Lutheran Social Services Of Southern California

UPWARD BOUND SERVICES TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH BAY AREA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY THE HIGH NEEDS CITIES OF SAN YSIDRO AND CHULA VISTA.

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TALENT SEARCH PROJECT

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UPWARD BOUND MATH & SCIENCE (UBMS) PROJECT - 60 STUDENTS TO BE SERVED AT THE SAN YSIDRO HIGH SCHOOLS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UPWARD BOUND (UB) PROJECT - 62 STUDENTS TO BE SERVED AT THE SAN YSIDRO (31 STUDENTS) AND CHULA VISTA (31 STUDENTS) HIGH SCHOOLS, SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

UPWARD BOUND

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024-25 SCP PROGRAM.. YOUR 2024-2025 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 14.88%. THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24.

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

OUR LEGAL NAME IS "LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA" (LSS-SC). WE ARE A PRIVATE 501(C) (3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. THIS YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 72ND YEAR OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH LIMITED OPTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE IN SAFETY AND WITH DIGNITY AND HOPE. WE OPERATE PROGRAM SITES IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS IN SIX SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. WE PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH BASIC NEEDS THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE OVER 50 SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS OFFERING TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT MOVE THEM TOWARD INDEPENDENCE. AN ESTIMATED 40 SCP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION, RESPITE CARE AND IN-HOME VISIT, AND GENERAL COMPANIONSHIP. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS IN HEALTHY FUTURES. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, LSS ANTICIPATES THAT SENIORS' ABILITY TO REMAIN IN THEIR OWN HOMES WITH THE SAME OR IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. THAT WEEKLY VISIT TO ISOLATED SENIORS PROVIDES A SOCIAL CONNECTION AND A WAY OF ENCOURAGING SENIORS TO REMAINING LIVING INDEPENDENTLY AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $201,812.00 WILL BE SUPPLEMENT BY $6,1918.00 OF LSS-SC WITH NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES. ADDRESSING HEALTHY FUTURES NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES BY FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON INDEPENDENT LIVING (AGING IN PLACE). ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, TO BUY GROCERIES, VISITATION OR OTHER SERVICES THAT ALLOW SENIORS TO LIVE MORE INDEPENDENTLY. ACCORDING TO THE 2012 SURVEY OF OLDER AMERICANS PREPARED BY SAN DIEGO COUNTY AGING & INDEPENDENCE SERVICES, HALF OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS (46%) EITHER STRONGLY OR SOMEWHAT AGREED THAT ISOLATION AND/OR LONELINESS AFFECTS THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. FOURTEEN PERCENT REPORTED NEEDING TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND TWELVE PERCENT REPORTED NEEDING TRANSPORTATION FOR GROCERY SHOPPING OR RUN ERRANDS, DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THEMSELVES. WEEKLY VISITS TO IN-HOME CLIENTS BY SENIOR COMPANIONS WILL ALLOW ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIORS AGE 65 TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOME AND MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. SENIOR COMPANIONS PROVIDE VITAL HUMAN CONTACT AND COMPANIONSHIP TO SENIORS CLIENTS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE LITTLE OTHER CONTACT FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE SURVEY RESULTS ALSO SHOWED THAT A SMALL PORTION OF RESPONDENTS NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH CARE FOR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. FIFTY-SIX PERCENT REPORTED NEEDING ASSISTANCE WITH RELIEF CARE. MANY CAREGIVERS, WHOM ARE OLDER PEOPLE THEMSELVES, ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO NEGLECTING THEIR OWN HEALTH AND WELL BEING. PROVIDING RELIEF TO CAREGIVERS BY GIVING RESPITE CARE ON A WEEKLY BASIS ALLOWS THE CAREGIVER TIME TO ATTEND TO THEIR NEEDS AND HAVE A FEW HOURS OF QUITE TIME EVERY WEEK. THE NUMBER OF HOMEBOUND ADULTS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES RECEIVING TRANSPORTATION OR OTHER SERVICES THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO LIVE MORE INDEPENDENTLY. BY PROVIDING WEEKLY VISITS, WE ALSO ANTICIPATE SENIORS WILL FEEL LESS LIKELY TO BECOME DEPRESSED CAUSED BY ISOLATION AND LONELINESS, RESULTING IN IMPROVED HEALTHIER LIFE STYLE.

