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Care First Community
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Justice Care and Opportunities Department

CFCI

From Measure J to Care First and Community Investment:
A Continuing Commitment

The Board of Supervisors has committed to advancing Care First, Jails Last and Care First Community Investment (CFCI) is a significant investment to achieve that vision. The timeline below details the steps involved in establishing this ongoing commitment in support of this vision — which the Board has maintained despite legal challenges to the underlying ballot measure (Measure J).

The linked documentation includes a description of the methodology involved in annually calculating 10% of the County’s locally generated unrestricted revenues to address the disproportionate impact of racial injustice through direct community investment and alternatives to incarceration.

July 21, 2020: BOS Votes to Place Amendment on Ballot

The Board of Supervisors, on a motion by Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Hilda Solis, voted 4-1 to put an amendment to the County charter on the November ballot to allocate at least 10% of the County’s locally generated unrestricted revenues in the general fund to address the disproportionate impact of racial injustice through community investment and alternatives to incarceration. Click the header above to read the Board motion.

July 21, 2020: Back-of-the-Envelope Estimate of 10% Set-Aside

During the Board discussion, then-Chief Executive Officer Sachi Hamai said the amount of the set-aside would be subject to complex analysis, but based on a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation, she estimated that locally generated unrestricted revenues for fiscal year 2020-21 would total approximately $3.6 billion so that roughly $360 million would need to be reallocated to meet the 10% set-aside, subject to future analysis. Click the header above to view the transcript of the July 21, 2020 meeting.

November 3, 2020: Measure J/Charter Amendment Passes

Voters by a 57%-43% margin approved Measure J in accordance with the proposed charter amendment to establish ongoing funding to make Care First, Jails Last programs a reality. For a Measure J overview, click the header above.

November 10, 2020: Re-Imagine LA Advisory Committee Established

The Board established the 17-member Measure J Re-imagine LA Advisory Committee, charged with developing spending proposals for the Measure J investments. The Board directed the Committee to submit its proposals to the CEO, who would work with the ATI and ARDI offices before submitting funding recommendations to the Board as part of the County’s annual budget process. Click the header above to view the Board motion.

January—May 2021: Budget Team Analyzes Allocation Methodology

County budget analysts worked with departments to determine a methodology for calculating restricted and unrestricted locally generated revenues. Based on 2020 revenues, a baseline estimate of $300 million was established for the full 2024 set-aside, subject to calculations based on the actual 2023-24 budget. (See Timeline on 3/16/21 and 4/1/21 for a CEO Memo and presentation.)

March 16, 2021: CEO Recommends $100 Million First Year “Down Payment”

The CEO issued a memo to the Board with a copy to the Measure J Advisory Committee chair and recommended $100 million as the first year “down payment” for the Measure J set-aside, based on the $300 million estimate. The memo calls out the $300 million as subject to additional due diligence. To read the CEO memo, click the header above.

April 1, 2021: Presentation To Committee on Calculating Set-Aside

The Chief Executive Office presented to the Advisory Committee on the methodology for the Measure J set-aside and calculation of restricted versus unrestricted locally generated revenues. To view the presentation, click the header above.

April 20, 2021: Board Approves $100 Million Down Payment

The Board approved a $100 million “down payment” as part of the 2021-22 Recommended Budget presented by the CEO. Click the header above to read the Board letter.

May 17, 2021: CEO Reports to BOS on Methodology

The CEO reported to the Board on the methodology for calculating locally generated unrestricted revenues and reiterated that the initial set-aside amount is “both an estimate and a projection.” Click the header above to read the CEO memo.

May 18, 2021: CEO Meets with Advisory Committee

The CEO and budget team met with members of the Advisory Committee in a small group discussion to provide some background on the CEO’s role and answer questions about the budgeting process. On June 29, 2021, the CEO provided written responses to questions raised in the May meeting about the County budgeting practices, budgeting terminology, and the methodology by which the projected estimated set-aside amount was calculated. To read the response from CEO, click the header above.

June 17, 2021: Judge Rules Measure J “Constitutionally Invalid”

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel tentatively ruled Measure J “constitutionally invalid” because it interferes with the Board of Supervisors’ authority, as granted by state law, over the budget. Click the header above to read the tentative ruling issued June 17, 2021.

