Change Your Community
OC Opportunity Initiative 2016 Grantees
The OC Opportunity Initiative is helping immigrants realize their potential within our community by funding legal services, outreach, and education to:
- Reduce barriers to immigrant services in Orange County
- Connect permanent legal residents to citizenship support
- Increase awareness of DACA-related services
- Enhance the capacity of existing service providers to increase the number of eligible immigrants applying for deferred action
Following is a summary of grants awarded to provide legal services, outreach and education. To enhance grantee capacity, funding was also awarded to provide training and technical assistance, as well as evaluation support.
Legal Services
Organization
Catholic Charities of Orange County
$70,000
Solidary
$70,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA
$70,000
Building Skills Partnership
$50,000
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA)
$50,000
Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)
$50,000
Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC)
$20,000
World Relief
$5,000
Outreach and Education
Organization
Orange County Congregation Community Organization (OCCCO)
$40,000
Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD)
$40,000
Cambodian Family Community Center
$40,000
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
$40,000
Latino Health Access
$15,000
Orange County Immigrant Youth United (OCIYU)
$15,000
Resistencia Autonomia Igualdad Liderazgo (RAIZ)
$15,000
OC Human Relations
$5,000
Project Access
$5,000
Training and Technical Assistance
Organization
Public Law Center
$50,000
