Families Forward

Families Forward is hosting a FREE Tenant Education Workshop - open to the community! Learn about finding housing, how to fill out a rental application, rules of leasing and much more. Held over Zoom on Tuesday, April 6 from 10am-12pm. To register, email [email protected] #familiesforwardoc

Get Ready California COVID19 Rent Relief is coming. CA COVID-19 Rent Relief can help with past due rent and utilities. To see if you qualify, visit www.housingiskey.com now. Prepárese, California. Ayuda Con La Renta de COVID-19 de California viene en camino. El programa puede ayudar con la renta atrasada y las facturas de los servicios públicos. Para verificar elegibilidad, visite www.housingiskey.com ahora. #HousingIsKey #familiesforwardoc

Become a Giving Day Ambassador! As a friend of Families Forward, we could use your help. By creating awareness for Help Them Home Giving Day through your social media, emails or even text, you can help more children find a safe place to call home. It's that easy! We've created lots of fun tools to make it quick and simple. For more information, just click on the link below. https://www.families-forward.org/givingday

CA COVID-19 Rent Relief provides financial help to eligible landlords and renters for unpaid rent. Applications are now open. Check eligibility and apply for immediate relief at HousingIsKey.com or call 833-430-2122. Email [email protected] for more information. #HousingIsKey #familiesforwardoc

Thank you to City of Mission Viejo, CA - Local Government and everyone who joined us last Saturday for a food collection event! Your generosity brought in 21 barrels of food to help local families in need. We are so grateful! #familiesforwardoc #doinggoodtogether

Our volunteers make it possible to operate a food assistance program that has provided more than 160,000 meals to struggling Orange County residents over the past year. We thank each and every one of our dedicated volunteers for continuing to support Families Forward. Whether answering the phones at the front desk, helping in the food pantry, or one of the many other volunteer opportunities, we appreciate the support of our amazing volunteers! (Shown here: Food Pantry volunteer Debra Harkness working in our Drive-Thru Food Assistance Program) #familiesforwardoc #doinggoodtogether

Families Forward exists to help low-income families achieve housing stability. Through your support, we provide housing assistance and supportive services such as career coaching, mental health counseling and access to our food pantry. For more information on our services or how you can get involved, check out our website. www.families-forward.org #familiesforwardOC

The Oso Fit 5K is just 10 days away! This year's virtual event is on Saturday, February 27 and includes a drive-through health fair. Choose Families Forward as your charity of choice and 100% of proceeds benefit our services and programs to help local families in need. For more info click on the flyer or visit https://osofit5k.org/ #familiesforwardoc #doinggoodtogether

We are so grateful for our partnership with City of Irvine City Hall. #familiesforwardoc #doinggoodtogether

Families Forward will be closed this Monday, February 15 in honor of Presidents Day. #familiesforwardoc

Thank you to our community partners Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) for their continued support! By contributing these recyclable paper bags our Food Pantry can continue to distribute nonperishable food items through our Drive-Thru Food Assistance Program. Did you know Families Forward has provided more than 50,000 individuals with food assistance since March 16? There is a continuing high need for hunger relief in Orange County and without the help of our community we couldn't continue to support our neighbors in need. #familiesforwardoc #SoCalGas #doinggoodtogether

There are more than 1 million LA and OC Households without enough food on any given day. Please help provide families with a Thanksgiving meal. #familiesforwardOC

FREE Tenant Education Workshop - open to the community! Learn about finding housing, how to fill out a rental application, rules of leasing and much more. Held over Zoom on Tuesday, November 10 from 10am-12pm. To register, email [email protected] #familiesforwardoc

You can make a difference this holiday. Shop for holiday gifts through Amazon Smile to generate donations for Families Forward and check out our Families Forward Amazon Smile Holiday Wish Lists to donate the gifts for teens and children we need most. https://smile.amazon.com//33-0086043&ref_=pe_732550_544269

Each year, Families Forward provides the ingredients needed to cook a traditional Thanksgiving meal for local families in need. This year, there are more families with food insecurity than ever before. You can help by donating any of our most needed food items. For more info, please click here: https://www.families-forward.org//Thanksgiving-Donor-Flyer To host a Thanksgiving food drive, please email [email protected].

Sending huge thanks to our community partners Kroger and Ralphs for contributing recyclable bags to package the ingredients needed to make a Thanksgiving meal. These bags will be given to local families in need this holiday. You can help by donating our most needed Thanksgiving food items. Click below for more information! https://www.families-forward.org//Thanksgiving-Donor-Flyer

Can you help us bring joy to families in need this holiday season? Families Forward provides the ingredients to cook a holiday meal through our Thanksgiving Program and gifts for children through our Adopt-a-Family program. To learn more about how you can participate, please click here: https://conta.cc/3mp4QFJ

Keeping our neighbors in our thoughts tonight. Stay safe OC!

Our Adopt-a-Family Program is now open for sign-ups! Last year, your generosity brought holiday joy to 1,200 children. During these challenging times, your gifts can provide hope to families who are struggling to provide even the basic necessities. Click on the link to learn more: https://www.families-forward.org/events/#adopt-family To access our Amazon Wish List and have gifts shipped directly to our Program Center, click here: https://a.co/eh5iKhE Gifts for teens and older children are especially needed. To access our Teen Wish list, click here: https://a.co/i6payKg

We are honored to be named the Nonprofit Hero at the Greater Irvine Chamber 2020 Celebrate Resilience Awards! Through community partnership and support, Families Forward provides housing and supportive services to vulnerable families in Orange County. During these challenging times, we are committed to continuing our mission to prevent and end homelessness. To watch the awards show, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USihzAcwkfs&feature=youtu.be #familiesforwardoc

With your help, our Thanksgiving Program is providing vulnerable families with the ingredients to prepare a traditional holiday meal. Needed food items are listed on the attached photo and can be shipped to our program center at 8 Thomas, Irvine CA 92618 or dropped off Monday-Thursday, 10am-2pm. Shop our Wish List at https://www.myregistry.com/giftlist/families-forward. Interested in hosting a Thanksgiving themed food drive? Please contact Mike Lopez at [email protected]. #familiesforwardoc #doinggoodtogether

Thank you to everyone who joined our Food Collection Event with City of Irvine City Hall last weekend, especially the volunteers from National Charity League, Inc. NCL Irvine Chapter. Your generosity provided 12 full barrels of urgently needed food items, including Thanksgiving ingredients, for local families in need. With your support, Families Forward is providing hunger relief for Orange County during these challenging times. #familiesforwardoc #doinggoodtogether

Families Forward is proud of our community partnership with City of Irvine City Hall. Through their continued support for events such as our Food Collection Event happening tomorrow (Saturday October 17 at the Great Park, Lot 2, 9am-12pm), our community is working together to assist vulnerable families and help keep children safe and healthy. Thank you City of Irvine and Farrah N. Khan, Irvine City Councilmember!

Just two more days until our Food Collection Event with City of Irvine City Hall! Join us this Saturday, October 17 at the Great Park, Lot 2 from 9am-12pm. Your support provides hunger relief for vulnerable families through our Drive-Thru Food Assistance Program. Since March 16, we have served 10,615 families and that need continues to grow. With your help we can continue to meet that need. #familiesforwardoc #doinggoodtogether