Chief Executive Officer, Maricela Rios-Faust, was recently featured in the summer issue of "The Golden Rule", The Magazine of Hoag Hospital's Community Benefit Initiatives. This publication highlights the vital programs and services that the Melinda Hoag Smith Center for Healthy Living provides where Human Options provides community based counseling, legal advocacy and education. to help the community. 

To read her 5 question interview click here! 

Families and Communities Together (FaCT) is a County of Orange Social Services Agency public–private program. Since 1994, FaCT has provided support services to children and families through community-based collaboratives operating family resource centers.

Human Options offers services in eight Family Resource Centers in the County. As the lead agency at the Minnie Street Family Resource Center and Newport Mesa Family Resource Center, we are able to increase safety for survivors while supporting healing for them and their children.

Last year....

• 85% of counseling clients reported a decrease in depressive symptoms while
• 73% of clients receiving mental health services reported an increase in resilience

To learn more about Family Resource Centers and our locations click here! 

It’s Back to School Season and our Sisterhood group showed up! Early this month the group got together to collect and assemble backpacks and school supplies. With the support of the Sisterhood and our community we assembled over 100 backpacks! Thank you to everyone who donated time, school supplies, and critical funds to this effort! What a great way to kick-off the school year!

Learn more and mark your calendars for our November "Sisterhood Gives Back" event by visiting: https://humanoptions.org/sisterhood/

Meet Jamie, a single mother of three, who received counseling services at the South Orange County Family Resource Center.

To read about Jamie's journey to healing click here!