In our Madres Unidas program, we work to reduce the risk of HIV infection among Latina women and their family members.
[ read more ]In our Higher Education Mentoring Program, we provide low-income Latino high school students with the academic, social, and financial support needed to graduate from high school and succeed in college.
[ read more ]In our SHORTSTOP program, we provide an alternative to incarceration by offering youth offenders the opportunity to attend diversion services.
[ read more ]Through free HIV testing, counseling, and referral services, 100% of participating Latinas increase their knowledge on their HIV status and 100% of women served show increased knowledge on their perception of their risk for contracting HIV/AIDS and STIs.
Not only do all of the youth we serve go on to attend college, but 85% of our students proceed straight to four-year universities, while only 21% of Santa Ana students not in our programs qualify for four-year universities.
Recidivism studies show that youth who successfully complete our diversion programs have less than a 13% repeat offense rate within the following year, compared to a rate of over 52% for youth who fail the programs.
The Orange County Bar Foundation (OCBF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to keeping at-risk youth in school, healthy and drug-free through education, counseling, mentoring, and family strengthening. The programs of OCBF empower youth and families to make positive choices, building the foundation for a lifetime of opportunity and success.
OCBF has provided thousands of Orange County juveniles and their families with the necessary skills to deter delinquent activity, set goals, and plan for positive, healthy, and productive lives free of crime. OCBF services include substance abuse prevention, health education, higher education mentoring, and diversion, in both English and Spanish. Numerous programs are specifically designed and implemented to be gender specific and all programs are culturally appropriate and sensitive for the target population.
OCBF has been a leader in the field of juvenile crime diversion and citizenship education for 40 years, consistently achieving positive results in the community.
The Surf City Half Marathon is an award-winning course, considered one of the best half marathon courses in the country. It is well known for being scenic and flat. Runners come from all over to experience this exhilarating run. It starts along Pacific Coast Highway and passes by the famous Huntington Beach pier. Runners enjoy the beauty of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands as they start their turn, and then kick it up a notch for the crowds at Main Street on their way to a monumental finish line moment. This was certainly the experience for OCBF’s own board member Maria Stearns and her mother (tackling her very first half marathon at 68 years old!). For last year's U.S. Bank OC Marathon, Maria ran her first full marathon and was OCBF’s top fundraiser, raising over $7,000. She is now gearing up for the 2016 OC Half Marathon on May 1, as well as her first international run at the Nike Women’s Half Marathon on April 23, both in support of OCBF. The Nike Women's Half Marathon course is particularly challenging in that it takes place in Mexico City, one of the highest elevation cities in the world, at 7,349 feet! We are so grateful to Maria for once again devoting her energies to benefit the programs of the Foundation. Run, Maria, run!
The Orange County Bar Foundation is pleased to recognize our current supporters. We are grateful to the many individuals, law firms, foundations and businesses that have chosen to support the Orange County Bar Foundation during the past several years:
The Allergan Foundation • Angels Baseball Foundation • Aon • Arbonne Foundation • The California Endowment • Carmax
College Futures Foundation • Draper Family Foundation • George T. Pfleger Foundation • Green Foundation • John C. Herklotz
Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. • Hoag Community Benefits Program • Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh Kickstart Program
Jeffrey M. Carlton Foundation • Lon V. Smith Foundation • Marisla Fund • Orange County Bar Association (Charitable Fund)
Orange County Chapter Association of Legal Administrators • Orange County Community Foundation
Orange County Coalition for Diversity in the Law • Orange County Marathon • Orange County United Way
Orange County Women Lawyers Association • Pacific Life Foundation • Robert Banyard Inn of Court • State Farm Companies Foundation
State Street Foundation • Taco Bell • TK Foundation • Ueberroth Family Foundation • Union Bank • U.S. Bank • Wells Fargo
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