HOME HART COMMUNITY HOMES MONKEY BUSINESS Workforce Development Program MONKEY BUSINESS CAFE CAFE MENU CATERING MENU COOKIE TRAYS AND COFFEE ARTICLES AND VIDEOS GOLF TOURNAMENT WAYS TO HELP CONTACT US Follow Us On: FaceBook Yelp! Twitter Instagram Sign up for our Email Newsletter For Email Newsletters you can trust A NON-PROFIT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Hart Community Homes was founded in 1996 to assist Orange County youth who are placed in the foster care system. We operate two state-licensed residential treatment homes in Orange, CA for boys ages 13-18. Our youth have a background of abuse, parental alcoholism and drug addiction, family mental illness, neglect and abandonment. We begin working with these youth when they come to our homes from the Social Services Child Welfare System. We continue to provide services and support until our youth are emancipated successfully into the community. Youth “aging-out” of the foster care system at the age of 18 with out adequate independent living skills has been a growing national concern for decades. The consequences of inadequate employment training and support have intensified conditions of incarceration, homelessness, poverty and unemployment. The 1999/2000 Orange County Grand Jury reported that with in 12-19 months of emancipation, 50% of emancipated foster youth were unemployed and had been homeless, 37% has not finished high school, 27% of males and 10% of females had been incarcerated, 33% were receiving some form of public assistance, and 45% were involved in out of wedlock birth. Monkey Business Café, a 501c3 non profit social enterprise, was opened in August 2005 in direct response to the need for further support. Monkey Business Café offers a 6 month paid job training program. Participants work one-on-one with a job coach to foster a pathway to success that includes work experience, employability skills and living skills. In addition, youth have life time access to a resource room that includes computers, community resources (housing, transportation, mental health services, medical services), career exploration, and educational support. Click the Play Button Above to Play the Movie Mission Statement To heal, educate and empower at-risk youth to become healthy, productive and self-sufficient adults in the community Vision To provide the necessary continuum of care to youth in and emancipating out of the foster care system in order to eliminate homeless at-risk youth and adults in the community. Programs we offer: Hart Community Homes Residential treatment homes for foster care youth ages 13-18. We currently have contracts with Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Bernadino County. Monkey Business Café Life Skills and Workforce Development Program Affordable Housing HUD approved Home Resale program participants. Purchase, rehabilitation and resale of homes to low and median income buyers. HCH provides affordable housing through ownership and management of low cost rental units. Who do we serve? Teenage boys in the foster care system (13- 18 years) Youth transitioning out of the foster care system (18+) A work site for One-Stop Centers and Providence Community Services STAY Process Program, providing employment (16-24 years) We are also a resource center for all alumni and youth in the foster care system that need assistance with community resources (such as employment, housing, education and mental health). Please click here to download the Hart Community Homes Brochure Special Thanks to: Dave Triepke and Universal Metro Sharon Flynn Wilson Phelps Foundation Weingart Foundation Pacific Life Foundation Allergan Foundation Prewitt Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Alcoa Fastening Systems Swayne Family Foundation AT&T And all of our wonderful volunteers Donate | Contact us Hart Community Homes, Inc. 208 N. Lemon St., Fullerton, CA 92832 Phone: (714) 526-2933 Fax: (714) 526-2653 Monkey Business Cafe 301 E. Amerige, Fullerton, CA 92832 Phone: 714-526-2933 Fax: 714-526-4933 © 2001-20 Hart Community Homes, Inc. All rights reserved. Web site Hosted by RJT Design Studio