VOICE OF ORANGE COUNTY ON ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION AS RESOURCE FOR HOMELESS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL (Orange County is one of the richest Counties in the United States.)
..." All she got was a bus pass.
“I was homeless, I was losing my child and I couldn’t sleep in my car anymore,” said Nancy. Only Illumination Foundation stepped in to rescue her with a place to recuperate.
Nancy's dilemma shows how an efficient, local program is being underutilized by the hospital industry, whose emergency rooms often end up with patients from the county's homeless population, which is more than 20,000, along with 22,000 children living in unstable conditions."
ILLUMINATION FOUNDATION HOMEPAGE LINK History
Experts on homelessness within Orange County agree that it has reached crisis proportions, and that there are not enough resources designated for chronic and emergency programs. With that understanding, IF was founded in late 2007 to effectively lower the barriers for Orange County's homeless population to access existing resources and services. In July 2008 IF launched the "Pre-Transitional Housing and Wrap-Around Program", a comprehensive program that houses and supports homeless families with children in motels in Orange County. IF was established within the UC Irvine Health Care Executive MBA Program as a non-profit public charity organization. Today, IF's governing board consists of community leaders in medicine, nursing, social work, information technology and education.
The Homeless Crisis in Orange County
•21,000 - 35,000 homeless people in Orange County
•Over 26,000 Orange County public school students are living in unstable housing conditions
•3,400 shelter beds have high-entry qualifications that leave homeless people on the street
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