The Rooted Rebels – Enrique H., Erica B., Jessica T., Kaitlyn B., Loretta B., Michael K., and Beatriz R.-are proud members of the Families Forward team, united by a shared belief that every family deserves a safe place to live—and the support to stay there. For the 2026 Help Them Home campaign, we’re showing up together to help more families in Orange County move from uncertainty to stability.
Your gift powers the housing navigation, resources, and caring wraparound services that help families overcome a housing crisis and build a stronger foundation for the future. Your partnership, we can expand access to support, open more doors to housing, and keep families rooted in hope.
Together, we rise. Together, we help families come home.
Thank you for standing with Families Forward.
With appreciation,
The Rooted Rebels
Together we grow, together we thrive
With your support to Families Forward during Help Them Home 2026, more children and families experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity will have access to the resources they need to blossom.
All across our region, families of all shapes and sizes are working to find and maintain stable housing—overcoming the lack of affordable housing and the high cost of living in Orange County. Families Forward's team of dedicated staff, volunteers, supporters, and board members envision a future where every local family has a home and the opportunity to thrive. Guided by this vision, we work to tackle the pervasive issue of homelessness for families with children, and improve the lives of more than 17,000 of our neighbors last year. From providing food assistance, career coaching, mental health counseling, to financial literacy education, we’re as committed to strengthening overall well-being as we are to ensuring everyone has a place to call home, grow and blossom into success, and thrive.