COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Garden Grove Community Services
The Community Services Department is comprised of Recreation, Facilities, and Human Services, and works closely with the Garden Grove Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Community Services Department programming can be seen and experienced throughout Garden Grove. Enriching the quality-of-life for residents and others takes on a myriad of forms, including offering health, wellness, and leisure classes to all ages in parks and City facilities; staging community-wide special and cultural events; and providing critical resources and support to underserved families.
Housing
Central Cities Navigation Center
In partnership with Fountain Valley, Westminster, and Orange County, Garden Grove is developing a year-round Central Cities Navigation Center (CCNC), offering low-barrier transitional emergency housing and wrap-around services to homeless individuals in Orange County's Central Service Planning Area. It is located at 13871 West Street, Garden Grove, CA 92843.
Health, Public Health, & Mental Health
OC Health Care Agency
The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) is a regional interdisciplinary health jurisdiction and an accredited health department, charged with protecting and promoting individual, family and community health through partnership and coordination of public and private sector resources.
DIAL: 855-625-4657
Health and Human Resources
211 Orange County
2-1-1 Orange County (211OC), a key service of Orange County United Way, connects residents with thousands of local health and human service resources
DIAL: 211
Senior Services
Office on Aging
Orange County’s Office on Aging serves as the lead advocate for approximately 780,000 older adults aged 60 years and older residing in the county, with a specific focus on low-income ethnic minorities.
DIAL: 714-480-6450
Senior Services
Social Services Agency
SSA is responsible for planning, implementing, and operating many of the social services programs provided by the County of Orange.
DIAL: 714-541-7700
Veteran Services
OC Veterans Service
Provides comprehensive Behavioral Health Services to veterans and their families. Services include: case management, short-term counseling, peer mentoring, and links to community resources.
DIAL: 714-480-6555
Waste and Recycling
OC Waste & Recycling
OC Waste & Recycling serves the County’s solid waste disposal needs by providing waste management services, operating public landfills, protecting the local environment, investing in renewable energy enterprises and promoting recycling in order to ensure a safe and healthy community for current and future generations.
DIAL: 714-834-0400
Legal Services
Public Law Center
Public Law Center offers free legal services to low-income residents of Orange County.
DIAL: 714-541-1010
Legal Services
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Southern California
AJSOCAL is the leading civil rights advocate for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Our services are open to individuals of all races and ethnicities, without restriction. We combat discrimination, provide free legal services and workshops across Southern California for low-income community members and anyone in need, and drive policy change from the local to national level.
DIAL: 888-349-9695
Immigration
OC Rapid Response Network
The Orange County Rapid Response Network is an interconnected system of non-profit and grassroots organizations, civil rights attorneys, law school clinics, and individuals working together to respond to dehumanizing immigration enforcement activities and policies in Orange County
DIAL: 714-881-1558
Immigration
Office of Immigrant Affairs
The Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs’ mission is to build a more robust direct service infrastructure that promotes belonging, economic prosperity and equity of immigrants and refugees.
LGBTQ
LGBTQ Center
The LGBTQ Center OC’s mission is to advocate on behalf of the Orange County Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer/Questioning communities and provide services that ensure its well-being and positive identity.
DIAL: 714-953-5428
LGBTQ
Viet Rainbow of Orange County
Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC) is a grassroots organization based in Orange County, California that builds community and mobilizes intergenerationally.
Mental Health & Substance Use
OC Links
OC Links is a 24/7 free and confidential telephone and online chat service that connects Orange County residents to mental health and substance use services through the OC Health Care Agency’s Behavioral Health Services System of Care.
DIAL: (888) OC-LINKS
Food
OC Second Harvest
At Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County we envision an Orange County with food and nutritional security for all. In collaboration with our partners, we provide dignified, equitable and consistent access to nutritious food, creating a foundation for community health.
DIAL: 949-653-2900
Food
OC Food Bank
The OC Food Bank, a program of Community Action Partnership of Orange County, unites communities to end hunger and malnutrition by partnering with nearly 250 local charities, soup kitchens and community organizations.
DIAL: 714-897-6670
Supportive Resources
OC Navigator
The OC Navigator is part of the Orange County Behavioral Health System Transformation Innovation Project. The project seeks to help people find and connect with the supportive resources they need in different areas of their life including health, wellbeing and other supportive services.
Health
Cal Optima Health
CalOptima Health offers health insurance plans for low-income children, adults, seniors and people with disabilities in Orange County.
DIAL: 1-888-587-8088
HOTLINES
Child Abuse Hotline …………….……… (800) 207-4464
Child Support Services …...………….. (866) 901-3212
Elder/Disabled Abuse Hotline ……… (800) 451-5155
OC Links ……………………….…………… (888) OC-LINKS
Suicide Prevention ….……………..…………………….. 988