Our programs create stable homes for families & bright futures for kids in our community
Guided Assistance To Permanent Placement (GAPP) Housing Program
Our housing program, GAPP, offers vital financial assistance and support to help house families with children experiencing homelessness. At the core of GAPP is comprehensive case management and support services, which are designed to address the underlying challenges that have contributed to a family's current circumstances. We collaborate closely with clients to identify and implement solutions, such as job development, counseling, budgeting, credit repair, and additional resources, empowering families to achieve long-term stability and success.
View the GAPP/HMIS Privacy Notice.
View the HMIS Grievance Form.
Family Services Navigation Program
Serving People In Need (SPIN) plays a vital role in supporting families with minor children who are experiencing homelessness. Through our Family Services Navigation program (FSN), we help these families access essential housing assistance. As a member of the Family Solutions Collaborative (FSC), SPIN operates as an open Access Point (AP) for the Central Service Planning Area (SPA) within the Orange County Coordinated Entry System (CES).
Our dedicated Family Services Navigation team works closely with families to guide them through the process of connecting to eligible housing resources. We assist in completing referrals for emergency shelter and housing opportunities via the Family Coordinated Entry System (FCES), ensuring that families are effectively routed and prioritized for available housing options. By providing this crucial support and access to services, SPIN helps pave the way toward stable housing for families in need.
FOR GAPP and FSN Program
If you are a family with minor children currently experiencing homelessness in Orange County and would like to connect to services, complete this form.
Please note that by following the link, you will be re-directed to an external site where you can complete your inquiry. Your information will be directed via e-mail to a service provider at your nearest Family Access Point, who will respond within 3 business days.
Street Services Program
The Street Services Program was our first program initiated in 1987. Years later, Street Services continues to provide hundreds of meals each week and distributes hygiene kits, warm clothing, blankets, sleeping mats, referrals to shelter and other special requests to the homeless.
As from the very first, the Street Services program is supported by our dedicated volunteers who prepare and deliver meals to local shelters. Individual volunteers, corporations, and community groups conduct clothing drives, make or collect blankets, and collect hygiene items to be distributed at various locations.
Case Management & Family Services
At the heart of the GAPP Housing Program are SPIN's case management and support services. By the end of 2024, 96% of the families we assisted with rental support and case management remained stably housed. We take a holistic approach, addressing underlying challenges and offering resources to promote self-sufficiency, including job development, counseling, budgeting, credit repair, and more.
Food Assistance
SPIN is committed to providing food support to families in need. In 2024, we served over 2,000 individuals through our pantry, food drives, and gift cards, ensuring that families had access to essential household goods and nutritious meals. And on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, SPIN runs a drive-thru distribution event as part of The Emergency Food Assistance Program, where members from the community are offered both perishable and non-perishable food items.
Adopt-a-Family and -Youth
Throughout the year, especially during the holiday season, we partner with faith-based organizations, businesses, individual volunteers, and community groups to bring joy to the families we serve. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we provide Easter baskets, Thanksgiving meals, Christmas gift sponsorships, birthday gifts, extracurricular activity subsidies, and fun events designed to brighten the lives of those in need.
Businesses in our area often encourage employees to participate in service projects, or match employee donations, as a means to give back to the community. SPIN offers mobile service projects, such as lunch, hygiene kit, and household supply assemblies, in our local area. We’ll bring the fun group activity to you! (Minimum donation applies)
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program
Hear from the ones we serve.
Working alongside her case manager at SPIN allowed Pepper and her children find stable housing after more than a year of being homeless.
During the pandemic, the Asoau family found themselves living in a motel, concerned for their children’s safety. Today, they’re back in a safe home of their own.
Testimonials
Thank you SPIN for being a blessing to our family. We are very grateful to be in our own apartment and having a normal lifestyle again, after living in our car and facing an uncertain future. We appreciate the guidance from SPIN's case manager, the assistance from your career counselor, the workshops and of course, remembering our children's birthdays and our family at the holidays. We will never forget what SPIN was able to do for our family. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
-Jessica
The GAPP program has helped me achieve self sufficiency. I exited a shelter with a lot of knowledge and with no county assisted aid. GAPP has helped me stay off government assisted help and achieve longer term goals and gain permanent custody of my son which hadn’t been in my care for almost 4yrs. I have accomplished goals I didn’t think were possible. I have sustained a home for myself and my 2 children for almost a year now and have managed to keep my son in sports and spend quality time with my daughter. I have maintained a quality of life that is priceless in so many ways because of SPIN and the support my case manager have given me. Thank you!
-Mary
I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to SPIN and everyone involved with the program. SPIN has truly been a life changing gift. When I first heard about the program it seemed too good to be true. Luckily for me and my son, all of it was true and more. The day that I was accepted into the program my life started on a fresh, positive path. It is amazing how in just two weeks time I had a place to call my own and food in my refrigerator and a fresh start with a lot of help to back me up. There really are no words to express the gratitude for all that SPIN has done and continues to do. I know that I have a chance to succeed that I might not have had otherwise. I am truly thankful everyday for what SPIN has done for me this past year. All I can say is thank you a million times over. I can only hope that one day I will be able to positively impact someone’s life the same way SPIN has impacted my life and my son’s life.
-Stacey
The GAPP program is a fantastic opportunity that has helped me to continue building a foundation and start the structure of my family’s future. It has helped me to provide a stable home for Christina where she's growing and flourishing. Christina and I had a very merry and blessed Christmas in part due to the wonderful contributions that we received. It enables me to have peace of mind so I can concentrate on finding ways that would further help our future. I'm so grateful for the help I'm receiving.
-Sarah