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Provides a free telephone support line to assist unpaid family caregivers who are caring for aging, ill, or disabled individuals. Support line offers active listening, emotional and peer support and resource referral and navigation.

Provides a variety of programs for families with young children, age 0-5 years. Information on HMG playgroups and various activities available on Facebook page. Offers virtual and in-person parenting classes and workshops, and activities for families such as art, music and more. Clients can meet with a community resource specialist and socialize with other parents. Center offers Kinder Readiness classes, ages and stages developmental questionnaire and HMG playgroup.

Provides information, referrals, assistance, understanding and hope to persons of all ages with disabilities as well as elderly individuals for the purpose of helping them to live as independently as possible. Services include: advocacy, benefits assistance, housing assistance, employment services, peer counseling services, assistance with independent educational planning (IEPs for school-aged youth), life skills, ADA information, public & businesses education. Referrals and resources are provided for: assistive technology, agencies serving the disabled, transportation, and youth programs. Advocacy services to increase access to services, benefits, and other social services and advising clients regarding their rights. Housing referral services assist clients by maintaining a registry of accessible, adaptable, affordable apartments and houses. Peer counseling is available to disabled individuals, their families, and friends. In depth individual skills development can be provided within the peer-counseling group or on a one-to-one basis. A small lending library of equipment is available.

Grants clients who are experiencing a financial hardship with partial payment assistance for utility, gas, food, furniture, vehicle registration, drivers license fees and others. Grant amounts vary by emergency and need.

Provides prenatal care, pill abortion services, birth control services, emergency contraception, HIV testing, HPV vaccines, LGBT services, men's health services, patient education, pregnancy testing, options & services, STD testing & treatment, and women's health services including breast and cervical cancer exams.

Provides comprehensive low cost general dental care; fees may be 20% lower than those of many private offices in our immediate area. Dental services include fillings, dentures, crowns and bridges, root canals, oral surgery and limited periodontal work. Dental work is performed by students and residents under supervision of the University of Pacific faculty and staff. Services do not include orthodontics, extraction of wisdom teeth or treatment of patients who have had procedures started elsewhere.

Due to Coronavirus COVID-19, limited in-person service. Services are available online, by phone, or walk-ins. Responsible for conducting all Federal, State, School, County, City and Special District elections in Contra Costa County. Provides voting information, including voter registration status, polling sites, registration, and other information related to voting. Performs the nomination process for any county office, handles the filing of arguments and rebuttals for county ballot measures, files county initiative and referendum petitions and files campaign statements and disclosure of financial interests for candidates running for a county related office. Can provide current county, state and federal elected officials and their phone numbers by city and/or street address.

Provides a twelve-week residential rehabilitation program for blind or severe vision disabled individuals to learn independent living skills. The adult students attend classes from 8:00 - 3:00, Monday through Friday and reside in a seven-day dorm during the time of their training. The OCB curriculum addresses the acquisition of new skills such as adjustment to new vision disabilities, adaptive skills, and immersion in an atmosphere that is respectful of and knowledgeable about the abilities of blind and visually impaired people. The decision to apply to the Center occurs between a DOR consumer and their counselor.

Provides recreational, educational, camping program, and virtual programs for diabetic children from birth to age 18 and their families, on a year round basis. Bearskin Meadow Camp, operated every summer, is one of the oldest and largest wilderness resident camps for children, teens and families affected by diabetes.

Provides free transportation to home for runaways. Services provided in conjunction with Greyhound Bus Lines. Runaway youth under the age of 18 must be willing to return home to legal guardian, legal guardian wishes for the youth to return and must have filed a missing person's report with hometown local authorities. Youth ages 12-21; youth under age 18 must be filed as a missing person with hometown local authorities and must be returning to a parent, legal guardian or relative. Ages 18 or 21 and not returning to parents home, NRS can make arrangements for a ticket to an independent living facility in, or near, individual's hometown. Detailed information on website.

Behavioral health services include psychiatry, short-term individual and family therapy, support groups, and crisis management and referral into long-term treatment for children and adults.

Provides a program for adults with severe or multiple intellectual and developmental disabilities. Tailors individual programs to help these adults actively participate in their own communities. Offers community awareness training, recreation and leisure skills development, domestic skills, and a vocational program.

Provides immigration legal counseling for individuals interested in naturalization services. Initial consultation fee $50, services after consultation are dependent by service and income.

Due to COVID-19, limited services by email and phone, and classes are online. New students accepted. Provides a variety of adult education classes including computer classes at various levels, art, exercise, cooking, personal growth, GED, ABE, ESL, parenting, business and vocational classes. Classes are available for adults with disabilities. Catalog is available online. Courses available for age 18+. Martinez residency not required.

Provides a general acute care hospital and associated services. Serves as the only trauma center for Contra Costa County and portions of Solano County. Other specialties include high and low-risk obstetrics, pediatrics, orthopedics, rehabilitation, neurosciences, cardiac, emergency, neonatal intensive care unit, trauma and cancer care.

Offers child mental health services for ages 2-19. Provides individual therapy and family therapy for adults and teens. Specializes in children who have complex trauma, attachment issues and/or PTSD. Offers counseling to children or families who are part of the LBGTQ community. Services available in Contra Costa County with offices in Antioch and Martinez.

Provides rapid response, legal services, and community education project to support safety and justice for immigrant families in Contra Costa County. In partnership with Contra Costa County, and community-based organizations, provides culturally competent, no-cost rapid response support, legal defense services, and immigrant rights education and training to support families impacted by anti-immigrant policies and practices affecting Contra Costa County residents.

Offers a variety of exercise/fitness classes for adults. Classes include, yoga, tai chi, zumba, pilates, weight training, including meditation. Classes may fill up fast or may be cancelled depending on registration.

Offers free pregnancy testing and counseling to women on all reproductive health options including STI screenings for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea and limited ultrasounds. All services are free and confidential.

Provides an online platform for residents to apply for CalWORKS, CalFresh (Food Stamps), Medi-Cal and General Assistance case benefits. Clients who use this system can create an account, upload documents, make changes, and check on the status of their application.

Provides outpatient and intensive outpatient alcohol/drug counseling for pregnant, parenting women 18+, and men with children ages 0-5 years of age. Offers pregnancy support, parenting education, child care, life skills education, 12-Step support, relapse prevention and family reunification support.

Serves lunch meals to seniors age 60+ who call in advance to make a reservation.

Supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be active members of their community; thru volunteering, advocacy, attending college, working or simply being a member of their community. Supports are provided to ensure that an individual's personal care needs are met, and that they have the support to access the activities of their choosing.

Offers behavioral therapy provided by a licensed clinical social worker and psychiatrist. Services includes; individual, family, adolescent counseling, eating disorders, sexual orientation counseling, psychiatric evaluations, Autism therapy and ADHD. Clinic offers diapers, formula, baby clothing, baby strollers, basinets, all dependent on donations.

Provides screening, examination and needed stabilizing treatment, without consideration of insurance coverage or ability to pay, when a patient presents to an emergency room for attention to an emergency medical condition.