Trellis International
PROGRAMS
Homeless Check-in Center
Through relationships built with volunteers and linkages that are created to services, Check-in Center clients are able to take proactive steps to improve their living situations. This program targets the need that people experiencing homelessness have to keep their important belongings safe and to build productive relationships with caring volunteers. This is a place for them to keep their belongings and to be able to check them in and out on a daily basis. Clients are restricted to 1 large Rubbermaid tub and an IKEA bag.
People experiencing homelessness are linked to services and ultimately into the county's coordinated entry process for housing.
Homeless Community Impact Team
This is a transitional work program for people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. The program consists of a weekly meeting where participants begin to show their desire to reengage in making a positive impact in the community. Volunteer projects are made available for the participants to engage in that give them the opportunity to earn points that lead initially to gift cards for them to use and helps them ultimately progress towards employment opportunities.
1. People will reengage in the workforce.
2. People will be able to move into the coordinated process for housing.
3. For those with housing insecurity, they will be able to maintain the housing they currently have.
4. Through this program, the community will see that people experiencing homelessness desire to contribute to society if given the opportunity.
5. The community will have a viable way to provide opportunities to productively help people get off the streets.
Labors of Love
Labors of Love is a program that seeks to identify neighbors in need that would benefit from a manual labor project that they wouldn't ordinarily be able to take care of themselves. This program typically supports the elderly, but others in need can also benefit. We partner with the Costa Mesa Code Enforcement team and with our Intentional Neighboring Network to identify potential people that might qualify. The program is led by a volunteer lead team of ten who each have a specialized skill set to support the various needs of the projects such as plumbing, landscaping, painting, and misc. handyman work. They are part of identifying neighbors in need, assessing project costs, executing volunteer projects, and providing care to ensure each neighbor finds community and ongoing support through our Intentional Neighboring Network. We want to see every neighbor in Costa Mesa feel seen, heard, and loved.
1. Meeting practical needs through manual labor projects
2. Increased awareness of community support for neighbors in need
3. Increased public safety as a result of the improved relational connectedness; neighbors knowing each other by name
School Connect - Community and Family Engagement (CAFE) Events
This program is intended to empower schools to remove barriers to student success by building a bridge between the school and the community to address the specific, unique needs of each school and the families that attend that school. The program networks, trains, and will coach diverse community partners to form strong, sustainable relationships that transform local schools through community engagement, thereby creating an infrastructure of support to address student needs, such as, but not limited to: hunger, poverty, literacy and high school graduation rates.
The desired outcomes are based off of each school's strategic plan and goals for the year, but would include things like an increase in student academic achievement, less negative behavior referrals, more parent engagement at the school, increased understanding of technology for parents, increased teacher retention, or improved graduation rates.