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

OUR LEGAL NAME IS "LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA" (LSSSC). WE ARE A PRIVATE CALIFORNIA-BASED 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH HEADQUARTERS IN FULLERTON, ORANGE COUNTY. IN 2021, WE EMBARK ON OUR 77TH YEAR OF SERVICE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH LIMITED OPTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE IN SAFETY AND WITH DIGNITY AND HOPE. WE OPERATE PROGRAM SITES IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS IN SIX SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. WE PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH SERVICES RANGING FROM BASIC NEEDS AND PERMANENT HOUSING TO EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. WE ARE PRESENT IN SIX SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES AND OFFER NEARLY 100 PROGRAMS TO SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISENFRANCHISED POPULATIONS. WE PROVIDE OUR PRIORITY POPULATIONS (SENIORS, HOMELESS, VICTIMS, MENTALLY IMPAIRED, ABUSED CHILDREN, LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS, ETC.) OFFERING TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT MOVE OUR CLIENTS TOWARD INDEPENDENCE AN ESTIMATION OF 40 SCP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE SERVED. ALL OF THESE SENIOR COMPANIONS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE TRANSPORTING SENIORS AND DISABLED ADULTS; WELLNESS CHECKS, RESPITE CARE, CAREGIVER SUPPORT; IN-HOME VISIT, AND GENERAL COMPANIONSHIP. WEEKLY VISITS TO IN-HOME CLIENTS BY SENIOR COMPANIONS WILL ALLOW ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIORS AGE 65 AND OLDER TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. SENIOR COMPANIONS PROVIDE VITAL HUMAN CONTACT AND COMPANIONSHIP TO SENIOR CLIENTS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE LITTLE OR NO CONTACT FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS OUTLINED IN THE HEALTHY FUTURES STRATEGIC PLAN. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, LSS-SC ANTICIPATES THAT MOST OF THE SENIORS' WILL BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THEIR OWN HOMES WITH THE SAME OR IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE SENIORS WILL FEEL LESS LIKELY TO BECOME DEPRESSED CAUSED BY ISOLATION AND LONELINESS, RESULTING IN AN IMPROVED HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $230,519.00 WILL BE SUPPLEMENT BY $35,958 OF LSS-SC WITH NONFEDERAL RESOURCES. ADDRESSING HEALTHY FUTURES' NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES BY FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON INDEPENDENT LIVING (AGING IN PLACE). ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, BUYING GROCERIES, VISITATION, OR OTHER SERVICES THAT ALLOW SENIORS TO LIVE MORE INDEPENDENTLY.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

PURPOSE: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EFFORTS BY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO QUICKLY HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHILE MINIMIZING THE TRAUMA AND DISLOCATION CAUSED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES BY HOMELESSNESS; PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF MAINSTREAM PROGRAMS BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; AND OPTIMIZE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE MOST RECENT COC AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT LISTING AWARDS BY STATE AND COC IS ACCESSIBLE AT HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/COC/AWARDS. SELECT THE LINK UNDER THE FUNDING AND AWARD INFORMATION SECTION FOR THE APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM FUNDS MAY BE USED TO PAY FOR THE ELIGIBLE COSTS USED TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PROJECTS UNDER FIVE PROGRAM COMPONENTS: (1) PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND RAPID REHOUSING; (2) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING; (3) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY; (4) HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HMIS), AND (5) IN SOME CASES, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. THIRTEEN TYPES OF ASSISTANCE MAY BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM: (1) COC PLANNING ACTIVITIES/COSTS FOR DESIGNING AND CARRYING OUT A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPLICATION TO HUD; (2) UNITED FUNDING AGENCY (UFA) COSTS FOR FISCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING NECESSARY TO ASSURE THE PROPER DISBURSAL OF, AND ACCOUNTING FOR, FEDERAL FUNDS AWARDED TO SUBRECIPIENTS UNDER THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM, (3) ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY (INCLUDING STRUCTURES) FOR USE IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; (4) REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; (5) NEW CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE BUILDING OF A NEW STRUCTURE OR BUILDING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE FOR USE AS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; (6) LEASING OF A STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; (7) RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH MAY BE SHORT-TERM, MEDIUM-TERM, OR LONG-TERM, AS WELL AS TENANT-BASED, PROJECT-BASED, OR SPONSOR-BASED, FOR TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT HOUSING; (8) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ASSIST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HOUSING; (9) OPERATING COSTS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; (10) COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING HMIS; (11) PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; (12) RELOCATION COSTS; AND (13) INDIRECT COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2 CFR PARTS 200, AS APPLICABLE. IN ADDITION TO USING GRANT FUNDS FOR THE ELIGIBLE COSTS DESCRIBED ABOVE, RECIPIENTS AND SUBRECIPIENTS IN CONTINUUMS OF CARE DESIGNATED AS HIGH PERFORMING COMMUNITIES MAY ALSO USE GRANT FUNDS TO PROVIDE HOUSING RELOCATION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES AND SHORT- AND/OR MEDIUM-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AS SET FORTH IN 24 CFR 576.103 AND 24 CFR 576.104, IF NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS: NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER PROGRAM (OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS USED TO SUPPLEMENT THIS ASSISTANCE) MAY BE USED TO REPLACE STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS PREVIOUSLY USED, OR DESIGNATED FOR USE, TO ASSIST HOMELESS PERSONS OR PERSONS AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: DECREASE IN THE NUMBER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, MORE SPECIFICALLY USING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SUCH AS THE LENGTH OF TIME HOMELESS, RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS OVER TIME, AND EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING. COC PERFORMANCE PROFILE REPORTS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/COC/COC-PERFORMANCE-PROFILE-REPORTS/.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM