Coronavirus response: Orange County nonprofits coordinate community resources
By Theresa Walker / Orange County Register Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG Originally published in Orange County Register. Rescue Mission, United Way and OneOC manage donations and volunteers to […]
United Way Tops $1M in Pandemic Relief Fund
By Staff Reporter / Orange County Business Journal Originally published in Orange County Business Journal. United Way has collected $1 million for its coronavirus work. Giving to the nonprofit’s Pandemic […]
OC United Way tackles homelessness, helps housing voucher recipients find a home
By Jovana Lara / ABC7 KABC Originally published in ABC7 KABC. ORANGE COUNTY (KABC) — Having an apartment of her own is a big deal for Day, a 36-year-old Army […]
New Housing Plan for Former Foster Youth
A former foster care youth now has a place to call his own all thanks to a new housing initiative for young adults who, because of their age, can no […]
New housing initiative helps former foster children in OC escape homelessness
By Tony Cabrera / ABC 7 Originally published in ABC 7. TUSTIN, Calif. (KABC) — After spending most of his life in the foster care system and living on the […]
Most Influential 2019: David Cordero brings Apartment Association to the fight against homelessness
By Theresa Walker / Orange County Register Originally published in Orange County Register. By getting property owners and others to accept renters with vouchers, a project with the United Way, […]
A new program helps foster kids in Orange County avoid homelessness when they age out of public care
By Theresa Walker / Orange County Register Originally published in Orange County Register. Orange County United Way’s Welcome Home OC initiative is helping find apartments for 25 voucher holders. For […]
On year’s longest night, a growing number pause to remember homeless people who died in Orange County
By Theresa Walker / Orange County Register Originally published in Orange County Register. Locally, 207 people will be featured in National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. For Father Dennis Kriz, it’s […]
LA Charger Casey Hayward brings an early Thanksgiving meal to families at a Santa Ana school
By Lou Ponsi / Orange County Register Originally published in Orange County Register. Thanksgiving came a few days early for dozens of families in Santa Ana, courtesy of an NFL […]
United Way program entices landlords in Orange County to rent to homeless people with housing vouchers
By Theresa Walker / Orange County Register Originally published in Orange County Register. Incentives are part of the WelcomeHomeOC effort to address homelessness. The math seems a no-brainer. On one […]
