Oc United Together Minintries

Youth Services - United Kids and Teens Program

United Kids and Teens is a trauma-informed after-school program for low-income children PreK through 6th grade and youth 7th through 12th grade. The target population is students who are ineligible and/or inadequately served by other after-school programs due to behavioral health concerns. The majority of children/youth come from mixed immigration status households and have experienced one or more adverse childhood experiences such as persistent poverty, inequality, and violence in their homes and neighborhoods. The United Kids program is currently offered five days per week at Valencia Park Elementary School in Fullerton, California. We emphasize social-emotional learning through playful engagement with the goal of helping students find their voice and advocate for their needs in healthy ways. Throughout the year, and culminating each summer at our Solful summer school in July, students are empowered to identify specific dreams for their neighborhood and present their solutions to local decision makers such as the school board, police department, and city council. The United Teens program is currently offered five days a week at Nicolas Junior High in Fullerton for 7th and 8th grade students, and three days a week at our Gilbert Community Center in Fullerton for 9th through 12th grade students. Program activities include tutoring once a week, local outings once a month with program staff and volunteers, and quarterly events with a partner nonprofit.

Youth Services - Royal Family KIDS Camp and Mentoring Program

In partnership with For the Children, we host an annual 5-day overnight summer camp specially designed for children in the foster care system (ages 7-12) that fosters resiliency, self-esteem, hope, and positive memories for the campers. The camp curriculum and activities are woven through the modality of Trust Based Relational Intervention to ensure our children are experiencing truly life giving activities throughout the 5-day experience. We also offer an eight-month mentoring program during the school year (October through May) for camp participants. The program meets one Saturday a month for a day of fun activities designed to foster meaningful relationships between the campers and volunteers.

Young Adult Services - THRIVE Program

This program offers comprehensive wraparound supportive services for former-foster and under-resourced young adults (ages 18-25) who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness, equipping them to become independent and self-sufficient. Services include case management, independent living skills training (e.g., financial literacy, household management, healthy living, relationships), mentorship, resource linkage, education and employment support, bimonthly THRIVE Night, and access to mental health services. Transitional housing is available at two housing properties in Fullerton: a four-bedroom house in operation since 2016 with capacity for up to 8 people, and a fourplex in operation since 2019 with capacity for up to 18 people. This Fall 2024 we will be launching our new THRIVE Academy, an intensive gap year program focusing on TAY ages 18-19 who recently graduated from high school. Life skills classes will be offered five days a week for a 15-week semester (Fall, Spring, or Summer) in tandem with weekly case management, therapy, and paid internships.

Adult and Family Services

This program offers a variety of comprehensive supportive services for low-income adults and families in the community. Services include domestic abuse support groups, health and wellness classes such as Healthy Relationships and Healthy Cooking, equipping classes such as ESL and workforce development, parenting support services such as TBRI coaching and workshops, case management and resource navigation, transportation and accompaniment, financial assistance, tangible goods, and homeless outreach. Services are offered for free, five days a week at our Gilbert Community Center, main office location, or at partner sites in Orange County.

Love Fullerton

We mobilize thousands of volunteers to participate in year-round service projects and our annual Love Fullerton city-wide service day.