July 14, 2021: Judge Confirms Ruling

Judge Strobel filed a Final Statement of Decision confirming her tentative ruling. Click the header above to read the Final Statement Decision.

August 10, 2021: Board Establishes Care First Community Investment Advisory Committee

The Board voted to transform the Measure J Re-imagine LA Advisory Committee into the Care First and Community Investment Advisory Committee, a 24-member body comprised of 23 voting members and one non-voting member. Click the header above to read the Board letter.

August 10, 2021: Board Sets CFCI Policy

A Board policy on CFCI investments was established. Click the header above to read the Board letter and related County code.

September 22, 2021: CFCI Holds First Meeting

The newly established CFCI Advisory Committee held its first meeting. Click the header above to view the meeting minutes.

April 19, 2022: Board Approves $100 Million Year Two Installment

As part of the Recommended Budget, the Board approved a second-year installment of $100 million in direct community investments and alternatives to incarceration, bringing year two CFCI spending to $200 million total—a reflection of the initial estimate, which is expected to change in future years. The Recommended Budget also included additional commitments, outside of the CFCI spending plan, to support these priorities, including funding to establish two new departments committed to Youth Development and to Justice, Care, and Opportunities, as well as support for existing departments committed to racial justice, such as the offices of the Public Defender and Alternate Public Defender. Click the header above to read the Board letter.

July 1, 2022: Department of Youth Development Launched

The Department of Youth Development was launched to coordinate and build capacity for a wide range of youth development services and opportunities as part of care-first efforts to equitably reduce youth justice system involvement, in line with CFCI principles.

November 1, 2022: Justice, Care and Opportunities Department Launched

The Justice, Care, and Opportunities Department (JCOD) was launched to unify the County’s efforts to serve vulnerable justice-impacted people and communities and drive forward the Board’s Care First, Jails Last vision. JCOD provides dedicated staff and resources for the CFCI Advisory Committee to support budgeting, contracting, community engagement, program evaluations and other services consistent with the Board’s Care First Community Investment objectives.

Year 2 Care First Community Investment (CFCI)
Spending Plan Approved by Board of Supervisors

The Board of Supervisors approved a $100 million Care First Community Investment (CFCI) Spending Plan—with Year 2 allocations to further advance Los Angeles County’s Care First, Jails Last vision with direct community investments and funding for alternatives to incarceration.

This second annual investment of $100 million advances the County’s commitment to build up to the full CFCI set aside by 2024 and it adds to the first year’s CFCI investment of $187.7 million, which includes American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. The total CFCI investment is now $287.7 million.

The approved spending plan funds all 22 programs recommended by the Care First Community Investment Advisory Committee. The 23-member committee held marathon public meetings and engaged the community via virtual and in-person listening sessions, a community survey and the engagement of trusted community-based organizations.

The plan was developed with an equity lens, with a primary focus on chronically under-resourced communities to address negative outcomes caused by racially-driven criminal justice inequities and long-term community economic disinvestment.

Highlights of the funding plan include:

  • More than $45 million will be dedicated to housing, with more than $42 million dedicated to permanent housing for the County’s most vulnerable populations.
  • More than $40 million will be administered by a third-party administrator with the majority of funds passing through to community-based organizations. County departments will be encouraged to distribute most of their funding directly to community-based providers as well.
  • Nearly $20 million will be dedicated to programs prioritizing youth development.
  • More than $14.5 million will fund violence prevention.
  • More than $11 million will fund programs for non-carceral diversion or to support residents returning to the community after incarceration.
  • More than $8 million will fund education or job training.

A summary of the Care First Community Investment spending plan is here

Details of programs funded are here

The CFCI Advisory Committee’s report and recommendations are here

The board letter and relevant documents are here.

YEAR 2 FUNDING AWARDEES!

