HomeAid Orange County | Los Angeles

HomeAid Essentials

HomeAid OCLA's Essentials Program was established in 2008 to provide more resources to our neighbors in need. In collaboration with community partners, sponsors and donors, HomeAid collects and distributes donations of critically needed items used every day. The following are programs that are a part of HomeAid Essentials. Diaper Drive: This annual drive kicks off on Mother's Day, bringing together community partners to collect essential items for at-risk families with babies and young children. Civic and community groups, businesses, sponsors, donors and volunteer teams get involved with the goal of collecting one million items. Donation sites sign up to collect the items and then bring the donations to the Drive Thru Drop Off where teams of volunteers offload, sort and count the items and prepare them for transport to the LA and OC Diaper Banks where they will be distributed through HomeAid service provider partners. The Diaper Drive is a key event that helps create awareness in the community about HomeAid's mission. The Drive Thru Drop Off utilizes the help of an estimated 200 volunteers along with food vendors, community education booths, and themed diaper structures that bring added fun to the event for the enjoyment of the community. To help address the growing need for those facing food insecurity, HomeAid expanded its Holiday Food Drive into LA and Ventura Counties for the first time in 2025, bringing in additional support for the nearly 85,000 people in need. HomeAid OCLA and community partners collected an impressive 22,866 lbs. of food for LA/Ventura and Orange Counties. The opportunity to deliver essential food items during the holiday season and assist those around us who are unable to put adequate food on the table during the season of giving reminds us of the importance of what we do. CareKits: These small bags are filled with essential items like snacks, water, socks, sunscreen, a poncho (seasonally), and a 211-resource information card, for people without stable housing living on the streets. Handed out by volunteers, HomeAid staff, and other community partners, the bags are an important tool in helping connect people to housing resources. Donate online to support the creation of CareKits. HomeKits: These small to medium-sized move-in care packages are put together by volunteers for individuals and families living at HomeAid-owned housing: FX Residences and La Veta Village. Care packages can be dropped off at our office for distribution, or you can donate online to support the program.

HomeAid Housing

HomeAid OCLA's housing program brings together building industry partners who donate their expertise, time and labor to reduce the cost of projects. Sometimes HomeAid OCLA owns the building, other times we serve as the bridge between a nonprofit operator and the builder who steps up to bring the project to life. Because so much is given in-kind, the cost to build the project is dramatically reduced. That means more resources can go where they matter most - into ongoing care, support services and programs that help people heal, rebuild and truly move forward. In late 2024 HomeAid OCLA opened FX Residences in Santa Ana, CA, a 16-unit permanent supportive housing project owned by HomeAid OCLA that serves chronically homeless individuals. La Veta Village, an affordable housing project for families and senior adults in the city of Orange opened in the summer of 2025, bringing the second HomeAid-owned project to completion. HomeAid-built housing projects include emergency housing, interim to permanent supportive housing, recuperative, and affordable homes. Survivors of domestic violence, teen mothers, emancipated youth, veterans, people living with mental or physical disabilities and/or HIV/AIDs, and families all call HomeAid housing their home.

HomeAid Cares

Volunteer events through our HomeAid Cares program give volunteers the opportunity to contribute to our housing program in a meaningful and direct way. Through minor touch-ups of projects, landscaping work, cleaning, and hosting seasonal events, our Cares program allows volunteers to support HomeAid housing projects. HomeAid CaresDays are hands-on volunteer workdays at our various HomeAid housing projects. On these days minor repairs and upgrades are made thanks to the help of our building industry partners. Tasks include painting, landscaping, cleaning, and small construction projects.