Women's Transitional Living Center

The Center

Radiant Futures' services are available through our 24/7 bilingual helpline (877-531-5522) and text line (love@radiantfutures.org), where all survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking can speak with trained advocates who provide crisis assistance and information about shelters, legal advocacy, health care centers and counseling. Radiant Futures supportive services are mobile, bringing them to the homes and communities of survivors, or available at Radiant Futures' Center facility. Through our 24/7 bilingual helpline (877-531-5522) and text line (love@radiantfutures.org), all survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking can speak with trained advocates who provide crisis assistance and information about shelters, legal advocacy, health care centers and counseling. These services include the provision of basic needs, such as on-site medical care and screening, food, clothing, and toiletries; career development, wherein Radiant Futures offers resume assistance, interview techniques, working wardrobe, work experience programs, and job placement; clinical/support groups, wherein Radiant Futures provides a variety of educational, process , and empowerment groups, including parenting, budgeting, communication, conflict resolution, therapeutic art, and self-esteem building; counseling/therapeutic services, wherein our highly trained counselors provide a range of trauma-informed services to children and adults in an individual, family, or groups setting; housing assistance, wherein Radiant Futures offers assistance with move-in, rent, furniture, and basic household items; and resource and referral assistance.

Prevention Education and Advocacy

Radiant Futures provides educational workshops to businesses, schools, organizations and the community at large, teaching tools to reduce and prevent violence in personal lives and the community. Radiant Futures offers support groups throughout Orange County to survivors to discuss reducing harm and building health relationship with their families, communities and in their personal relationships; and Radiant Futures Advocates work with local law enforcement following up on reports where police assistance was requested to address a domestic concern, to offer support and referrals to services to reduce or eliminate harm. This program also helps raise awareness in our community of less well-known situations of violence and exploitation, as well as the resources available to survivors of these situations. Specialists work in the community to build knowledge about topics such as human trafficking and elder abuse, increasing the number of entry points for services and improving access for survivors of these often hidden abuses.

Bridge Housing

Radiant Futures' Bridge Housing approach places the focuses on recovery by removing the stress of housing instability by a range of supportive options. Survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking often leave their situations of violence with very limited income, support networks, and resources. Bridge Housing ensures survivors have a safe, comfortable, and supportive space from which survivors can find recovery. To hold steadfast to diminishing barriers, Radiant Futures' Bridge Housing Program is the only domestic violence and human trafficking program in Orange County that welcomes and houses survivors and their animal companions, eliminating barriers that prevent survivors from leaving abusive situations due to their animal companions. In 2017 we also introduced our Key Housing Program, which uses a Housing First model to help survivors find safe, stable, long-term housing for themselves and their families. In response to the increasing need for affordable housing in OC and the low housing inventory rates, Radiant Futures is the first to create and launch an innovate housing program that pairs OC homeowners with survivors in need of housing, leveraging the empty space for both parties' benefit.

Legal Advocacy

Radiant Futures is Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) certified, with 5 trained staff and provides free legal advocacy and support on issues such as divorce, immigration relief, T-VISA, U-VISA, legal separation, child support, custody, criminal records, visitation and restraining orders. Survivors are assisted with paperwork, court proceedings, and are provided with legal referrals for cases needing legal representation. Survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking often have a range of legal needs, and Radiant Futures' Legal Advocates ensure participants are able to navigate the court system with confidence.

Counseling

Radiant Futures provides psychotherapy services to children and adults in an individual, family or group setting. Services can be delivered to survivors in their home, a safe location in the community, Radiant Futures' Center, or through our HIPPA compliant virtual platform. Utilizing Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, therapeutic art, trauma-focused play therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing [EMDR], and our state of the art Sensory Room for this specific population, Radiant Futures' Clinical Advocates will provide treatment interventions designed to support survivors to process their traumatic experience, as well as to learn skills that allow survivors to heal and thrive. Radiant Futures' sensory room is the IRiS Sensory Room Package for ages 3 and up can engage, relax, and orient those with ADHD, Autism, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Sensory Integration Disorder, severely withdrawn individuals, and even mild neurological needs. This provides Radiant Futures with an innovative approach to working with children who are differently abled, have suppressed their trauma or are nonresponsive to talk, play, and art therapy due to their trauma. This package combines, water, music, lights, and projection and operates using IRiS technology which allows for a complete wireless experience.