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Orange County Food Bank In Need Of Donations As Need For Food Doubles Pre-Pandemic Numbers
Food banks are looking for more donations to feed families during the holidays this year as the need for food is twice what it was before the pandemic. A freezer at the Orange County Food Bank should be stacked with chicken, lunchmeats and cheese but because of a lack...
Evictions on Rise While Money Scarce
"We continue to see more people who are desperate and receiving eviction notices. We currently have a waitlist and have unfortunately been unable to accept new applicants due to the limited amount of funding we have remaining,” Gregory C. Scott, President & CEO...
Reducing Youth Access to Tobacco – September 2021
On September 17, 2021, the Reducing Youth Access to Tobacco Program hosted a Tobacco Litter Clean-up event at La Bonita Park in La Habra. The purpose of this event was to increase awareness and evaluate the effectiveness of the existing smoke-free parks policy that...
CAJC Saturdays
At the California Jobs ChalleNGe (CAJC) Program in Los Alamitos, Elevate Youth worked on the CAJC collaborative team to facilitate 6 sessions on substance abuse prevention, building identity/intersectionality, diversity, equity, and inclusion, sexual health, suicide...
Community Action Partnership OC offers relief as eviction moratorium ends
"With the [Amoroz] family running out of options, Amoroz’s wife called 211, and the operator connected her with Community Action Partnership Orange County (CAP OC). The nonprofit was able to provide him with two months of rent through CARES Act funding, the second...
Supervisors vote to give $3 million to address food insecurity in Orange County
"The food banks of Orange County said they needed money to keep local hunger at bay, and the Board of Supervisors agreed to help them get it. On Tuesday, Sept. 28, the five-member board voted unanimously to award $3 million in federal coronavirus aid to help meet...
Coffaro, Learakos and Scott: Latest USDA Food Insecurity Report Tells Two Stories
"The September 8 release of the 2020 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) Report during Hunger Action Month tells two compelling stories. First: The investments made in safety net programs worked. They helped millions of Americans avoid...
Hunger remains an issue and could get worse, even as economy improves
"Cars snaking through parking lots and seemingly endless lines of people waiting for boxes of groceries were poignant symbols of hardship as the pre-vaccine pandemic chewed up 2020 and ground into 2021. Now, those scenes of desperation have diminished — if not...
Lights, Camera, PSA
Elevate Youth focuses on preventing youth substance use disorder and healing the harms created by the war on drugs. Youth ages 12-26 are invited to join and engage in arts-based activities centered on youth development. During the summer, Elevate Youth partnered with...
Reducing Youth Access to Tobacco in La Habra – August 2021 Success Story
During the month of August, the Reducing Youth Access to Tobacco Program partnered with the La Habra Police Department to answer questions that coalition members had related to tobacco prevention efforts in schools. The Vape Free La Habra adult coalition met with...