Program areas at Orangewood Foundation
Education: Orangewood Foundation programs help the community and foster youth develop andachieve their educational goals, from high school to college to graduate school. Orangewood foundationhelps foster and community youth develop and achieve their educational goals. Our programs include support for samueli academy charter school, scholarships for college and graduate school, and education-related workshops.
Life skills and employment: several Orangewood Foundation programs help current and former fosteryouth learn essential life skills that children and teens from stable families often learn from their parents,either directly or through observation. Our programs also help youth find employment and develop job- readiness skills.
Housing: the Foundation provides housing referrals and assistance, plus transitional housing throughour four rising tide program sites. Among youth who visit our resource center, 55 percent indicated thatthey had been homeless or experienced unstable housing in the past six months.
Health and wellness: on a daily basis, Foundation staff members help our youth with their physical,emotional, and "relational" health. Often, struggles in these areas become hurdles for our youth toachieve their other goals on the path to self-sufficiency, such as securing and maintaining housing andemployment, learning and retaining life skills, and pursuing an education.