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2024

LAURA

The LA Homeless Sector workforce is a significant part of our region’s economy. There are currently over 8,000 positions in the Los Angeles Continuum of Care homelessness services system—not counting the thousands of healthcare workers who serve the unhoused. When we successfully solve homelessness in Los Angeles, it will be the thousands of front-line workers—the case managers, outreach specialists, program managers, and others—who will carry us there. To support this workforce, FCI has envisioned a new institution called the Los Angeles Unhoused Response Academy (“LAURA”). The mission of LAURA is to build the capacity of the Los Angeles County homeless workforce—today and in the future. LAURA will provide an on-ramp for new talent, support those already hard at work to improve morale and reduce turnover, create a center for thought leadership, define a skills framework to light a path for professional growth, and advocate for better compensation.

In fall of 2024, LAURA will launch a sector-wide jobs board and pilot a first ten day training cohort for front line workers in skid row.

LAURA IS CHANGING LIVES

2024

LA WORKING CAPITAL FUND

In 2024, FCI launched an initiative to establish a LA Working Capital Fund to provide zero cost capital to community-based organizations (CBOs) that address homelessness in Los Angeles. These nonprofit CBOs often lack necessary working capital to bridge the gap between when they must meet obligations—such as payroll or rent—and when they receive cash payment from the entities that contract with them or promise them grants. Despite holding substantial and often overdue invoices, it’s difficult for CBOs to access working capital to bridge this gap. This problem not only prevents homeless services agencies from getting results, it also disproportionately impacts smaller CBOs in underserved communities.

LAWCF has already provided two successful zero-cost bridge financings in Los Angeles to help a CBO meet payroll; our team was able to provide funding within 36 hours of the initial request.

LA WORKING CAPITAL FUND IS CHANGING LIVES

2021

WHEN GIRLS THRIVE

In 2021, FCI, together with Alliance for Girls, the Office of Women’s Policy in Santa Clara County, the Young Women’s Freedom Center and Oakland Unified School District, launched an initiative to identify and meet the needs of girls and gender-expansive in the height of COVID-19. Through this program, we documented the needs of over 1,000 girls across the state of California and analyzed survey data in monthly data snapshots that were distributed to legislators and other key stakeholders.

Together with our partners we were able to identify and address the need for menstrual products for girls experiencing severe poverty in the pandemic, with the successful allocation of free period products at every Oakland Unified School District food distribution site, and over $1 million allocated to address period poverty in Santa Clara County with the Office of Women’s Policy, FIRST 5, the County Office of Education and other health partners coordinating outreach and distribution. Moreover, this model for addressing period poverty supported advocacy for state bill AB 367 which was signed into law in 2021 requiring all public schools serving students in grades 6 to 12, Community Colleges, and California State Universities to stock restrooms with an adequate supply of free menstrual products.

WHEN GIRLS THRIVE IS CHANGING LIVES

2019

RIGHT RESPONDER

In 2019, FCI (formerly USC D-Health) launched the Right Responder initiative with coalition partners (Milken Institute, City of Santa Monica, & Akido) to address homelessness. This program aimed to divert homelessness-related calls from first responders to social workers, ensuring coordinated care between government agencies. By sharing real-time data among police, fire, and human services, case managers maintained better contact with clients, and first responders effectively redirected unhoused individuals to social workers.

The Right Responder pilot demonstrated a 33% reduction in encounters with law enforcement and emergency medical services and a 37% decrease in arrests. This initiative showcased the effectiveness of diversion programs and the value of inter-agency data sharing in addressing homelessness.

RIGHT RESPONDER IS CHANGING LIVES

2023

STREET TO HOME 2.0

In 2023, FCI launched Street to Home 2.0 with coalition partners (Akido & HOPICS) to accelerate housing placement and improve housing retention. Together coalition partners designed a new approach that eliminates the numerous case manager handoffs typically experienced by unhoused individuals and, rather, assigns a single case manager who can follow an individual from street to home. Moreover, this model provides the critical medical care unhoused individuals need in-house and on-site, including mental health services, addiction medicine, and chronic disease management. Ultimately, this initiative aims to achieve faster housing placements and better retention rates.

In the past year, we have successfully secured funding and implemented this care model in Kern and Los Angeles Counties. Preliminary data shows that we can go from the initial visit to securing a housing voucher in as little as four weeks. This initiative also demonstrates how directing homeless services funding can increase efficiency and effectiveness.

STREET TO HOME 2.0 IS CHANGING LIVES

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2024

LAURA

The LA Homeless Sector workforce is a significant part of our region’s economy. There are currently over 8,000 positions in the Los Angeles Continuum of Care homelessness services system—not counting the thousands of healthcare workers who serve the unhoused. When we successfully solve homelessness in Los Angeles, it will be the thousands of front-line workers—the case managers, outreach specialists, program managers, and others—who will carry us there. To support this workforce, FCI has envisioned a new institution called the Los Angeles Unhoused Response Academy (“LAURA”). The mission of LAURA is to build the capacity of the Los Angeles County homeless workforce—today and in the future. LAURA will provide an on-ramp for new talent, support those already hard at work to improve morale and reduce turnover, create a center for thought leadership, define a skills framework to light a path for professional growth, and advocate for better compensation.

