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- EIN 95-2872549
- (805) 646-5122
- Po Box 621 Ojai CA 93024-0621 USA
- www.helpofojai.org
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Causes: Human Service Organizations, Human Services, Senior Centers, Seniors, Transportation Assistance
Mission: Help of ojai's (the organization) mission is to combine community and individual resources to respond to the identified, unmet basic human needs of the ojai valley residents. The organization is dedicated to assisting ojai valley citizens through various programs, including home delivered meals, hot noon congregate meal, various supportive services and local travel. In addition, the organization runs the local homeless service center and low-income assistance program. Finally, the organization supports youth through a joint collaboration with the ojai unified school district to provide on-site, free counseling for issues of grief or loss. Help of ojai's primary goal is to meet basic needs with 61% of its efforts being targeted at providing food, shelter and access to medical care. On the other hand, 10%, 26% and 3% of help of ojai's efforts are targeted at providing case management, support services and activities based programs, respectively.
Programs: 2nd helpings - thrift store outlet used for merchandise sold in the community and provide activities for seniors. In 2016, 50 volunteers served the community by providing goods to low-income families, as well as the previously homeless, who are establishing first-time households.
valley outreach the program offers resource and referral services to house low-income residents of the ojai valley. In 2016, vo provided rental assistance to 30 families to aid in eviction prevention, provided 7 tons of food to low-income families and assisted 200 families in receiving subsidized energy, such as gas and electric services. In 2016, valley outreach served around 1,702 clients. In the event of a local disaster, donations of goods and of funds earmarked for disaster relief will be disbursed pursuant to an application and approval process. The intent will be to provide disaster victims with food, shelter/housing, medical care, and related personal care or personal items either directly or through financial grants. Donations will not be accepted for specific individuals but will be accepted for specific groups of people as long as the requested disbursement does not discriminate against any protected class under state or federal law.
home delivered meals - hot meals on a daily basis to seniors or other qualified; delivered by volunteers. In 2016 help of ojai served approx. 22,272 hot meals to seniors in the ojai valley, of which 27% were congregate meals and 73% were home delivered meals.