Mercy House Executive Director Larry Haynes discusses homelessness with Orange County Register reporter Michael Mello for a recent article titled “Here’s How a Homeless Shelter Works.”
Haynes believes preventing homlessness is easier than alleviating it once it’s already a problem. Mercy House’s shelters in Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties helped more than 1,000 homeless last year.
“We’re assuming we’re going to be doing this for awhile,” Haynes said. “We would like to see a reduction. We’d like to see fewer people come to the armory, or at the very least not have the same 100 percent come to the armory.”
To that end, he said, when they walk through the door, “We want to say, ‘You’re here. Let’s really aggressively figure out why you’re here and how we can keep you from being here next year.’” Continue reading ‘Mercy House Executive Director Weighs in on Homelessness’
Mercy House will be operating the Armory Emergency Shelter program this winter starting Dec. 5, 2008. The Armory program provides up to 400 beds per night for the homeless in Fullerton and Santa Ana. Volunteers will be needed 7 days per week to help both in the evening (5-8 p.m.) and morning hours (5-7 a.m.).
Volunteers will be assisting with set-up, clean-up, passing meals and donations.
- The Santa Ana Armory is located at 612 E. Warner (Warner/Main)
- The Fullerton Armory is located at 400 S. Brookhurst (Valencia/Brookhurst)
To find out more information and about how your group can get involved in this effort, please join us for our Volunteer Information Session:
Date: Tuesday, November 11
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Location: Emmanuel House
807 N. Garfield St.
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Please RSVP to Ashleigh Anderson Camba at 714-836-7188 x 102 or email ashleigha@mercyhouse.net.
Mercy House, one of Southern California’s premier advocates of the homeless, providing a unique system of dignified housing alternatives, programs, and supportive services, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the County of Orange, OC Community Services Homeless Prevention division, to provide site management of its “Cold Weather Armory Program” for FY 2008-2009. The county has two armories earmarked as cold weather facilities to provide shelter and services for the homeless, located in Santa Ana and in Fullerton.
The Cold Weather Armory Program provides shelter for, and services to, approximately 400 individuals each night throughout the 120 to 149 day winter program. The program is in effect from Dec. 5, 2008 through Apr. 15, 2009, based on additional funding. The two designated armories are located at 612 E. Warner Avenue in Santa Ana, and at 400 S. Brookhurst Road in Fullerton. Continue reading ‘Orange County Armory Emergency Shelter Program Contract Awarded to Mercy House’
Mercy House Executive Director Larry Haynes discusses homelessness with Orange County Register reporter Michael Mello for a recent article titled “Here’s How a Homeless Shelter Works.”