Los Angeles County Opens $73M for Reentry, Housing and Workforce
Los Angeles County Opens $73M+ for Reentry, Housing and Workforce
Los Angeles County’s fifth Care First Community Investment funding round makes more than $73 million available across 30 program areas, including Reentry & Community Reintegration, Housing Stability, behavioral health and economic opportunity.
Los Angeles County has opened the fifth round of its Care First Community Investment program, putting more than $73 million into 30 program areas that reach across reentry, housing stability, behavioral health, employment, youth development and other community-based services.
The Justice, Care and Opportunities Department, or JCOD, says the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the Year 5 allocation on December 9, 2025. Applications opened July 24, 2026 and remain open through August 24 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
Five funding strategies organize the Year 5 round
JCOD has organized the current funding round into five strategies. Each strategy contains multiple program areas and is administered by a designated third-party administrator.
| Strategy | Administrator | Selected focus |
|---|---|---|
| Diversion, Behavioral Health & Wellness | Heluna Health | Reentry supports, mental-health diversion, crisis alternatives, behavioral health and harm reduction. |
| Economic Opportunity & Sustainability | United Way of Greater Los Angeles | Economic opportunity, employment and related workforce supports. |
| Education Access & Youth Development | Community Partners | Youth mentorship, counseling, educational equity, leadership and prevention. |
| Housing Stability | Heluna Health | Housing navigation, interim housing and permanent housing. |
| Reentry & Community Reintegration | Community Partners | Wraparound reentry, mentorship, employment, systems navigation and related reintegration services. |
The table summarizes the five CFCI strategies and administrators identified by JCOD. Organizations should review the official application materials for detailed eligibility, budget and submission requirements.
Reentry is a dedicated funding strategy
Strategy 5, Reentry & Community Reintegration, is administered by Community Partners and contains eight program areas. JCOD lists mentorship programming, general wraparound reentry services, workforce development for youth, creative healing for justice-involved individuals, employment opportunities, systems-navigation services, reentry symposiums in Antelope Valley and Pomona, and programming for transgender, gender-expansive and intersex aging populations.
The structure matters because reentry is not treated only as a secondary component of another service category. It is a distinct funding strategy within the Year 5 framework, with its own program areas and application materials.
Housing Stability includes navigation, interim and permanent housing
Strategy 4 is dedicated to Housing Stability and is administered by Heluna Health. JCOD identifies three program areas: housing navigation, interim housing and permanent housing.
For reentry organizations and service systems, that structure is significant because housing support sits alongside—not inside—the dedicated reentry strategy. Organizations serving justice-involved populations may therefore encounter relevant funding activity across more than one CFCI strategy, depending on their service model and eligibility.
Behavioral health and diversion also include reentry-related services
Strategy 1, Diversion, Behavioral Health & Wellness, includes creative and healing-centered reentry supports, mental-health diversion and crisis alternatives to incarceration, and community-based behavioral-health and harm-reduction services.
This places some reentry-oriented activity inside the county’s behavioral-health and diversion portfolio in addition to the stand-alone Reentry & Community Reintegration strategy.
Applications close August 24
JCOD states that applications must be submitted through the designated online application system. Paper and email submissions are not accepted. Application materials, FAQs, budget templates and support resources are organized by strategy on the county’s Year 5 Care Grants page.
Organizations considering the opportunity should rely on the official strategy-specific application package for eligibility, allowable-cost, documentation and submission requirements.
The current round sits within a larger county investment
JCOD reports that nearly 400 grantee organizations across Los Angeles County have been awarded more than $350 million through CFCI Care Grants since the program’s launch.
The department separately reports that its first three annual CFCI spending plans totaled $376 million in broader investment: $187.7 million in Year 1, $100 million in Year 2 and $88.3 million in Year 3. Those figures should not be treated as interchangeable. The $350 million-plus figure refers to Care Grant awards to community-based organizations, while the $376 million figure describes the broader first-three-year CFCI investment reported by the county.
Why this matters for the reentry and service ecosystem
The Year 5 structure provides a current view of where Los Angeles County is directing community-based implementation resources. Reentry, housing, behavioral health, employment, youth development and systems navigation appear as separate but overlapping operational areas.
For service providers, the practical significance is not only the size of the current funding round. It is the county’s use of multiple strategy areas and third-party administrators to support distinct components of community reintegration and alternatives to incarceration.
For agencies, providers and institutional partners monitoring implementation, the August 24 deadline is the immediate lifecycle point. Subsequent award announcements and implementation activity will determine which organizations receive funding and where new service capacity is created.
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