Message from Carrie
2023 has been both a rewarding and challenging year for the Family Solutions Collaborative and our members. As we work toward our shared vision of preventing and ending family homelessness by ensuring a fair and equitable way in which families can be connected to and receive services, the ongoing pandemic and lack of affordable housing in Orange County, have heightened the need for additional support and services. Through it all, our Member Agencies, Family Shelters and Access Points have responded, every step of the way.
The Family Solutions Collaborative is dedicated to ensuring families are represented and supported at every level of their housing crisis – working to ensure family homelessness is rare, brief, and nonrecurring, using best-practice, non-discriminatory, low-barrier, and trauma-informed, system-wide practices.
We don’t do this alone. Our FSC Members, Access Points, Family Shelters, community partners and Stakeholders are the fabrics that weave together the leadership, support, programs and services, that are in alignment with the goals and values of the Family Solutions Collaborative. We are building a system where collaboration over competition is supported and celebrated.
We are committed to this work because we know that no child should be homeless, and housing is a human right. We are grateful to the dedicated and hard-working staff at the FSC, the Executive Committee who work to support the mission and vision and to our Members, Partners and Stakeholders for their dedication and work to end family homelessness in Orange County. Thank you for being part of the solution!
For the families,
Carrie Buck
Executive Director
Diverting Families “From the System”
One of the goals of the Family Solutions Collaborative’s Diversion Project is to move families out of the homeless system as quickly as possible. This is done by utilizing best-practice interventions which work on the strengths and resources of the family, to self-resolve their housing crisis or receive help within their own social or support network, to include a one-time diversion funding assistance through the FSC when needed.
Using Emergency Solutions Grant funding, families were provided with limited assistance needed to end their housing crisis.
*Program launched in April 2021
Families Housed
Adults Housed
Financial Assistance Provided
Children Housed Age 0-5
Children Housed Age 6-17
Family Coordinated Entry System
The Family Coordinated Entry System is the system by which families experiencing, or at risk of, homeless are connected to housing and shelter programs in an equitable, fair, and coordinated manner. This system helps prioritize housing and shelter resources based on vulnerability and severity of service needs to ensure that families who need help the most can receive it. The Family Solutions Collaborative manages and operates this system for Orange County.
The Family Coordinated Entry System is funded by the Office of Care Coordination, Orange County Health Care Agency.
For more information on the Family Coordinated Entry System, click here.
Families Served*
Children Served Age 0-5
Children Served Age 6-17
Adults Served
Referrals Made to a Housing Program
Families Housed with a Housing Program Referral
Prevention Assessments Completed
Families Diverted
*Includes families experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness
FSC Emergency Shelter Bed Reservation System
This innovative Bed Reservation System is the system by which families are connected to Emergency and Transitional shelter in Orange County.
This system was created in 2019 to help streamline the way families are connected to shelter with a prioritization process. There are nine emergency shelters and two transitional shelters that participate in the FSC Bed Reservation system that families can be connected to.
Learn more about the FSC’s Bed Reservation System and to see a listing of the FSC Family Shelters.