The DisAdvantaged Youth Fund (The DAY Fund)
Across Orange County, more than 27,000 students are homeless and over 3,000 are in foster care. In the Orange Unified School District alone, at least 620 students experience homelessness and 140 are in foster care each year. These children face instability, frequent school changes, and the loss of months of learning—yet they continue to persevere.
The Community Foundation of Orange has launched the DisAdvantaged Youth Fund to provide critical support through programs like Warm Hands, Warm Hearts, which offers jackets and shoes to students in need, and Adopt a Senior, ensuring foster and homeless youth can participate in milestones like prom and graduation. Every gift—large or small—helps restore dignity, belonging, and opportunity. Together, we can show these children that Orange is a community that cares.
The Community Foundation of Orange has launched the DisAdvantaged Youth Fund to provide critical support through programs like Warm Hands, Warm Hearts, which offers jackets and shoes to students in need, and Adopt a Senior, ensuring foster and homeless youth can participate in milestones like prom and graduation. Every gift—large or small—helps restore dignity, belonging, and opportunity. Together, we can show these children that Orange is a community that cares.
