Inspire together proposes a project to ensure safe and successful reentry for youth transitioning from LOS padrinos juvenile hall to south LOS angeles

This federal Project Grant award of $705,664 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) supports Inspire Together, a minority-owned and woman-owned nonprofit organization, in providing pre-release case management and supportive services for 200 youth transitioning from Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall to South Los Angeles over a 3-year period. The project will focus on serving youth facing homelessness, with a history in foster care, and who are gang-involved, by linking them to individualized services such as mental health counseling, stable housing placement within a month of release, and substance use treatment. This federal grant award aims to ensure safe and successful reentry for the participating youth and reduce recidivism through comprehensive support during their transition back to the community.

Inspire together has a memorandum of understanding with the LOS angeles county probation department to provide pre-release services for youth in the LOS padrinos juvenile hall. The organization intends to provide case management and links to supportive services for 200 youth over the 3-year project. The project will focus on youth facing homelessness upon release, youth with history in foster care, and youth who are gang involved. Case management will be individualized and services may include mental health counseling, placement into stable housing within a month of release, and substance use treatment.