Find Help is a new workshop series designed to connect patients, families, staff and community members with the support they need during tough times. Each session highlights UCI Health resources, local community services and the newly launched website ucihealth.findhelp.com — a one stop tool for locating free or low-cost programs for food, housing, transportation, financial aid, mental health and more.

Our goal is to help individuals overcome access barriers by showing them where to turn and how to get started with trusted services close to home.

Sessions are the last Thursdays of the month from 12-1 p.m. on Zoom.

Topics

• Jan. 29 – Mental health: signs to look for and suicide prevention resources
  Presented by: LifeStance - Colin Ward, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development
• Feb. 26 – Food resources: where to find local food banks, where to buy low-cost food, strategies to navigate food for family of 4 for a month
  Presented by: OC Food Bank - Mark Lowry, Director Community Action Partnership of Orange County
• March 26 – Financial assistance
  Presented by: University Credit Union – Megan Sterling, Senior Growth Officer
  Topics: Planning for times of uncertainty, repaying student loans and ten steps to financial success
• April 30– Housing: unhoused, group homes, emergency housing
  Presented by: Illumination Foundation – Otilia Canas, Director of Recuperative Care Operations & Jordan Hoiberg, Director of Housing Strategy & Community Partnerships
• May 28 – Housing: rehab, emergency housing and more.  
  Presented by: Orange County Rescue Mission – Anthony Gillett, Lead Outreach Care Coordinator
• June 25 – Patient advocacy basics: care coordination at home, resource navigation, health equity    
  Presented by: Care Partners – Tina Roth, Enhanced Care Management Manager

If you missed a session, but want to access the resources, please email.