CFCI, through third-party administrator, Amity Foundation, has been successful in awarding $104,358,750 in our Year 2 process!  Funding has been distributed to organizations providing services in Program Areas 9 through 21, which include:

  • Program Area 9:  Community Operated Youth Centers
  • Program Area 10: Expanding Safety in Los Angeles
  • Program Area 11: Job Readiness, Training, and Placement for Adults
  • Program Area 12: Healing-Informed Arts Project
  • Program Area 13: Satellite Sites in Gang Impacted Communities
  • Program Area 14: Increasing Food Access in Los Angeles
  • Program Area 15: Bridge Housing
  • Program Area 16: Release, Education, Neighborhood Treatment
  • Program Area 17: Residential Treatment for Survivors of Sexual Exploitation
  • Program Area 18: Indigenous Youth Empowerment Program
  • Program Area 19: Youth Justice Program
  • Program Area 20: End Exploitatin and Create a Safer Community for Women
  • Program Area 21: From Treatment, Diversion, or Jail to Work
Year 2 Funding Awardees

Awardees in Program Area 9:
PROGRAM AREA 9: Community Operated Youth Centers – 34 AWARDS

  1.  Everyday Heroes
  2.  Youth Justice Coalition
  3. Urban Recovery Los Angeles
  4. Pomona Pride Center Inc
  5. Antelope Valley Community Training Center
  6. Color Compton, Inc
  7. Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity, Social Justice, and Action, Inc.
  8. READY AIM FIRE
  9. SCV Counseling Center
  10. Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club
  11. Just Who I Am
  12. Youth With A Purpose
  13. Artsy Kids
  14. Sanctuary of Hope
  15. Finally Family Homes
  16. The Learning Center at Fairplex
  17. A New Beginning Resource Center
  18. Inspire Together
  19. Venice 2000 dba HELPER Foundation
  20. African Soul International
  21. Greater United Faith Apostolic Church
  22. Hope Central Watts
  23. Gente Organizada
  24. Youth Mentoring Connection
  25. Beat the Streets Los Angeles
  26. New Beginning Community Ministries
  27. Unearth and Empower Communities
  28. The Children’s Center of the Antelope Valley
  29. Living Advantage, Inc.
  30. Los Angeles United Methodist Urban Foundation
  31. The Academy Project
  32. MEN TAKING OVER REFORMING SOCIETY INC
  33. United American Indian Involvement, Inc.
  34. Whole Systems Learning

Awardees in Program Area 10:
PROGRAM AREA 10: Expanding Safety in Los Angeles – 35 AWARDS

  1.  Positive Results Center
  2. Sidewalk Project
  3. Olive Support Services
  4. Here to Help Foundation
  5. Justice for Murdered Children
  6. Boys 2 Gentlemen LLC
  7. Transition to Greatness Foundation
  8. BETTER TODAY BETTER TOMORROW
  9. Moving Mountains by Illumination
  10. Resilient Agency
  11. Arise & Go
  12. Inglewood Wrapping Arms Around the Community (IWATC)
  13. Two Lifestyles Inc
  14. Valley Family Center
  15. Loving Hands Community Care
  16. Inner City Visions
  17. Advocates for Peace & Urban Unity
  18. Urban Community Action Network, Inc
  19. Building Futures Incorporated
  20. Positive Outlook Housing
  21. The TransLatin@ Coalition
  22. Operation Street Kidz
  23. Bryant Temple AME Community Development Corporation
  24. SOUTH ASIAN NETWORK, INC
  25. Understanding Needed Integration, LLC.
  26. New Star Family Center
  27. Just Us 4 Youth
  28. On My Grind, Re-entry Services Inc.
  29. One Place One Race DBA Through Peace
  30. Chapter Two Inc
  31. Champions in Service
  32. Christ-Centered Ministries fbo Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership
  33. God’s Pantry
  34. Alliance for Community Empowerment
  35. Soledad Enrichment Action, Inc.

