Orange County Asian And Pacific Islander Community Alliance Inc

Ssa pre & postocapica is funded by the orange county social services agency to provide employment support and post-aid supportive services to current and former calworks recipients. The employment support and post-aid supportive services project (es&pss) is a calworks welfare-to-work referral program. Ocapica assists former and current calworks recipients by providing support with housing, transportation, basic needs, career assistance, and other county-approved supportive services. Some examples of supportive services provided include, but not limited to: past due rent payment, security deposits, clothing, grocery cards, tattoo removal, record expungement, and transportation to and from approved activities. Additionally, this program provides financial incentives to former calworks participants upon meeting employment goals. Program staff work closely with ssa to determine eligibility and availability of supportive services. The program's mission is to support community members in making progress towards achieving and maintaining self-sufficiency by removing barriers to employment. On average, ocapica serves about 4,306 referrals from ssa.

Full service partnership/wraparound youth mental health programproject focus is a comprehensive full service partnership (fsp) program offering intensive wraparound mental health services to youth, from 0 to 25 years old, who are severely mentally ill (smi) or severely emotionally disturbed (sed), along with their families, by addressing a wide range of needs that extend beyond traditional mental health care. Last year alone, project focus provided services to approximately 183 youth and 511 of their family members. The program is designed to providing services including individualized case management, clinical counseling and therapeutic support, psychiatric care coordination, and one-on-one mentoring. In addition, the program offers vital supportive services to promote long-term stability and well-being, including assistance with education, housing, employment, healthcare access, transportation, and other essential resources.funded by the orange county health care agency through the mental health services act (proposition 63), project focus operates with a client-centered, culturally responsive approach. Services are available at least five days per week, monday through friday, from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, with 24/7 crisis support available for emergencies. To ensure culturally and linguistically appropriate services, ocapica has subcontracted with korean community services (kcs) in the amount of $355,365 to specifically address the mental health needs of the korean community.

Additional programsin 2024, ocapica received additional funding from government and private foundations to address the needs of the community impacted by the pandemic. This includes funding from the california department of social services, university of california, mental health services oversight and accountability commission, sierra health foundation, hoag memorial hospital's community benefit program, heluna health, caloptima health, asian and pacific islander american health forum, asian resources, the california endowment, and the cities of garden grove and irvine. Program funding ranged from mental health services, health navigation, leadership development, youth services, research, and housing.