The Los Angeles County Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) Office is launching an Incubation Academy to help small to mid-size community-based nonprofits scale their capacity to address the County’s shortage of much-needed treatment and services for justice-involved individuals.

In a step that significantly shifts Los Angeles County away from incarceration as the default consequence for criminal offenses, L.A. County’s new Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) Office, in partnership with community-based service providers and County justice partners, has launched a pre-filing diversion pilot program.