LIVESelf-sufficiency for released incarcerated individuals.
The purpose of the Aim High reentry program is to support better outcomes for those formerly incarcerated individuals to successfully transition into society. The program provides for a 6-month turnaround time for participants to receive job training, education, therapy, and life skills to gain employment and secure housing.
What is the primary issue area that your application will impact?
Affordable housing and homelessness
In which areas of Los Angeles will you be directly working?
Central LA East LA Long Beach
In what stage of innovation is this project, program, or initiative?
Expand existing project, program, or initiative (expanding and continuing ongoing, successful work)
What is your understanding of the issue that you are seeking to address?
California leads the nation in homelessness and State and local efforts to address the homelessness crisis have failed. There remains a need for formerly incarcerated individuals to be provided tools and proper resources to aid them in the transition to society. Formerly incarcerated individuals face intense unfavorable outcomes when transitioning back into society without stable housing and support to connect them to necessary resources to improve their quality of life. This makes the process in which individuals reenter society that much more important.
Describe the project, program, or initiative this grant will support to address the issue.
This program meets the needs of the formerly incarcerated population by providing tools and connecting them to resources including but not limited to medical/mental health services, educational attainment, job training, and employment.
Describe how Los Angeles County will be different if your work is successful.
Contributing to making Los Angeles a safe place and achieving a positive quality of life for all residents.
Approximately how many people will be impacted by this project, program, or initiative?
Direct Impact: 100
Indirect Impact: 1,000