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Orange County board spotlights adoption, homelessness and hunger programs and upcoming housing count
Summary
Supervisors marked Adoption Awareness Month and Homelessness & Hunger Awareness Month, heard county and nonprofit partners describe post-adoption services, food drives and expansions in homelessness response, and were urged to preserve housing vouchers for people housed by emergency programs.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors opened its Nov. 18 meeting by recognizing Adoption Awareness Month and Homelessness & Hunger Awareness Month, highlighting county social‑service work, community food distributions and efforts to preserve housing assistance for people at risk of losing vouchers.
Lon English, division director for Children and Family Services at the county Social Services Agency, described post‑adoption assistance that helps adoptees and biological relatives access documents and reconnect. "Thanks to our social workers' efforts, the 2 were successfully connected," English said, describing a recent sibling reunification.
Chair Chaffee and supervisors commended adoptive families and noted the foster system's size in the county.…
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