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Find Federal Grant Money with Congressional Research Requests: Learning from LA Forward's Unarmed Crisis Response Working Group

LA Forward Institute's organizing re: unarmed crisis response has revealed a whopping 3700 federal grants that LA city officials could tap into for expansion of unarmed crisis response services as an alternative to armed police. Join LA Forward Institute for this regularly-scheduled meeting of the unarmed crisis response working group to learn more about how staffers at a local congressional office were able to leverage Congressional Research Requests to find out more about these grants, and be part of the discussion as LA Forward Institute’s unarmed crisis response working group figures out what to do with this new information. RSVP below, or at this link.

Earlier Event: June 23
LA Forward Dues-Paying Member Assembly
Later Event: July 9
Heat and Housing: Spotlight on SGV Casita

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