Center for Living and Learning

Name

Center for Living and Learning

Legal name

Center for Living and Learning

Website

https://center4living.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development and Reentry Social Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Workforce development services
• Reentry employment support
• Peer-led case management
• Fair chance hiring
• Transitional housing programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Van Nuys

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation and Government Grants: Primary funding from federal, state, and local government grants including JCOD, LA County Care First Community Investment Grant, and State of California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
2. Corporate and Healthcare Foundation Funding: Funding from healthcare organizations including Kaiser Permanente supporting financial coaching and program operations.
3. Contracted Services Revenue: Fee-for-service contracts with LA County Department of Public Health, Department of Health Services, and City of Los Angeles Office of Wage Standards for outreach and education services.
4. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations supporting the nonprofit mission, EIN 95-4406897.
5. Call Answering Service Fees: Revenue from business clients using the All About You answering service, with no-contract plans for local businesses and professionals.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Center for Living and Learning is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers peer-led employment preparation, paid work experience, trauma-informed case management, cognitive behavioral interventions, transitional housing, and financial coaching to justice-impacted individuals, people in recovery, and justice-involved women and their children in the San Fernando Valley. It supplements grant-funded individual services with two earned-revenue lines: the All About You social-enterprise call answering service for local businesses, and contracted outreach/education services for government agencies.

Product overview

Center for Living and Learning is a nonprofit social enterprise providing a coordinated portfolio of employment, housing, and supportive services for justice-impacted individuals and people in recovery. The core offerings include the Employment Preparation Program and Paid Work Experience for job readiness, Case Management and the Financial Coaching Program for ongoing support, Housing Services with rental assistance for stability, and the SECTOR career training program for advanced skills development. Business-facing services include the "All About You" call answering social enterprise, Advocacy and Education outreach, and Contracted Services for labor law education. Cognitive Behavioral Interventions and Fair Chance Workshops provide specialized therapeutic and rights-based support. These products work together as a continuum of care—peer-led services from initial employment preparation through job placement and retention, complemented by housing stability and case management to address underlying barriers to self-sufficiency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• All About You: A live answering and customer service center that provides on-the-job training and employment experience for program members. It is a social enterprise that helps local businesses and professionals improve their customer experience.

Products and services

• Employment Preparation Program Peer-based employment readiness program offering hands-on support including resume writing, interview preparation, application practice, workplace expectations training, job fair access, and post-placement coaching for individuals facing barriers to employment.
• Paid Work Experience Paid on-the-job training programs in customer service and case management/social services, including certifications in various career tracks. Partner of the LA: RISE program with REDF and the City of LA since 2017.
• Case Management Trauma-informed case management services including JCOD Care Management (JCM) and Providing Opportunities to Women in Reentry (POWR), led by trained peer mentors with lived experience.
• Housing Services No-cost housing and intensive case management for justice-involved women and their children, with two residential units offering up to 30 beds.
• SECTOR (Skills and Experience for Careers of Tomorrow)

Quantifiable outcome

• 8,000+ justice-impacted individuals served over 25 years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• LA: RISE (REDF and City of LA Economic and Workforce Development)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Partnership as a social enterprise work site since 2017, providing paid on-the-job training opportunities for program participants through the LA: RISE initiative connecting residents with employment pathways.
• City of Los Angeles Office of Wage StandardscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Since 2016, contracted to conduct door-to-door business outreach in San Fernando Valley, Hollywood, and beyond, educating employers and employees about labor laws including minimum wage, paid sick leave, and Fair Chance Hiring.
• LA County Department of Public Health and Department of Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered through the COVID-19 Community Equity Fund to support health equity in hard-hit areas, providing community outreach and education services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Chrysalis: Los Angeles-based nonprofit providing employment preparation, paid work experience, and reentry services for individuals facing barriers to work, including justice-impacted clients. Highly comparable in mission, geography, and service mix.
• Homeboy Industries: LA-based nonprofit offering wraparound reentry, employment, case management, and education services to formerly incarcerated individuals. Directly comparable peer in geography, mission, and holistic services model.
• The Fortune Society: New York-based nonprofit providing housing, employment, education, and case management for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. Comparable in comprehensive reentry service model.
• Amity Foundation: California-based nonprofit operating reentry, workforce, and housing programs for justice-involved populations, including residential programs. Comparable in mission and West Coast footprint.
• A New Way of Life: Los Angeles-based nonprofit providing housing and reentry support specifically for justice-involved women and their children. Closest peer to CLL's March 2024 residential housing program in both population served and geography.
• Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO): National nonprofit delivering transitional employment, job-readiness training, and post-placement support to people with criminal records. Comparable in workforce-development specialization for the justice-involved population.

Others

• REDF: National social enterprise intermediary that partners with CLL via LA: RISE. REDF provides capacity-building and capital to employment-focused social enterprises like CLL's All About You, and is therefore comparable as a sector orchestrator rather than direct competitor.

Emerging players

• Roca: Massachusetts-based nonprofit providing intensive workforce development, case management, and behavioral health support for high-risk young adults, including those impacted by the justice system. Comparable in evidence-based, behavioral-intervention workforce model.
• Defy Ventures: National nonprofit offering entrepreneurship training and mentorship for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals, intersecting with CLL's workforce-development work but with a narrower entrepreneurship focus.

Regional players

• InsideOUT Writers: Los Angeles-based nonprofit serving justice-impacted youth and adults through writing and reentry support services. Overlaps with CLL geographically and on the justice-impacted population, though with a more arts-based approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CENTERFORLIVIN2
• Facebookfacebook.com/CenterforLivingandLearning
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/center-for-living-and-learning
• Instagraminstagram.com/centerforlivingandlearning

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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