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What your support builds

Nearly 40 years. Still picking up the phone.

From the height of the HIV crisis in 1987 to the mental health moment we're in now, Shanti has been the same thing all along: a place where Orange County neighbors actually get help.

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By the numbers

What we do, in numbers.

  • 38+

    years of care

    Founded at the height of the HIV crisis, still here every weekday morning to pick up the phone.

  • 4

    active programs

    Counseling, HIV case management, prevention education, and psychological assessments, all under one roof in Laguna Hills.

  • 4

    languages

    English, Spanish, Farsi and Hindi, including the long-running Círculo Latino group for the Spanish-speaking community.

  • 2

    support groups

    The Spanish-language Círculo Latino and a clinician-led HIV therapy group, both recurring, open, and free.

The journey

Milestones along the way.

  1. 1987

    Founded in Orange County

  2. 1993

    HIV crisis response

  3. 2010

    Mental health expansion

  4. Today

    4 programs, 2 support groups

Help carry this work into the next year.

Every dollar keeps a counselor in the room, a case manager on the phone, and an educator in a classroom. Your support is what carries this work into another year.

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