Illumination Foundation 2011 Program Milestones

Interim Supportive Shelter Program Completes First Year

The Interim Supportive Shelter Program took families from the cold-weather emergency shelters last winter, and gave them six months of housing and services designed to effectively transition them into permanent housing. This month the last clients in the group finished ISS, joining the 63 families that have exited the program to successful housing arrangements.

Orange County Funders Roundtable members provided funding for the Interim Support Shelter Program. This funding enabled us to provide homeless families with housing and on-site services including: case management, medical services, mental health counseling, job training, financial literacy, tutoring and life skills. The winter armories and ISS are now closed for the season. They will re-open in December 2011.

Your support for the Illumination Foundation has funded innovative solutions to the homeless crisis that will benefit the community for generations to come.

Interim Supportive Shelter Program (ISS)

  • Last winter, the ISS Program, which takes in families from the County's Winter Armory, was able to serve 120 families, consisting of 166 adults and 201 children.
  • In just the past seven weeks of this winter's program, we've served 87 families, consisting of 129 adults and 181 children.
  • The ISS Program is serving 55% more people than we were at this time last year, due to the extraordinary demand for emergency housing in this difficult economy. We hope to transition as many as possible into stable housing.

Interim Housing Program (IHP)

  • Since July 2008, this program has served 261 families (385 adults and 548 children).
  • 130 families have graduated from our program into stable housing.
  • In December, 40% of the adults in the program were employed and 55% of the children received accolades at school.

Permanent Housing Program (HPRP)

  • Since October 2009, IF has transitioned 246 households into permanent housing.

Mobile Medical Clinics

  • Since 2008, 102 Free Neighborhood Clinics and Health Expos have provided 4,140 services to 4,829 clients.

Recuperative Care Program

  • Since January 2010, our OC Recuperative Care Program has served 425 clients.
  • In 2011, we connected 70% of our OC clients with housing.
  • Since October 2010, our LA Recuperative Care Program has served 337 clients.
  • The Recuperative Care Program reduced the cost of serving the homeless by $2.5 million for LA and Orange County hospitals in just the past nine months.

Motel Family Outreach Program (MFO)

  • Since July 2010, our MFO program has serv ed 115 motel families.
  • We've held 33 outreach events to connect families with vital community resources.
  • 8 motel families have been transitioned into permanent housing.
  • 5 families have been accepted into our Interim Housing Programs.