Awardees in Program Area 11:
PROGRAM AREA 11: Job Readiness, Training, and Placement for Adults – 14 AWARDS

  1. Anchor of Hope International Ministries, Inc.
  2. Starfish Stories, Inc DBA The Francisco Homes
  3. Pico Youth & Family Center
  4. Paving the Way Foundation
  5. Ronnie’s House
  6. Homies Unidos, Inc
  7. Miguel Contreras Foundation
  8. PCS Family Services
  9. Manna Feast
  10. Total Restoration Ministries
  11. Justice for My Sister, a project of Community Partners
  12. Transcal Services, LLC
  13. Workmates Employment Services, Inc.
  14. Advancing Communities Together, Inc. (ACT)

Awardees in Program Area 12:
PROGRAM AREA 12: Healing-Informed Arts Project – 9 AWARDS

  1. Project KnuckleHead
  2. ECM Community Development Corporation
  3. Fear For Breakfast
  4. Astrids Heart Foundation
  5. ROC ERA CORP
  6. Teapot Gardens
  7. Spirit Awakening Foundation
  8. Street Poets Inc
  9. Alacarte Professional Services

Awardees in Program Area 13:
PROGRAM AREA 13: Satellite Sites in Gang Impacted Communities – 6 AWARDS

  1. Cease for Peace
  2. P2P Community Development Inc
  3. 2nd Call
  4. United We Stand Up
  5. High Point Community Development Corporation
  6. Healing Urban Barrios

Awardees in Program Area 14:
PROGRAM AREA 14: Increasing Food Access in Los Angeles – 5 AWARDS

  1. Green Arrow CoLab
  2. LA COMPOST
  3. Jubilee Consortium
  4. Grow2Zero FARMS
  5. Pauly’s Project

Awardees in Program Area 15:
PROGRAM AREA 15: Bridge Housing – 4 AWARDS

  1. Veteran Social Services Inc.
  2. COMMUNITY BRIDGE HOUSING CORP
  3. Measure of Hearts Foundation
  4. Wheeler Management LLC

Awardees in Program Area 16:
PROGRAM AREA 16: Release, Education, Neighborhood Treatment – 4 AWARDS

  1. Transcendence/Prison Education Project
  2. After Life Initiative
  3. South Central United
  4. Chances 4 Change, Inc.

Awardees in Program Area 17:
PROGRAM AREA 17: Residential Treatment for Survivors of Sexual Exploitation – 2 AWARDS

  1. FREE FROM HARDSHIP LA INC
  2. Forgotten Children, Inc.

Awardees in Program Area 18:
PROGRAM AREA 18: Indigenous Youth Empowerment Program – 3 AWARDS

  1. Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory
  2. Sacred Path Indigenous Wellness Center
  3. Pukúu Cultural Community Services

Awardees in Program Area 19:
PROGRAM AREA 19: Youth Justice Program – 2 AWARDS

  1. Antelope Valley Community Uplift Foundation (AVCUF)
  2. Dream Live Hope Foundation

Awardees in Program Area 20:
PROGRAM AREA 20: End Exploitation and Create a Safer Community for Women – 2 AWARDS

  1. Restoration Diversion Services, Inc.
  2. Journey Out

Awardees in Program Area 21:
PROGRAM AREA 21: From Treatment, Diversion, or Jail to Work – 3 AWARDS

  1. Rebuild California Alliance
  2. Bold Recovery Inc.
  3. Community Veteran Justice Project

 

 

Transformative Year 1
$187.7 Million “Care First Community Investment” Spending Plan Invests in Equity and Community

The Board of Supervisors approved an unprecedented $187.7 million spending package to advance its care first, jails last vision with a series of direct community investments and funding for alternatives to incarceration—accelerating the transformative process of creating a more just and equitable Los Angeles County for all residents.

The spending plan fully embraces the spirit of the voter-approved Measure J and also takes the innovative step of leveraging one-time funding from the American Rescue Plan to ensure a strong foundation as programs ramp up and full funding levels are reached by 2024.

The plan includes a $100 million year one down payment for Board-approved programs spelled out in Measure J and now known as “Care First Community Investment” programs, and also leverages $87.7 million from the American Rescue Fund for a wide range of supportive, complementary programs. These include interim and permanent supportive housing, grants to community-based organizations, and employment opportunities for adults and youth.

The approved spending plan has broad crossover with the Measure J Re-imagine LA Advisory Committee’s recommendations and meets or exceeds 91 percent of the committee’s recommendations and funds 29 new or expanded programs (click here to view the spending plan).

The plan was developed with an equity lens, with a primary focus on chronically under-resourced communities to address negative outcomes caused by racially-driven criminal justice inequities and long-term community economic disinvestment.

