The Disneyland Civic Service Award in 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982, and the Jack B. Lindquist Award for its most innovative program of service to the community in 1997;

The award for the Foundation for Improvement of Justice in 1988 and 1993;

The California Youth Authority Sustained Superior Achievement Award in 1991;

The National Juvenile Justice Service Award in 1993;

The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services chose SHORTSTOP for a five-year demonstration and evaluation project in 1992;

Singer Gloria Estefan and Sears Roebuck and Co. selected OCBF programs as the recipient of an elite grant in 1996;

The National Conference on Bar Foundations Award for Excellence in Public Service Programming in 2001.

The National Association of Legal Administrators awarded Project SELF their National Award for educational program two years in a row in 2004 and 2005.

October 2003 CA Endowment, Weingart and Unihealth Foundations award grants totaling $375,000 for Stop Short of Addiction with Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Latino families. Grants cover two years.

June 2005 received grant award of $100,000 from the Lumina Foundation, McGabe Grant Fund, for Higher Education Mentoring. Grant covers two years.

July 2005 received grant award of $1.1 million over five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide HIV Health Education and Risk Reduction Services based on the evidence based SISTA model.

October 2005 received grant award of $1.2 million over five years from the Center of Substance Abuse Prevention to provide Brief Strategic Family Therapy (an evidence based model) to Latino at risk and re-entry youth (youth that had previously been incarcerated) and their families.

June 2006 received three year grant award of $42,000 from the Jr. League of Orange County for Higher Education Mentoring Program.

July 2006 received grant award of $130,000 from Orange County United Way for Shortstop and Stop Short of Addiction programs. Grant award is each year for three years.

November 2006 received grant award of $25,000 from the James Irvine Foundation for Higher Education Mentoring Program.

April 2007 received grant award of $1.1 million from the California Corrections Standard Authority to provide reentry youth with Youth Transitional Intervention services. Grant award is each year for three years.

September 2007 received grant award of $35,000 from the National AIDS Fund for the Hermana Project as part of their national AIDS Prison Health Initiative.

February 2008 received grant award $25,000 from the Office of Women’s Health as part of collaboration with Behavioral Assessment, Inc. for the Chica’s Project.

March 2008 received grant award of $5,000 from MAC for the Hermana Project as part of their VIVA GLAM Campaign.

March 2008 received grant award of $4,000 from Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund for Project SELF.