LA) with an active license.

•  Applications will be sorted by need tier; eligible applicants located within the Highest Need tier will be funded on a rolling basis during the application period. Should grant funding remain at the end of the application period, eligible applicants will be funded by descending tier (high, moderate, low, lowest); a lottery will be held if there is insufficient funding to provide grants to all eligible applicants within the next tier.

Budget:

Launch Date:
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Accepting applications through February 28, 2023.

Website:
https://lacountycprgrant.submittable.com/submit