Highlights of the funding plan include:

  • $42 million to support the closure of Men’s Central Jail
  • $8 million for community-based pretrial services in highly impacted communities, replacing law-enforcement supervision and pretrial incarceration for eligible individuals
  • $20.9 million to support youth at risk of involvement with the justice system or already involved in the justice system
CFCI
  • $16 million for housing and related services to meet a variety of needs including for people experiencing homelessness with complex health needs; people with substance use disorder and at-risk and system-impacted youth and transition-age youth
  • $15 million to support residents returning to the community after incarceration
  • $9 million in supports for people experiencing substance use disorder and to prevent drug-related harm and death

A summary of the Care First Community Investment spending plan is here.
Details of programs funded are here.

In a separate action, the Board of Supervisors modified the Measure J Advisory Committee to the Los Angeles County Care First & Community Investment Advisory Committee (CFCI Advisory Committee), a 24-member board made up of a variety of community representatives, people with lived experiences, County department leaders and labor representatives. The new iteration of the advisory committee will continue to advise on related spending and will support the County’s creation of an online dashboard to monitor Care First Community Investment data.

YEAR 1 FUNDING AWARDEES!

CFCI, through third-party administrator, Amity Foundation, has been successful in awarding $47,175,000 in our Year 1 process!  Funding has been distributed to organizations providing services in Program Areas 1 through 8, which include:

  • Program Area 1:  Re-Envisioning Youth After-School and Summer Programs
  • Program Area 2:  Career/Education Pathway Programs
  • Program Area 3:  Youth-Specific Housing Interventions
  • Program Area 4:  Culturally Relevant Family Reunification, Pre-Trial Family Support
  • Program Area 5:  Support Services for Returning LGBTQI+ Residents
  • Program Area 6:  Reentry Programming for Women
  • Program Area 7:  Youth Centers
  • Program Area 8: Grants to Justice-Focused CBOs

Year 1 Funding Awardees

Awardees in Program Area 1:
PROGRAM AREA 1: RE-ENVISIONING YOUTH AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS – 22 AWARDS

  1.  America Scores Los Angeles
  2.  Awoke
  3.  Books & Buckets (Fiscal Sponsor: Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs)
  4.  Bridging the Gap Enterprises
  5.  Building Futures Incorporated
  6.  Camp Journeys
  7.  Advancement through Opportunity and Knowledge Incorporated DBA Children Youth and Family Collaborative
  8.  Church of the Epiphany
  9.  Dream Live Hope Foundation
  10.  Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
  11.  G.IRL | Compton G.IRLS Club
  12.  First Assembly of God of North Hollywood (DBA Grand Central Collective)
  13.  Huma House
  14.  Inglewood Wrapping Arms Around the Community
  15.  LA Promise Fund
  16.  Life Builders Incorporated
  17.  Mentoring and Partnership for Youth Development
  18.  Pukuu Cultural Community
  19.  Students Run America dba Students Run LA
  20.  The Advot Project
  21.  THE H.E. through the ARTS INC.
  22.  Youth Mentoring Connection

Awardees in Program Area 2:
PROGRAM AREA 2: CAREER/EDUCATION PATHWAY PROGRAMS – 28 AWARDS

  1.  Avance Schools Inc. DBA Academia Avance
  2.  Be Creative STP Foundation Venice Art Walls
  3.  Better Youth
  4.  Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles
  5.  Brothers Against Banging Youth (BABY)
  6.  Collective REMAKE
  7.  Concerned Citizens Community Involvement
  8.  Connected to Lead
  9.  Driving Hope Foundation
  10.  East Los Angeles College Foundation / Addiction Studies
  11.  Educating Students Together
  12.  Hands4Hope LA
  13.  Hollenbeck Police Business Council/Hollenbeck Youth Center
  14.  Lost Angels Children’s Project
  15.  Meztli Projects
  16.  New Beginning Community Ministries
  17.  Plaza Comunitaria Sinaloa
  18.  South Bureau Ministerial – SBMA
  19.  STEM To The Future
  20.  The Valley of Change
  21.  Timelist Group Inc.
  22.  Transition to Greatness Foundation
  23.  Transitions 2 Success
  24.  Understanding Needed Integration
  25.  United American Indian Involvement
  26.  URBAN TXT: Teens Exploring Technology
  27.  Whole Systems Learning
  28.  Willowbrook Inclusion Network – WIN

