OPCC is building two new buildings in Santa Monica and significantly expanding several crucial programs that will help more homeless people get off the streets. To provide the funding for this expansion, OPCC is conducting a capital campaign, “From Homelessness to Hope,” through which $18 million has been raised so far. The goal is to raise $19.5 million.

One of the new buildings is the OPCC Annenberg Access Center, which opened in September 2007 at 503 Olympic Boulevard in Santa Monica. This is a drop-in center where OPCC provides services for those people who are still living on the streets, such as showers, restroom facilities, sack lunches, and medical services. In the process of delivering these services, OPCC's staff and volunteers seek to engage with the clients, build trust, and then help them take the steps necessary to get them into shelter and/or treatment and on their way towards a permanent home.

The second building, the OPCC Cloverfield Services Center, contains two transitional housing programs-a 30-bed shelter called Daybreak, specifically for mentally ill homeless women, and a 25-bed program called Safe Haven for those who have been on the streets the longest and who have mental illness, substance addictions and/or physical disabilities. This is a new program model specifically developed for those homeless men and women who have particularly low levels of trust of others, and are the most hesitant to participate in services. These individuals are usually struggling both with mental illness and addictions. The program has more flexibility, fewer rules and barriers, and high tolerance for the temporary setbacks that is common with this group of people, and has had great success. The OPCC Cloverfield Services Center is located at 1751 Cloverfield Boulevard in Santa Monica.

To make a pledge to the campaign, download and print the pledge form here. For further information, please contact John Maceri, Executive Director, jmaceri@opcc.net, or Bill Jones, Campaign Consultant, bjones@opcc.net, at 310-264-6646.