ABOUT US
The Justice Care and Opportunities Department (JCOD) is the County’s new central agency unifying LA County’s efforts to serve vulnerable justice-involved people and communities, and drive forward the Board of Supervisors’ vision of a Care First approach. Our Mission is to cultivate a person-centered, coordinated continuum of care for vulnerable justice-impacted individuals and their communities. By leading collaborative system improvement efforts, we focus on prevention, diversion, and reentry to achieve community safety, wellbeing, and equitable justice.
What We Do
JCOD is dedicated to supporting the County’s adults and transition-age youth in breaking the cycle of overreliance on incarceration and ensuring thriving communities through innovative program planning and delivery.
Find ProgramPlanning & strategy:
- Cross-agency coordination and community engagement
- Funding recommendations
- Metrics and outcome evaluation
- Policy development
Program delivery:
- Justice System Intervention & Diversion
- Prevention
- Rehabilitation
- Reentry
- Stabilization
Justice and Community Partners
Visit our partners page to find a full list of the philanthropy, community and county partners who support our work and our "Care First" vision.
Learn moreThe JCOD Intercept Model
The Intercept Model is the basis for LA County’s re-imagining of the justice system & push to more community-based, upstream prevention.
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