Lao family is regarded as a well-regarded, nationally recognized refugee resettlement for the US State Department of Housing and Urban Development and a diverse workforce and human services agency.
Our $25mm operating budget allows us to deliver 50+ programs to our diverse communities.
We have employed 150 full-time local residents at 15 service locations in 35+ languages.
We serve the human capital, staffing and needs of 1,100+ private and nonprofit businesses and landlords throughout 11 Northern CA counties.
99% of Lao Family’s customers live at or below the federal poverty line or have very little to no income when they enter our programs. They exit our programs self-sufficient within 12 months, with jobs, permanent housing, healthcare and new bank accounts.
We positively affect 550 lives daily, average 13 in-person case management sessions per client over 6-12 months, and have had 131,000 personal encounters in 2023. In six months, 5% of homeless/reentry participants graduate with self-sufficiency, new jobs, a healthcare plan, permanent housing, and new bank accounts. 90% graduate in 12 months, and 5% graduate in 12–18 months (financially self-sufficient and housed.)
We provide team-focused, intensive, comprehensive case management to ~10,000 admitted clients out of 31,000 served in 2023.
Ten thousand referred and walk-in adults and young adults secured jobs and permanent housing, resulting in financial self-sufficiency.
21,000 local families received free group and individual education, essentials, like food, clothing, and income tax preparation help.
31,000 local families and 1,000 local businesses served across three counties—Alameda, Contra Costa and Sacramento.
OUTCOMES // Permanent Housing, Exiting Unsheltered Homelessness, Job Placement with Earned Income, Reduction in Recidivism, Youth Secure Summer or Year-round Internship, High School Graduations, College Scholarships, Entry into 2-year and 4-year Colleges, Exiting the CalWORKs Program, Refugee Cash, GA Public Assistance, Self-sufficiency Achievement, and Banking Set-up.
We offer our services in 35+ languages during non-traditional office hours.
Nearly 60 Lao Family staff have entered workforce professional apprenticeships and the CA Apprenticeship Council at CSU Sacramento (the nation’s most extensive journeymen/women non-traditional apprenticeship).
40+ staff hold Global Career Development Facilities and other recognized certifications, such as CBT/Trauma Informed Counseling, Financial Education and Coaching, and Victim Service/DV Service/Housing Navigation.
OUR FUTURE GOALS
Goals for 2024–2028 //
Continue leveraging our resources with local Partners (CBO, government, philanthropic groups, religious organizations, private individuals, families and business partners), to offer innovative, technology-enabled, sustaining, comprehensive, timely, and accessible prevention and intervention care solutions to communities with complex, multi-faceted needs.
Enhance our service with Cal AIM-PATH programs in 2024
Restore health + wellness in our communities
Eradicate homelessness
Create partnerships to develop CARE Campuses throughout California
