Mission:
The Mission of the Friendly Center Orange Cares Family Resource Center is to promote programs and services with and for the community which enhance the quality of life for families.

Programs & Services Offered:

• Food Programs:

  • Emergency Food
  • Bread and Vegetables Daily
  • Commodities
  • Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
  • Mobile Pantry

  Youth Programs:

  • Tiny Tots – Preschool (3-5 year olds)
  • Homework House Tutoring (grades K-6)
  • Young Adolescents Alternative Program (YAAP) – Tutoring for Middle School students
  • Teens in the Evening (TITE) – Tutoring for High School students
  • Tutoring Through the Arts – Intersession enrichment program
  • Digital Digs – Youth Computer Club
  • Kids’ Café – After school snack
  • Rhythmo Mariachi Kids
  • Healthy Families Enrollment Assistance

  Adult Programs:

  • Counseling – individual, families & children
  • Job Placement
  • Intra-Family Mediation
  • Information and referral
  • Family Advocacy
  • Foster & Kin-care support services
  • Adoptive Support services
  • Parenting Classes – Spanish & Vietnamese
  • ESL Class – English as a Second Language
  • Senior Citizen Activities & Hot Meal
  • Immigration Assistance
  • Computer Classes
  • Hud Apartments
  • Rental & Utility Assistance
    
    
  All Services are Free