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    Lao Family Community Development Celebrates Runner-Up Placement in the Community Impact Category, at the 10th Annual East Bay Innovation Awards Event

    Kathy Chao Rothberg, CEO surrounded by members of its board and staff at the East Bay EDA before the award ceremony.

     

    Oakland, Ca. — Lao Family Community Development earns runner-up position in the Community Impact Category at the 10th Annual East Bay Innovation Awards ceremony, held Thursday evening. August 4th, at the Fox Theater in Oakland.  The program is designed to recognize extraordinary companies who embrace the use and implementation of innovation in their manufacturing, products, services, design, and information; it is sponsored by the East Bay Economic Development Alliance.

    “We are proud to earn the runner-up placement in this category.  The pool of finalist was very impressive!  It acknowledges the positive impact that Lao Family programs are having on the diverse disadvantaged populations we serve,” said Kathy Chao Rothberg, LFCD’s Chief Executive Officer.  “It further acknowledges our continuous commitment to a culture of high-quality and innovative programming and partnerships for the last four decades.”

    Lao Family Community Development, headquartered in Oakland with satellite locations in San Pablo and Sacramento, delivers a carefully-designed holistic Integrated Service Delivery Model that combines a roadmap with individualized case plans, interventions, and best practices resulting in rapid financial self-sufficiency and permanent housing attainment among the diverse and unique populations it serves in the East Bay and the Sacramento region.  Its innovative housing and workforce programs continue to dramatically transform the way families are able to earn livable income and exit out of homelessness into permanent housing that is affordable in less than six months.

    The Lao Family assisted nearly 4,000 individuals, including 880 households, to stabilize, earn and secure income, save, bank, improve their credit and move into existing permanent housing in the marketplace between January 2017 to July 2022.  From 2006 to 2022, Lao Family’s team grew from 22 to more than 132 and its revenue growth from $2M to $31M.

    The Lao Family was formed as a non-profit 501(c)(3) in 1980.  Today the organization serves individuals from 40 nationalities, delivers case management service in 35 languages, offers7 days a week service in some locations and impacts the lives of nearly 31,000 annually in three northern California counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, and Sacramento).  Its mission to advance the wellbeing of diverse communities through culturally-informed employment, housing, and education has served over 400,000 Californians.  LFCD concentrates on five core service areas: 1) adult education and vocational training, 2) youth education, leadership, and career exploration, 3) financial coaching/asset development, 4) work supports and health access, and 5) affordable housing, home ownership and economic development activities.

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    For more information, visit lfcd.org, follow us on Facebook, and contact: Kathy Chao Rothberg, CEO | KRothberg@lfcd.org | (510) 334-4826.

    Lao Family Community Development Opens a New Campus in Sacramento 

    LFCD Care Community Center Sacramento

    Sacramento, CA. — Lao Family Community Development (LFCD) is opening a new campus, called the Care Community Center, in Sacramento at 3205 Hurley Way. Open house will be held Friday, August 13, 2021, from 3 to 5 p.m.; it is being co-hosted by LFCD and Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools. The event includes a tour of the facilities, a BBQ, refreshments, and raffles. 

    LFCD’s mission to advance the wellbeing of diverse communities through culturally-informed employment, housing, and education services. The non-profit serves individuals from 40 nationalities, delivers service in 35 languages and impacts the lives of nearly 31,000 annually in three northern California counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, and Sacramento). LFCD is headquartered in Oakland. 

    The organization is centered on an Integrated Service Delivery Model, which is a team-based approach that takes into account that a client/participant is a whole person and has many facets of needs.

    Lao Family Community Development (LFCD) is opening a new campus, called the Care Community Center, CEO Kathy Chao Rothberg

    CEO Kathy Chao Rothberg explains, “We do our best to assure the client/participant does not get lost in the process, needed services are delivered in a timely fashion, with quality care, and high results.” She adds, “LFCD concentrates on five core service areas: 1) adult education and vocational training, 2) youth education, leadership, and employment, 3) financial coaching/asset development, 4) work supports and health access, and 5) affordable housing and home ownership development.” 

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    For more information, contact: 

    Kathy Chao Rothberg, CEO: krothberg@lfcd.org | (510) 334-4826 

    LFCD Care Community Center Sacramento