LA2050, a community-based initiative that supports LA-based efforts aimed at benefitting communities in Los Angeles County, hosted its annual “LA2050 Grants Challenge” Grantee Showcase ceremony and luncheon at The Huntington on October 8, 2025. The Center for Caregiver Advancement (CCA) received a $75K grant award in support of its caregiver training course on Emergency & Disaster Readiness (EDR). All grant recipients were announced during the private luncheon, where representatives from the LA2050 Grants Challenge distributed the awards to the grantees.
Preparing Home Caregivers in Los Angeles for Emergencies
CCA’s award-winning grant submission was titled, “Upskilling In-Home Supportive Services Workers through Emergency and Disaster Readiness Training.” CCA proposes to provide a free online training course for In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) caregivers in Los Angeles County that teaches them skills in emergency preparedness. These skills will build their confidence and capabilities in the face of increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters and climate-related emergencies across LA County.
While CCA has offered its emergency preparedness curriculum to caregivers in the past, the course was previously offered via in-person classes or live Zoom classes led by an instructor.
For the LA2050 grant, CCA proposed a new format: online eLearning that is self-paced. This enables busy caregivers to complete their emergency skill-building anytime, anywhere, from any digital device at their convenience.
The Emergency and Disaster Readiness course is particularly relevant at a time when there is no mandate for caregiver training in emergency preparedness, despite their crucial role as de facto first responders. The course is important for IHSS providers who care for the most vulnerable LA residents: low-income older adults and people with disabilities. CCA will offer this course online in multiple languages over several weeks.
Upon completion, home caregivers will understand how to prepare emergency kits and “go bags,” how to plan emergency evacuation routes, how to safely lift and carry care recipients who have limited mobility, create communication plans, and access apps that will enable them to receive timely alerts.
Learn more about CCA’s Emergency & Disaster Readiness training for caregivers here.
About the LA2050 Grants Challenge
The LA2050 Grants Challenge is an open call for ideas to make Los Angeles County the best place to connect, create, learn, live, and play. Since 2013, LA2050 has given $20+ million in grants to local impact organizations and supported hundreds of winning ideas to make our region better for all.
LA2050 takes a unique, participatory approach to grantmaking: asking Angelenos to determine the issue areas that will be funded – from homelessness and income inequality to park access – through voting. Over the past 12 cycles, the people of LA have cast more than 1,030,000 votes.
LA2050 makes investments of financial capital via the Grants Challenge to support organizations working to make progress on the five goals. The organization deploys human capital through partnerships to test more strategies, scale successful innovations, and bring people and solutions together. Grants utilize social capital through community events and digital activations that engage Angelenos in making an impact. Learn more: https://la2050.org/about
Read the LA2050 news announcement here.
Image credits: LA2050
