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Community Resources & Support

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Community Resources

  • IUSD Family Counseling Center
    Short-term, solution-focused individual and family therapy, resource linkage and referrals, and parent education/support groups to IUSD families K-12.
    (949) 936-8775
  • Care Solace
    Mental Health Concierge Services to connect families to outside resources.
  • Say Something
    Say Something Anonymous Reporting System enables students to seek support anonymously for themselves or for friends.
  • ASPIRE Program - Hoag Community Mental Health
    ASPIRE (After School Program: Intervention and Resiliency Education) helps teens aged 13-18 facing challenges associated with mental health disorders, substance abuse, and the overwhelming impact these have on managing their daily life. Our program will help them get the right treatment to support them through recovery.
    (949) 557-0077
  • Hoag Community Mental Health
    Psychotherapy, psychoeducation, case management, psychiatric services, and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) to uninsured and underinsured OC families. Can provide services in English, Spanish, or Farsi.
    (949) 764-6542
  • Children and Youth Services (CYS) - Central Region
    Outpatient mental health clinic providing individual, group and family therapy, medication support, crisis intervention, family education and case management.
    Cost: Sliding scale fee
    (714) 850-8408
  • Western Youth Services
    Mental and behavioral health counseling, addiction, advocacy, support and housing.
    Cost: Sliding scale fee
    (888) 312-0406

Intensive Mental Health Services

Parenting resources

  • Regional Center of OC
    Behavior Management/Social Skills Workshops.  Free 5-part series in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese, 5th session addresses toilet training. 
    (714) 796-5100
  • OCHCA, Behavioral Health Services
    Provides parenting education to the community. Two differing curricula focuses on strengthening families by educating parents, adolescents, and children in a 12-week course. The program is offered at community sites throughout Orange County, in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese and provides child care. Parent Project focuses on challenging teenagers. Strengthening Families focuses on children aged 7-17.
    (714) 480-4678
  • Child Abuse Prevention Center
    Free 10-week course for parents whose children are birth - 12 years of age. Free child care at some sites.
    (855) 955-5900

Parenting Training

  • Child Guidance Center (CGC)
    PCIT (Parent-Child) Interaction Therapy). The child and parent are observed behind a one-way mirror. The parent is coached through an earpiece on how to handle challenging behaviors. For ages 2-10, provided in English and Spanish. Funded by Medi-Cal or CGC funding, if the family qualifies.
    (714) 953-4455

Shelters

  • Waymakers Teen Shelter
    Short-term, crisis intervention to homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth in OC, Emergency shelter, 24 hour supervision, individual, group, and family counseling.
    Tustin: (714) 714-0780
    Laguna Beach: (949) 494-4311  
    Huntington Beach: (949) 842-6600
  • Casa Youth Shelter
    Short-term and long-term placement programs to provide basic needs for youth and individual, group, and family counseling. 
    1 (800) 914-CASA or (800) 914-2272
  • Hope Harbor 
    Temporary housing and care for teen girls 12 - 17 who are runaways or at risk for homelessness because of volatile family situations. Need willingness and participation from both teen and parents. Need to call to initiate intake process to determine eligibility and suitability to program.
    (714) 832-0207
  • Family Promise of Orange County
    Emergency shelter for families.
    (714) 787-3487

Housing Resources

  • Families Forward
    Help families achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through housing, food, counseling, education, and other support services to OC families. 
    (949) 552-2727
  • Orangewood Foundation Resource Center
    Offers comprehensive supports (housing, job training, food, hygiene, and clothing items) for families experiencing homelessness.
    (714) 619-0200
  • Project Hope Alliance
    Education and support for homeless families.
    (949) 722-7836 

  • IUSD'S Community Feeding Program
    USD's Nutrition Services continues to provide meals for students enrolled in both IVA and on campuses for in-person instruction.
    (949) 936-6520
  • Operation School Bell Announcement 2024-25
    Assistance League® of Irvine will launch our annual Operation School Bell Program (OSB) in July, which provides new school clothes, hygiene kits, backpacks, and a book to
    income qualified IUSD students. The OSB online application will be active on the Assistance League of Irvine website beginning Wednesday, July 17, 2024, until our funding is expended.
    Email Operation School Bell (OSBadmin@irvine.org)
  • City of Irvine Residents Grocery Box Pick-up Program
    The City of Irvine, in collaboration with Community Action Partnership of Orange County, is offering The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). Eligible residents will receive a box of food weighing approximately 30 pounds once a month. The box contains a variety of dried beans, fresh produce, canned and frozen vegetables, fruit/vegetable juice, meat (when available), poultry, fish, nuts, milk, cheese, rice, cereal, and pasta.
  • Peace Center
    Grocery assistance available by appointment or walk in.
    (949) 609-8111
  • South County Outreach
    Food pantry available by appointment only.
    (949) 380-8144
  • Families Forward
    Food pantry available by appointment only.
    (949) 552-2727
  • Second Harvest Food Bank
    Provides an interactive map to find food distributions.
    (949) 653-2900
  • Mary's Kitchen
    Free hot holiday meals to anyone in need.
    (714) 633-0444
  • Mariners Church Irvine
    Holiday events and assistance to families.
    (949) 769-8100
  • Salvation Army
    Holiday food vouchers and gifts to families with children.
    (714) 384-0481

Dangers of Synthetic Drugs

Outpatient Services

Inpatient Services

  • Sustain Recovery
    Mental health and/or substance use disorder treatment for teens ages 12-17.  Options include residential treatment (non-hospital type setting), partial hospitalization (outpatient all day treatment), and intensive outpatient (3 hours a day) programs.  
    (949) 407-9052
  • Phoenix House 
    Adolescent inpatient drug residential and mental health treatment facility. 
    Cost: Sliding scale fee
    (888) 671-9392

Support Groups

  • Alcoholics Anonymous 
    Group meetings for individuals of different ages and genders battling alcohol related concerns.
    (714) 556-4555
  • Al-Anon/Ala-Teen 
    Group meetings and resources for young people and adults of different ages and genders whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. 
    (714) 748-1113