Block Grant 2020J1BX0004

The Information And Referral Federation Of LOS Angeles County, doing business as 211 LA, received a $397,193 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047). The Resilient Communities Street Vendors Project aims to address the underreporting of hate crimes experienced by local street vendors in Los Angeles County. Key activities include conducting community outreach and education to increase reporting of hate incidents,...

The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) was awarded a two-year, $975,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant will support LACCD's provision of basic needs services and implementation of innovative strategies to improve instruction and expand opportunities for students at Los Angeles City College through September 2024. As the direct recipient,...

The Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy awarded $3,380,268 to L.A. Impact through the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (HIDTA) to reduce illicit drug supply. As part of the HIDTA Program, which facilitates cooperation among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies, L.A. Impact will aid law enforcement efforts from January 2022 to December 2023. Performance will be measured by L.A. Impact's success in dismantling and...

The City of Los Angeles was awarded a $19,594,100 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) program on August 6, 2021. The grant will support operating assistance costs for the City's Department of Transportation to continue providing fixed route and demand response transit services through December 31, 2021. Specifically, the funding will cover operating costs as defined in the City's Proposition A...

This $1,154,441.50 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will support a transportation infrastructure project in the Mid-City/Fairfax/Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. The 4.5-mile project will install bicycle lanes and traffic calming measures along the Rosewood Avenue east-west corridor and the Alta Vista Boulevard, Formosa Avenue, and Orange Drive north-south corridors. This work will promote low-stress...

The City of Los Angeles Youth Development Department was awarded a $640,108 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289), administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. The grant, awarded on July 1, 2024, will fund a range of workforce development and community enhancement initiatives in California over a project period ending on March 31, 2026. The program supports a variety of...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Public and Indian Housing Office awarded a $3,098,907 Formula Grant under the Public Housing Operating Fund (CFDA 14.850) program to the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA). The grant provides operating subsidies to LACDA, a local housing authority, to assist in funding the day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses of their 902,436 public housing units serving 1,590,321 residents across Los Angeles County. The grant...

The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded a $12,980,000 Formula Grant to the California Department of Transportation on August 3, 2022 under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The funding will support pedestrian safety improvements on Broadway between 4th and 6th Streets in downtown Los Angeles. Specifically, the grant will deliver curb extensions, widened sidewalks, crosswalks, lighting enhancements, benches, street trees, bike racks,...

This $5,000,000 federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.534 - Community Project Funding Congressionally Directed Spending), will support the construction of the Rail to River Active Transportation Corridor (ATC) project in Los Angeles County, California. The project aims to improve multimodal connectivity in historically disadvantaged communities by constructing a 5.6-mile active transportation corridor for bicyclists...

The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded the California Department of Transportation a $1,155,000 Formula Grant under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on July 27, 2021. The grant funds will support pedestrian improvement projects in the Westlake and MacArthur Park areas of Los Angeles, California. Specifically, the funding will go toward infrastructure enhancements south of West 3rd Street, west of South Union Avenue, north of Olympic...