Grandma's House of Hope

Our Work

 

Grandma’s House of Hope has been providing housing and wrap-around services since 2007 to single adult men and women with trauma who historically have fallen through the cracks.  Our mission of empowering the invisible populations of Orange County is about reaching those who have been cast aside and moved into the shadows of our society due to their disabilities, illnesses, addictions, incarceration, and trauma histories.  In order to effectively reach these individuals, we remove barriers to housing and services.

 

 

How We're Different

 

Our Emergency, Transitional and Bridge Housing Programs are far different from large-scale shelters, which make up the majority of emergency housing beds in Orange County.  Our guests live in one of our 13 single-family safe, warm and inviting homes, offering 152 beds year-round.  Walking into one of our homes feels like you are visiting friends and family.

 

 

24-Hour Care

 

With our 24-hour coverage to provide around-the-clock support, we serve each participant with safety, acceptance, compassion, honesty, integrity, love, and respect. We accept each survivor where they are, provide support in setting goals, mapping out a plan, and accessing resources to reach their goals, building skills, awareness, safety, confidence, and self-sufficiency, and ultimately helping them to achieve and succeed in permanent housing. 

 

 

Time to Heal

 

Unlike many shelters that focus on moving participants up and out as quickly as possible, we focus on helping survivors heal from the trauma that they have experienced and build new lives for themselves at their own pace.  Participants who require more time to heal and stabilize before moving into permanent housing can stay longer to recover.  Unlike most shelters, we allow participants unrestricted access to the homes so there is a feeling of comfort and a sense of belonging.

 

 

Participant-Centered

 

While at Grandma’s House of Hope, our participants live in a community - they support each other in a warm, safe environment while being guided by our staff towards healing and restoration. They receive care coordination, attend housing meetings to foster community, case management/advocacy to promote growth, counseling to promote healing, food and services to meet basic needs, and housing navigation. We also provide life-skills in areas like meal prep, cleaning, and budgeting, safety planning, trauma-informed supportive services, wardrobe assistance, work development and tools to inspire independence and long-term healing.  

 

Individualized Guidance

 

At Grandma’s House of Hope participants receive the guidance, support and practical tools to move towards growth and a life of self-sufficiency. Our Case Managers create a Care Plan that is tailored to the needs of each participant. We coordinate mental health counseling, provide trauma-informed supportive services, help navigate the County Services system, teach personal budgeting and life-skills, provide food and other services to meet basic needs, work development and wardrobe assistance. 

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Continued Care

 

Upon graduation, our participants move on to permanent housing taking with them new friendships, a support system and a better way of life.  For up to two years after graduation, we offer After-Care Services continuing the guidance and support they received in the program.​