Orange County Rescue Mission Brings on New Facility to Fight Homelessness

The ranch offers a process that equips enrollees to break the cycle of homelessness through housing, counseling, hands-on training, and life skills classes.
Orange County Rescue Mission Brings on New Facility to Fight Homelessness
A dorm area at the Orange County Rescue Mission's Double R Ranch facility in Silverado Canyon, Calif., on July 23, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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SILVERADO CANYON, Calif.—Looking out the classroom window, Raymond Arzola reflected on how he ended up being a part of the Double R Ranch, the newest outlet of the Orange County Rescue Mission (OCRM) that connects former homeless people with a ranch-like environment in which to build new skills and be surrounded by the great outdoors.

“This has been such a great place to learn and grow from where I was at before,” Arzola, of Santa Ana, California, told The Epoch Times while gazing across the ranch property.

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John Fredricks
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John Fredricks is a California-based journalist for The Epoch Times. His reportage and photojournalism features have been published in a variety of award-winning publications around the world.