Grandma's House of Hope

Grandma’s House of Hope’s mission is to EMPOWER THE INVISIBLE POPULATIONS OF ORANGE COUNTY.

Grandma’s House of Hope offers much more than shelter.
-Our welcoming homes nurture hope, our case managers promote growth,
-Our counseling partners facilitate healing,
-And our housing navigators guide our participants toward stability.
Our goal is for our participants to graduate to permanent housing as stronger, more confident, and autonomous individuals through these holistic resources.

Grandma's House of Hope’s (GHH) founder became homeless with her young son after she found the courage to leave an abusive relationship. After three years of homelessness, due to the love and support of those around her, she was able to find healing and stable housing.

Grandma’s House of Hope opened a grassroots emergency shelter in 2004 with a 10-bed home for women experiencing trauma and abuse. We offered a safe respite for elderly women, a place for healing and rebuilding. We welcomed them into our homes and our hearts. Since then, our program has expanded to bring even deeper healing to the community—providing restorative housing to unhoused individuals, offering tools to heal the soul and mind, through ten welcoming homes.

GHH housed 291 individuals during 2022!

Here are some program stats from 2021:
-Provided 329 women and men experiencing homelessness with housing and trauma-informed support
-Helped 58% of participants' achieve, maintain, or increase positive outcome through our program
Who we served:
-46% are survivors of domestic violence and/or human trafficking
-38% were 50 years old or older
-59% are people of color
-58% have mental health disabilities
-77% have disabling condition
-47% were dealing with addiction

Mid-2022 our program managers said the following needs are the greatest among our participants:
-Recurring donation of $5 a month to cover moisturizers for our housing participants
-Recurring donation of $15 a month to cover new socks for our housing participants
-Recurring donation of $20 a month to cover new undergarments for our housing participants
Go to grandmashouseofhope.org to cover these needs.

Additionally, GHH is always seeking volunteers. See our page grandmashouseofhope.org/get-involved to keep up with our current needs!

Grandma's House of Hope is based in Anaheim and serves unhoused and low-income people in North Orange County. The 10+ warm welcoming homes of our housing program are primarily located in Anaheim.

From Leland Proimos, GHH Board Chair
My early experiences in helping others started with a focus on helping survivors of domestic violence and trafficking. Grandma’s House of Hope helps even a wider variety of individuals in need. Our homes provide a welcoming and nurturing environment for a diverse variety of homeless individuals who might not find assistance through other programs, that’s why our mission is to Empower The Invisible Population of Orange County.
We are also much more than just 10 housing sites providing various forms of shelter from emergency and bridge to transitional housing. Our case managers promote growth, our counseling partners facilitate healing and our housing navigators guide our participants towards stability.
When you donate to Grandma’s House of Hope you are helping us create stronger, more confident and independent individuals and helping to break the cycle of poverty, incarceration, homelessness and abuse.
Grandma’s House of Home has received a platinum rating as a nonprofit organization and 85% of the revenue we receive goes directly to fund our programs.