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Individuals have a greater chance to thrive and become self-sufficient, contributing members of society when they receive positive support from friends and family and have access to necessary support services. The foundation is focused on ensuring that vulnerable populations, particularly aging adults and youth transitioning out of foster care, are provided with the necessary support to ensure that they maintain or achieve self-sufficiency, are able to live independently and build and maintain connections with others, such as caregivers, mentors and neighbors.
Goal:
Increase the ability of vulnerable populations (specifically aging adults and youth transitioning out of foster care) to become self-sufficient, live independently and build connections with the community.
To achieve this goal, the foundation supports organizations whose work: |
INCORPORATE THESE STRATEGIES |
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THESE OUTCOMES |
| Provision of community-based adult day services (ADS), specifically including Adult Day Programs (ADPs), Adult Day Health Centers (ADHCs), and Alzheimer’s Day Care Resource Centers (ADCRCs). |
Reduced institutionalization among aging adults.
Increased number of aging adults in L.A. County who require supportive services will use ADS programs as opposed to more costly service alternatives. |
Provision of a comprehensive service model that includes one or more of the following components:
a. Housing assistance and/or referrals
b. Mentoring or lasting/significant adult connections
c. Academic enrichment
d. Vocational skill development |
Reduced homelessness, higher college completion rates and higher employment rates among transition age foster youth.
Increased number of agencies with emancipated foster care youth serving as employees, volunteers or mentors to transition age foster youth. |
| Advocacy efforts to improve delivery systems for aging adults and youth transitioning out of foster care primarily through public policy changes and increased amounts and flexibility of public funding for services. |
Increased level of funding for community-based, long-term care services for aging adults in L.A. County.
Concrete policy changes that benefit and enhance adult day services for low-income aging adults or transition age foster youth. |
| Capacity building efforts that enable service providers to implement systems to track long-term client outcomes and coordinate communication of these results to other providers and policymakers. |
Increased institutional capacity for tracking and disseminating client outcomes and benefits. |
Competitive Funding Requests
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