LYDIA NEWCOMB

For each painting I sell, a portion of the proceeds will be donated lovingly to charity. My Featured Charity this Spring is Families Forward. 

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Families Forward exists to help families in need achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through housing, food, counseling, education, and other support services.

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How Families Forward Helps

Housing Program: Placing homeless children and families into stable housing. Families Forward works with homeless families to find realistic solutions for sustainable housing and build individualized plans to return each family to self-sufficiency. By stabilizing these families and giving them tools to build a future, we create a stronger community for all of us. A key factor for success is Families Forward’s commitment to collaborate with many organizations to end family homelessness in Orange County, including Orange County United Way, the Commission to End Homelessness, the Children and Families Commission and many other partner agencies and foundations. Only together will we be able to end homelessness in Orange County. Visit the Housing Program page for more information.Visit the Housing Program page for more information.

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Community Services: Providing supportive services to improve lives. Families Forward also reaches out to low-income families to help reduce the pressures that can cause homelessness and help them maintain their stability. Through various safety-net services, those at-risk are given access to assistance such as our on-site food pantry, counseling, career coaching, and financial and life skills education. The goal of the program is to help families recover from a financial crisis so they can maintain their self-sufficiency. Visit the services page for more information.

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Take a look at our Quick Facts to learn about Families Forward’s 2016 Impact.