Over the last several years, United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA) has worked to strengthen the workforce of the homeless service sector. Informed initially by a sector analysis conducted by global consulting firm, KPMG, and a cross-sector advisory table called the Workforce Development Leadership Table, UWGLA deployed a series of investments to develop new recruitment and onboarding strategies to bolster sector pipelines and enhanced retention efforts and supports to sustain critical workforce providing frontline and back office support for providers across Los Angeles County. With funding support from Cedars-Sinai, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, L.A. Care Health Plan, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), and Health Net, our Homeless Sector Workforce Initiative supported over 130 local service organizations across LA County over the past five years.
While strengthening the homeless service sector workforce is still paramount, what this looks like is changing as the sector grapples with significant funding reductions as state and federal resources are cut. Given the scale of these funding and structural shifts in the sector, UWGLA is focusing the next phase of its Homeless Sector Workforce initiative on identifying opportunities to creatively resource and position the sector to adapt to this pivotal moment. This will take the form of a set of targeted investments and open funding opportunities directed at provider and system level solutions that help to re-size our sector in a way that least disrupts service delivery and operations and honors the important frontline and back office leaders who continue to be the heart of this sector.
United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA) has released the Workforce Restructuring and Retention Request for Proposals (RFP) to support homeless service providers in Los Angeles County with transitioning their workforce in relationship to recent and anticipated public budget cuts. This RFP will fund select investments in workforce restructuring, training through transition, and staff retention supports for local homeless service providers.
2026 Homeless Sector Workforce Restructuring and Retention Investment
Over the last several years, United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA) has worked to strengthen the workforce of the homeless service sector. Informed initially by a sector analysis conducted by global consulting firm, KPMG, and a cross-sector advisory table called the Workforce Development Leadership Table, UWGLA deployed a series of investments to develop new recruitment and onboarding strategies to bolster sector pipelines and enhanced retention efforts and supports to sustain critical workforce providing frontline and back office support for providers across Los Angeles County. With funding support from Cedars-Sinai, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, L.A. Care Health Plan, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), and Health Net, our Homeless Sector Workforce Initiative supported over 130 local service organizations across LA County over the past five years.
While strengthening the homeless service sector workforce is still paramount, what this looks like is changing as the sector grapples with significant funding reductions as state and federal resources are cut. Given the scale of these funding and structural shifts in the sector, UWGLA is focusing the next phase of its Homeless Sector Workforce initiative on identifying opportunities to creatively resource and position the sector to adapt to this pivotal moment. This will take the form of a set of targeted investments and open funding opportunities directed at provider and system level solutions that help to re-size our sector in a way that least disrupts service delivery and operations and honors the important frontline and back office leaders who continue to be the heart of this sector.
United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA) has released the Workforce Restructuring and Retention Request for Proposals (RFP) to support homeless service providers in Los Angeles County with transitioning their workforce in relationship to recent and anticipated public budget cuts. This RFP will fund select investments in workforce restructuring, training through transition, and staff retention supports for local homeless service providers.