HomeAid Orange County

Homeaid's in the community program ("in the community") includes Homeaid essentials ("essentials"), Homeaid carekits ("carekits"), advocacy, and various education and volunteer activities. Homeaid essentials is a service program collecting much needed items such as diapers, baby wipes, baby hygiene products, and food for homeless infants and toddlers. All of the items collected are donated to Homeaid's service provider partners who directly serve homeless families, mothers and their children, allowing them to save the funds normally spent on these items and use them towards programs that will help their residents transition out of homelessness and into economic self-sufficiency. Homeaid carekits is an outreach to those experiencing homelessness and living on the streets. Homeaid collects and distributes carekit items through volunteers. Items collected include blankets, clothing, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, water, food, and resource cards. Carekits not only meet a direct need, but also link individuals and families experiencing homelessness to a service provider who can offer housing. Funds are also be used to generate more Homeaid carekits that are distributed to the chronic homeless living on the streets so they have access to basic items needed for survival.

Homeaid's housing development program ("housing development") involves the building and renovation of emergency shelters, transitional/interim housing, and permanent supportive housing (the "projects"). Homeaid serves as the developer for each project.projects are identified and selected based on housing gaps within the Orange County community. In 2015, Homeaid embarked on the development of its own emergency Shelter facility. The Homeaid family care center (the "family care center") will support the needs of over 70 Orange County families with young children in 2023. In connection therewith, Homeaid initiated a capital campaign, purchased a building, and started development. Housing development projects included fx project, family promise - house of ruth, city of santa ana carnegie center, families forward - the bugalows, and la veta village, as well as the final move-ins into the yale navigation center. This work included the assisting with in-kind donated services and materials from builders and contractors.