We envision an Orange County community where no one goes to bed hungry or without a place to call home.

Housing

We provide homeless prevention and rapid re-housing services by offering rental and utility assistance as well as affordable housing to households who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

Housing & Homeless Prevention

Food

Our food program distributes over 700,000 pounds of emergency, non-perishable, and fresh food to over 6,000 residents annually.

Food Program

Education

Our educational programs help clients develop financial literacy and build professional skills to prevent homelessness and increase job opportunities.

Education

2023 Annual Report

South County Outreach is proud to present our 2023 Annual Report, reflecting the extraordinary impact we collectively achieved throughout the past year.

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Volunteer

Join our regularly scheduled and occasional volunteers that help South County Outreach prevent hunger and homelessness in Orange County.

Our volunteer opportunities offer ways for everyone to make a difference, from interacting with clients to sorting food and stocking shelves in our food market, from picking up donations to working at the Upscale Resale thrift store, and much more.

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What We Do

South County Outreach has been providing services to our neighbors in need since 1989. How do we do that? Let’s take a look at what it takes to make this all happen every day.

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THANK YOU!

For joining us at our 2025 Empty Bowls!
Check back for more updates and event photos from this year’s event.

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News

SCO Summer Newsletter Is Here!

July 21, 2025|

SCO Summer Newsletter Is Here! We’re excited to share that our Food For Thought Summer 2025 Newsletter is now live! This edition is packed with inspiring stories, a retrospective look at our impact over the last 5 years, and highlights [Read More]

Five Years of Transformational Change

July 16, 2025|

South County Outreach: Five Years of Transformational Change Over the past five years, South County Outreach (SCO) has redefined what it means to prevent hunger and homelessness in Orange County. What began as emergency response [Read More]

Serving More. Giving More. Because of You

June 23, 2025|

This past quarter, our community faced increasing financial strain—and your support made all the difference for our Homeless Prevention (HP) program. We provided 135% more in rental and utility assistance than the same time last year. We served 241% [Read More]

Samuelis’ big gift seeks to prevent homelessness – OC Register

May 27, 2025|

Samuelis’ big gift targets homelessness prevention in different way Three nonprofits will use a $7.5 million, no-strings grant to help several hundred families stay off the streets. It also could be a model at a time when philanthropy figures [Read More]