Transitional Housing

Click here to view an interview with Frances, a resident of our transitional housing program.


Imagine all of the things you would think and feel if you were to find out you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, all the things you worry about, all the things that are unknown. Now imagine that six months after you are diagnosed with breast cancer, you are in the toughest part of your treatment and your finances have been drained, and you learn that you are losing your home. You are not able to work and your limited savings are paying minimum balances on credit cards. You don’t know what resources are available to you or where to turn, you have just been focusing on making it through the chemo.

Now imagine that just when are about to break down, you call a phone number you saw at the local clinic and the voice on the other end says she understands, she knows what you are going through and that its going to be okay. Imagine she says she has a place for you to stay where you will get warm meals, support in getting to treatment, help accessing resources for low/no-cost treatment or income such as disability benefits, and a support system of other women going through similar situations and professionals. Two weeks later you are going to treatments,you are getting counseling and other support services. You come home to a home and new friends, and you have a case manager working with you to handle your finances and potential income sources. Imagine you went from thinking you had run out of choices, to being surrounded by people helping you make them.


The GHH Transitional Housing Program specializes in serving uniquely challenged women who may have difficulty finding a program to meet their individual needs. These ‘invisible populations’ include human trafficking victims and women struggling with breast cancer, dual diagnosis, other severe mental and physical disabilities, as well as women with no diagnosis, but with a particular need for love, hope and healing.



Click here to view an interview with Amy, a former resident of our transitional housing program.

Believing it is a privilege to serve others, women in our program learn to reach out to the community that has helped them and give back with their time and talents. The ultimate goal of GHH is to offer a loving environmnet to instill hope for a stable life and heal their original hurt to achieve self-sufficiency.

 

In Orange County, to rent a one-bedroom apartment while earning minimum wage, you would need to work 131 hours per week. Coupled with the fact that the unemployment rate is at an all-time high, housing is a bigger issue than ever for Orange County residents. Add to this a unique challenge such as brest cancer, severe physical or mental illness, or being a victim of domestic violence or human trafficking. Few programs offer special services for these groups, including seniors living independently but beyond a working age. Grandma’s House of Hope emphasizes services for these uniquely challenge women.