In Orange County the homeless are often invisible. We rarely see them, but they are here…nearly 35,000 men, women and children experience homelessness in a given year. In quiet desperation they fight their way back to mainstream; living under bridges, in filthy motels, in battered cars, or in cold alleyways. It’s hard to believe that more children go to bed hungry in the midst of Orange County’s affluence than in any other place in California!

Many of you have contacted us to find out how you can be of help. To that end, HomeAid Orange County is posting the following shelter links where you can go to learn the specific needs of our family of care providers. Please feel free to contact these organizations directly to make arrangements for any donations or services you may wish to provide.

Volunteer Opportunities – HomeAid OC Shelters 2006

Anaheim Interfaith Shelter (Anaheim)
Aishalcyon@earthlink.net - (714) 774-8502
P.O. Box 528, Anaheim, CA 92815
Provides transitional housing and savings programs for working adults with dependent children. Single and two-parent families welcome.

Casa Teresa (Orange)
714-538-4860 - www.casateresa.com
Provides shelter for homeless pregnant women and their newborns and long-term transitional care.

Families Forward (Irvine)
949-552-2731 - www.families-forward.org
Assists families in crisis.

Friendship Shelter (Laguna Beach)
949-494-6928 - www.friendshipshelter.org
Provides accommodations for homeless adult men and women who are working to rebuild their lives.

Fullerton Interfaith Emergency Service (Fullerton)
714-680-3691 - www.fies.us
Provides food, housing, job development and life skills training to people in need – north Orange County.

H.I.S. House (Placentia)
714-993-5774 - www.hishouseplacentia.org
Assists homeless individuals, couples and families to gain self-sufficiency through housing, training, counseling & personal support.

H.O.M.E.S. Inc. (Newport Beach)
949-851-2766 - www.homesinc.org
Provides affordable housing and support systems for low-income adults who are recovering from mental illness.

Human Options (Irvine)
949-737-5242 - www.humanoptions.org
Assists battered women, their families and our community break the cycle of domestic violence.

 

Laura’s House (San Juan Capistrano)
www.laurashouse.org
Prevents and reduces the incidence of domestic and family violence through shelter and support programs, education and outreach.

Mary’s Shelter (Santa Ana)
714-730-0930 - www.teenshelter.org
Provides housing for homeless, pregnant youths under 17 and second stage housing for girls and their newborns.

Mercy House Center (Santa Ana)
714-836-7188 - www.mercyhouse.net
Provides walk-in emergency service and is a resource center for the homeless including employable women with children; single, employable men; and adults living with HIV/AIDS.

Orange County Rescue Mission (Santa Ana)
714-258-4451 and House of Hope, El Modena Shelter (Santa Ana) and Mustard Seed Ranch for Abused Children
714-247-4309 - www.rescuemission.org
Assists the least, the last and the lost of Orange County by providing guidance, counseling, education, job training, shelter, food, clothing and health care.

Orangewood Children’s Home (Orange)
714-619-0200 - www.orangewoodfoundation.org Strives to end the cycle of child abuse by providing innovative programs and supporting children in foster care.

Precious Life Shelter (Los Alamitos)
562-431-3365 - www.preciouslifeshelter.org Assists homeless women in crisis pregnancy and their newborns through two years.

Thomas House Temporary Shelter
(Garden Grove)
714-554-0357 - www.thomashouseshelter.org
Provides a safe, supportive environment and the resources necessary for homeless families with children to remain together while empowering them to become independent and self-sufficient; provides opportunities for new beginnings.