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Orange County Veterans Initiative
Giving OC Heroes the Welcome Home They Deserve
The Orange County Community Foundation is committed to embracing service members and integrating them back into civilian life through its Orange County Veterans Initiative (OCVI).
About the Orange County Veterans Initiative
The Orange County Veterans Initiative (OCVI) began in 2011 and expanded in 2015 based on findings from The State of the American Veteran: The Orange County Veterans Study, a report commissioned by OCCF to bring much needed attention to the challenges facing Orange County veterans.
The initiative aligns donors, businesses and community leaders to focus on three critical areas of need identified in the report: transitioning to civilian life, employment readiness and job skills, and health with an emphasis on mental health needs.
To date, OCVI has granted over $4 million to nonprofits reaching more than 25,000 veterans and their families.
The initiative aims to improve critical and fundamental services so that veterans:
- Develop trusting relationships with community providers
- Are connecting early and proactively to services they and their families need
- Obtain employment in career-oriented opportunities and positions
The funding allows high-performing nonprofit veteran service organizations to build their capacity to serve a broader audience.
OCVI Sponsors
- Bank of America Charitable Foundation
- Beall Family Foundation
- Charles D. Cencibaugh Foundation
- Edith M. Key Fund
- Elliott Family Foundation
- Greenberg Family Charitable Fund
- Horowitz Family Fund
- Michael B. O’Donoghue Foundation Fund
- Michael D. and Barbara L. Landreth Fund
- Michel-Rhyne Family Foundation Fund
- Nancy A. Kemp
- Orange County Real Estate Luncheon
- Podlich Family Fund
- Richard Verry
- Stewart Navarre
- Tom Callister
- Whitecross Foundation
- William Gillespe Foundation
- Wohl Family Fund
HAVE QUESTIONS?
Carol FergusonDirector of Donor Relations & Programs
(949) 553-4202 ext. 227
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