Do you or someone you know need help? For Orange County FAMILIES needing housing, click HERE. For INDIVIDUALS in need of housing, please call 2-1-1 or go to findhelp.org

About Us

We’re Illumination
Health + Home.

We exist for one reason: because no one should have to heal on the street. We bring housing and healthcare together to help people stabilize, recover, and rebuild—no matter how far they’ve fallen or how complex their needs. We serve individuals and families facing homelessness, medical vulnerability, and systemic barriers to care. But more than that, we meet people where they are—with dignity, compassion, and support that doesn’t quit.

This is full-circle care. It’s how healing turns into a future.

WHY WE’RE HERE

Homelessness isn’t simple. Neither is the solution.

Illumination Health + Home was built to change that picture. We provide the structure and support people need to move forward—because you can’t treat someone’s illness and send them back to the sidewalk. Because just a bed isn’t housing. And because real recovery takes more than good intentions.

Our mission is simple and urgent: To disrupt the cycle of homelessness by providing healthcare, housing, and hope—together.

HOW WE WORK

Our care doesn’t stop at one service. It surrounds the
whole person.

Recuperative Care Centers where healing can actually happen. Emergency and supportive housing that creates real stability. Family-focused programs that break cycles before they repeat. Integrated healthcare and case management that lift people up—not push them through.

Every person’s path is different. But the goal is the same: stability, dignity, and a life rebuilt.

WHO WE SERVE

People at the intersection of crisis and complexity.

We serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness—many for the first time, many for far too long. Some are leaving hospitals with nowhere to go. Some are living in cars with their children. Others have slipped through every crack in the system.

What they all share is urgent need—and the determination to find a way forward.

We walk with:

  • Medically vulnerable adults with nowhere to recover
  • Parents doing everything they can to keep their kids safe
  • Older adults aging into instability
  • Individuals with chronic conditions or complex care needs
  • Anyone shut out by systems that weren’t built for them

No matter how someone arrives, they’re met with dignity, support, and a team that never gives up.

MILESTONES

We’ve grown fast
—but always
with purpose.

2024 Achievements:

First organization in the nation to launch a Children & Families Recuperative Care Center

Opened the Shah Happiness Home, our fifth Family Emergency Home

Served 2,287 medically vulnerable individuals in need of respite

Housed 1,211 people through wraparound care

Maintained 91% program funding ratio

Earned a 97% Charity Navigator rating

Our Team

Meet the people leading this work.

From the frontlines to leadership, our team is built to do one thing: Deliver care that actually works.

Leadership

Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Development Officer

Board of Directors

Chief Executive Officer
Board Chairman
Vice Chair,
Governance Committee Chair
Treasurer
Development Committee Chair
Housing Committee Chair
Healthcare Committee Chair

IMPACT REPORT 2024

Built on trust. Fueled by transparency.

Open books. Honest answers. Always.

Everyone deserves a place to heal—and a path forward.

If that resonates with you, you’re in the right place.

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Do you or someone you know need help?

For Orange County FAMILIES needing housing, call (714) 507-2490.

For Orange County INDIVIDUALS needing housing, call (714) 507-2459 or fill out the below form.

If you are outside of OC, please call 2-1-1 or go to findhelp.org