In fall of 2024, LAURA will launch a sector-wide jobs board and pilot a first ten day training cohort for front line workers in skid row.

2024

LA WORKING CAPITAL FUND

In 2024, FCI launched an initiative to establish a LA Working Capital Fund to provide zero cost capital to community-based organizations (CBOs) that address homelessness in Los Angeles. These nonprofit CBOs often lack necessary working capital to bridge the gap between when they must meet obligations—such as payroll or rent—and when they receive cash payment from the entities that contract with them or promise them grants. Despite holding substantial and often overdue invoices, it’s difficult for CBOs to access working capital to bridge this gap. This problem not only prevents homeless services agencies from getting results, it also disproportionately impacts smaller CBOs in underserved communities.

LAWCF has already provided two successful zero-cost bridge financings in Los Angeles to help a CBO meet payroll; our team was able to provide funding within 36 hours of the initial request.

2021

WHEN GIRLS THRIVE

In 2021, FCI, together with Alliance for Girls, the Office of Women’s Policy in Santa Clara County, the Young Women’s Freedom Center and Oakland Unified School District, launched an initiative to identify and meet the needs of girls and gender-expansive in the height of COVID-19. Through this program, we documented the needs of over 1,000 girls across the state of California and analyzed survey data in monthly data snapshots that were distributed to legislators and other key stakeholders.

Together with our partners we were able to identify and address the need for menstrual products for girls experiencing severe poverty in the pandemic, with the successful allocation of free period products at every Oakland Unified School District food distribution site, and over $1 million allocated to address period poverty in Santa Clara County with the Office of Women’s Policy, FIRST 5, the County Office of Education and other health partners coordinating outreach and distribution. Moreover, this model for addressing period poverty supported advocacy for state bill AB 367 which was signed into law in 2021 requiring all public schools serving students in grades 6 to 12, Community Colleges, and California State Universities to stock restrooms with an adequate supply of free menstrual products.

2019

RIGHT RESPONDER

In 2019, FCI (formerly USC D-Health) launched the Right Responder initiative with coalition partners (Milken Institute, City of Santa Monica, & Akido) to address homelessness. This program aimed to divert homelessness-related calls from first responders to social workers, ensuring coordinated care between government agencies. By sharing real-time data among police, fire, and human services, case managers maintained better contact with clients, and first responders effectively redirected unhoused individuals to social workers.

The Right Responder pilot demonstrated a 33% reduction in encounters with law enforcement and emergency medical services and a 37% decrease in arrests. This initiative showcased the effectiveness of diversion programs and the value of inter-agency data sharing in addressing homelessness.

2023

STREET TO HOME 2.0

In 2023, FCI launched Street to Home 2.0 with coalition partners (Akido & HOPICS) to accelerate housing placement and improve housing retention. Together coalition partners designed a new approach that eliminates the numerous case manager handoffs typically experienced by unhoused individuals and, rather, assigns a single case manager who can follow an individual from street to home. Moreover, this model provides the critical medical care unhoused individuals need in-house and on-site, including mental health services, addiction medicine, and chronic disease management. Ultimately, this initiative aims to achieve faster housing placements and better retention rates.

In the past year, we have successfully secured funding and implemented this care model in Kern and Los Angeles Counties. Preliminary data shows that we can go from the initial visit to securing a housing voucher in as little as four weeks. This initiative also demonstrates how directing homeless services funding can increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Street to Home

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Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

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Area of work

Street to Home

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Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Future of Work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Homelessness

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Future of Work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Area of work

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Homelessness

Street to Home

We are pioneering an evidence-based doctor-led care model to bring our most vulnerable from the street into a home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

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FCI has built a collaborative of 100+ organizations and leaders across government, philanthropy, academia, industry, and finance committed to accelerating breakthrough solutions for wicked problems to scale

OUR COLLABORATORS

FCI has built a collaborative of 100+ organizations and leaders across government, philanthropy, academia, industry, and finance committed to accelerating breakthrough solutions for complex social problems to scale

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ABOUT OUR COMPANY

Our Focus Areas

Homelessness 

Future of Work

Disease Prevention

HOW WE WORK

Our Focus Areas

Homelessness

Future of Work

Disease Prevention

OUR MISSION

OUR FOCUS AREAS

Homelessness

Disease Prevention

Future of Work

2024

LAURA

The Los Angeles Unhoused Response Academy (LAURA) widens the on ramp that brings more people into our homeless response workforce and improves retention, morale, compensation and effectiveness of our frontline workers.

2024

LA WORKING CAPITAL FUND

The LA Working Capital Fund initiative provides financial oxygen so homeless nonprofits can worry less about making payroll and focus more on their mission.

2021

WHEN GIRLS THRIVE

When Girls Thrive initiative identified and met the needs of over 1,000 girls across California, leading to the successful distribution of free menstrual products and supporting state legislation to combat period poverty.

2019

RIGHT RESPONDER

Right Responder connects police, fire, and human services to divert homelessness-related calls to social workers, achieving a 33% reduction in law enforcement encounters and a 37% decrease in arrests.

2023

STREET TO HOME 2.0

Street to Home 2.0 accelerates housing placement and improves retention by assigning a single case manager and integrating critical medical care, securing housing vouchers in as little as four weeks after first contact with patients.

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