 

Awardees in Program Area 3:
PROGRAM AREA 3: YOUTH-SPECIFIC HOUSING INTERVENTIONS – 18 AWARDS

  1. 249 G Acres
  2. Advancing Communities Together Inc. (ACT)
  3.  Beloved (Fiscal Sponsor: Young Women’s Freedom Center)
  4.  Broom Homestead Inc
  5. Coalition for Responsible Community Development-CRCD
  6.  Here To Help Foundation
  7.  Just Us 4 Youth
  8.  King’s Care – A Safe Place, Inc.
  9.  Mikayla’s House of Hope
  10.  Nehemiah Project LA
  11.  New Directions for Youth
  12.  Peregrinos De Emaus
  13.  Sanctuary of Hope
  14.  Seed House Project
  15.  The AMAAD Institute
  16.  The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC)
  17.  The RightWay Foundation
  18.  Youth With A Purpose

 

Awardees in Program Area 4:
PROGRAM AREA 4: CULTURALLY RELEVANT FAMILY REUNIFICATION, PRE-TRIAL FAMILY SUPPORT – 17 AWARDS

  1. A Step to Freedom
  2. CASA of Los Angeles
  3. Center For Restorative Justice Works
  4. Choices for Freedom Inc
  5. Steward’s Village of Collaboration
  6. God’s Pantry
  7. Grow UR Potential (Fiscal Sponsor: LA Metro Churches)
  8. Korean American Family Services Inc.
  9. L.A.U.R.A. – Life After Uncivil Ruthless Acts
  10. Miriam’s House
  11. New Life Center for New Beginnings
  12. Parent Organization Network (Fiscal Sponsor: Community Partners)
  13. projectQ
  14. SCV Counseling Center (Fiscal Sponsor: New Horizons Child & Family Services)
  15. Ten Toes In
  16. Two Lifestyles Inc
  17. Valley Family Center

 

Awardees in Program Area 5:
PROGRAM AREA 5: SUPPORT SERVICES FOR RETURNING LGBTQI+ RESIDENTS – 8 AWARDS

  1.  LGBQA Alpha & Omega Support Center
  2.  Mass Liberation
  3.  Queer Works
  4.  Self Determined Futures LLC
  5.  Somos Familia Valle
  6.  T.D.D. Supportive Living Inc
  7.  Unseen Faces Foundation
  8.  Van Ness Recovery House

 

Awardees in Program Area 6:
PROGRAM AREA 6: REENTRY PROGRAMMING FOR WOMEN – 16 AWARDS

  1.  A New Way of Life Reentry Project
  2.  Cannon House – Sober Living
  3.  Center for Living and Learning
  4.  Crossroads
  5.  Downtown Women’s Center
  6.  Every ONE Free
  7.  Finish First Academy
  8.  New Reflections Inc
  9.  Ohana Center AV
  10.  Olive Support Services
  11.  Paving The Way Foundation
  12.  PCS Family Services
  13.  The City Lights Gateway Foundation
  14.  Unite A Nation-Youth/Housing/Advocacy/Education
  15.  Wheeler Management/The Wheeler Way
  16.  Young Women’s Freedom Center

 

Awardees in Program Area 7:
PROGRAM AREA 7: YOUTH CENTERS – 9 AWARDS

  1.  Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center
  2.  East Side Riders Bicycle Club
  3.  House of Haven
  4.  Inspire Together
  5.  Latino Equality Alliance
  6.  New Earth
  7.  Street Poets Inc
  8.  Sylvia Nunn Angels
  9.  Taking The Reins

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WEBINAR SUCCESS!

Our third-party administrator, Amity Foundation shared vital information to aid in the successful submission of proposals for CFCI Care Grant funding. Follow the link to access the resources:
How to Craft Winning Proposals’ – Technical Assistance Webinar Resources

Please submit any questions related to this information to:  TPAGrants@amityfdn.org

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