The Incubation Academy aims to help small to mid-size community-based organizations scale their
capacity to address Los Angeles County’s shortage of much-needed treatment and services
for justice-involved individuals. As the County shifts its focus away from
incarcerating low-level offenders and toward providing care and services when
appropriate, these community-based organizations are crucial to its success. LA County's Justice Care and Opportunities Department (JCOD) unifies efforts to serve vulnerable justice-impacted people and communities and drive forward a Care First, Jails Last vision. The Incubation Academy, one program from JCOD, aims to strengthen organizations that are providing treatment, housing, counseling to those
who are diverted from possible incarceration, and find employment and other
services.
The Incubation Academy
will train participants in areas such as financial management, program development, communications and grant writing, and how to contract with the County of Los
Angeles. It will also help those that don’t have the infrastructure to meet the
rigorous and sometimes burdensome County regulations, develop more internal
administrative capacity.
To be considered for an Incubation Academy cohort, please
complete the following questionnaire as thoroughly as possible. Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) staff will follow up directly with the individual completing the questionnaire if
additional information is required. The estimated completion time is 30 minutes.
Please note that if at any time you need to pause completing the application, you can save your progress and return later using the link at the top of this page.
If you have any questions or need assistance completing this application, please email ati@lisc.org.