Ongoing Collaborations

In our continued effort to identify services, collaborative efforts, and other opportunities that can benefit your organization and our community, we’ve compiled the following information from our partners.

To share services, collaborations, or other opportunities with our network, click here for the newsletter guidelines.

Thank you for your partnership!

CASE MANAGER BROWN BAG LUNCH

Location: TBD- Changes monthly

Day/Time: Third Wednesday of each month excluding December, from 12pm-2pm

Who Should Attend: Any case manager or direct service provider that works with homeless and low income.

Goal: To meet other service providers in OC, share and collaborate resources, get support from other professionals and build relationships.

For More Information: Please contact Shannon Lamb to be added to the monthly e-mail blast- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER (COAD)

Location: American Red Cross - OC 600 Park Center Dr. Santa Ana, CA 92705

Day/Time: Second Thursday of alternating months: May 11, 2017, July 13, 2017, September 14, 2017, November 9, 2017

Who Should Attend: Members of non-profit, government, and business organizations who want to prepare, respond/recover in the time of a disaster.

Goal: to establish and enhance partnerships among community-based, governmental, and business organizations that will collaborate, communicate and coordinate Preparedness, Response and Recovery efforts for Orange County residents during times of disaster.

For More Information: www.coadoc.org or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ANAHEIM HOMELESS COLLABORATIVE

Location: Anaheim Central Library - 500 West Broadway, Anaheim (in the basement meeting room)

Day/Time: 2nd Wednesday of the month from 12-1:30pm

Who Should Attend: Service providers that work with Anaheim residents.

Goal: Multi-sector collaborative that addresses homelessness in Anaheim.

For More Information: Click here or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

COLLABORATION TO ASSIST MOTEL FAMILIES (CAMF)

Location: Downtown Community Center, 250 E. Center Street, Anaheim, CA 92805

Day/Time: 1st Tuesday of the month from 9:30 am to 11:00 am (2nd Tuesday if the 1st Tuesday is a holiday)

Who Should Attend: Service providers and individuals from the City of Anaheim and surrounding cities, school districts, local government, and community based organizations serving individuals and families residing in Orange County motels.

Goal: To help meet the needs of families living in motels by providing services and tools necessary for the families to achieve self-sufficiency.

For More Information: Go to motelcollaboration.org

COUNTY OF ORANGE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Location: Hall of Administration, 333 West Santa Ana Boulevard, 1st Floor, Santa Ana, CA 92701

Day/Time: Every Tuesday

For More Information: Click here to view the schedule or to sign up for email updates.

EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION NETWORK OF ORANGE COUNTY

Location: Hall of Administration, 333 West Santa Ana Boulevard, 1st Floor, Santa Ana, CA 92701

For More Information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call her at 714-966-4331

FINANCIAL STABILITY ALLIANCE

Location: Orange County United Way, 18012 Mitchell Avenue South, Irvine, CA 92614

Day/Time: 2nd Monday of every month from 3:30pm – 5:00pm

Who Should Attend: Human service providers offering financial stability and self-sufficiency services.

Goal: To increase the capacity and efficacy of financial stability service providers through collaboration.

For More Information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

HOUSING EDUCATION FORUM

Location: Sisters of St. Joseph Auditorium, 480 S. Batavia Street in Orange 92868

Day/Time: 1st Thursday of every month from 11:30am to 1:00pm

Who Should Attend: Housing developers, health and human service providers, low-income housing advocates, government agencies, businesses, and other interested parties.

Goal: To influence public policy in order to promote the development of permanent affordable housing.

For More Information: View the Kennedy Commission's website, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or call her at 949-250-0909

OC PRIORITY 1 VETERAN HOUSING COMMITTEE GENERAL MEETING

Location: 2100 N. Broadway Santa Ana CA, 92706

Day/Time: The last Monday of each month from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Who Should Attend: Representatives from government, private, nonprofit, and faith based organizations.

Goal: Collaboration that creates Community plan to end Veteran Homelessness and to discuss and create solutions for the 9 identified barriers facing homeless Veterans in Orange County.

For More Information: Contact Brandon Melvin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Edgar Ramos at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

OCREP (ORANGE COUNTY RE-ENTRY PARTNERSHIP)

Location: Locations vary

Day/Time: OCREP general membership meets second Tuesday of every other month from 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Who Should Attend: Representatives from government, private, nonprofit, and faith based organizations are encouraged to attend.

Goal: OCREP is a community based networking system designed to examine Orange County’s inmate reentry practices and improve the community-based services provided to persons who are released from jail or prison into Orange County Communities.

For More Information: Visit their website.

OCVMFC HOUSING AND HOMELESS WORKING GROUP MEETINGS

Location: Rotating locations

Day/Time: 3rd Monday of every month from 10:00 am -11:30 am

For More Information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ORANGE COUNTY TAKEDOWN COMMITTEE CONFERENCE CALL/MEETING

Location: Phone Conference/2100 N. Broadway Santa Ana CA, 92706

Day/Time: Phone Conference: Every Wednesday, 10:30 AM-11:30 AM (the 1st Wednesday of the month is an in-person meeting)

Who Should Attend: Representatives from government, private, nonprofit, and faith based organizations.

Goal: To meet weekly and discuss homeless Veterans on the Takedown by-name list, in order to share resources and provide consistent housing options to all Veterans on the list. The Takedown List is a tool that keeps track of all homeless Veterans in Orange County and ensures no Veteran falls through the cracks.

TBD- Changes monthly