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Provides dental hygiene care, dentures, extractions, pediatric, adult and geriatric dentistry, regular exams and screenings, sealants for children and treatment of cavities.

Provides wigs to women and girls who are suffering hair loss due to medical treatment, such as chemotherapy for cancer.

Promotes the independence, equality and self-reliance of people who are blind or visually impaired through rehabilitation training and relevant services, such as access to employment, education, government, information, recreation, and transportation. Store sells adaptive visual devices; items can also be ordered from the online store. LightHouse for the Blind has offices in Marin, Berkeley and Eureka, and a camp in Napa.

Provides social and recreational activities and services for seniors 50+. A hot meal program is available Tuesday and Thursday for seniors 60+, apply by phone the day in advance, 10am-noon. Transportation for medical appointments and other services in Walnut Creek are utilizing the ride sharing app Lyft. Apply by phone Monday-Friday between 9-10am the day before transportation is needed.

Oversees capital improvements, community development, building division and engineering division. Public works department provides maintenance service to Orinda's roads, parks, open spaces, flood control areas, street signs and lights, water and sewer lines as well as providing safe potable water to residents.

Provides public transportation services for the East Bay, covering Alameda County and parts of West Contra Costa County. Operates Monday-Sunday; for full bus schedule and routes, contact AC Transit, visit their website or call 511. Service area: Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Freemont, Hayward, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Richmond, San Leandro, San Pablo, and the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco. Serves the unincorporated areas of Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, El Sobrante,Fairview, Kensington, North Richmond and San Lorenzo.

Provides a wide variety of health care services for women that include free pap smears, breast exams, birth control and STD/HIV testing to all women who qualify.

Verifies whether nannies and baby-sitters have cleared criminal background checks in California. Trustline is the only authorized screening program of in-home caregivers in the state with access to fingerprint records at the California Department of Justice, California Child Abuse Index Check and the FBI. Website also has other parent information.

Provides free clinic to get information and assistance about a consumer issue. Examples of issues are: harassment or sued by debt collectors, help with debt collection lawsuit, questions about student loans, assistance with wage garnishments or bank account levy, issues with credit report, questions about foreclosures or liens on a home, information about bankruptcy, solar or home improvement scammed and/ or scammed by a company that promised to settle debts? EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY: East Contra Costa Sparkpoint, 3105 Willow Pass Road, Bay Point, CA 94565 - RSVP required; call 925-252-2306 (3rd Friday of the month, 9:30am or 1pm) WEST CONTRA COSTA OUNTY: West Contra Costa Sparkpoint, 1000 Macdonald Avenue, Ste. D Richmond, CA 94804 - RSVP required; call 510-779-3200 (1st Friday of the month, 9:30am or 1pm)

Recruits and provides foster family certification to enable families to be eligible to provide a crisis home for youth needing a safe environment for youths, ages 0 to 17, who are experiencing crisis while NCFC counselors work with the youth and family to reunite them, or develop mutually agreed upon alternatives. Also provides Long-term Foster care for children referred by Social Services in Contra Costa, Alameda, and Solano counties. To be eligible, family must possess the ability to relate effectively to and adequately supervise youth, have space to temporarily house one or more young people, possess the ability to be certified by the NCFC as a Foster Family, and pass child abuse and criminal background checks.

Offers one-stop center for people affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, child abuse and human trafficking. Center helps people in crisis to find hope, safety, and healing by being a one-stop center where many service providers are readily available including connections to telehealth appointments, mental health counseling and more.

Provides domestic violence helpline for domestic violence survivors, including South Asian women. Services include crisis counseling, safety planning, resource navigation and referral services, economic empowerment classes to develop leadership and professional skills, and support groups. Partners with Family Justice Center to provide virtual workshops. All services are provided within a culturally and linguistically appropriate framework (primarily South Asian languages)

Provides needs based services which may include; utility and financial assistance, and vouchers for clothing that can be used in lieu of cash at St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores for discounted clothing and furniture.

Operates Earth911.com, a nationwide website/phone proving individuals the closest place to recycle a large variety of items from oil to computer to sharps.

Provides child and family therapy to support healthy attachment and healing for families after trauma. Available to families with children birth to 6 who have Contra Costa Medical. Offers home visiting or office visits, services available in English, Spanish, Portuguese. Language translation services available for other languages.

Provides a food pantry. Serves all of Central Contra Costa except Martinez.

Provides patients with Parkinson's disease and their families with information, free literature and referrals to physicians, physical therapists, home care services and support groups.

Provides older adult support groups. Groups include: Cycling, Mah-Jongg, Bazaar, Bingo, Trivia Fan-Atics, Walking, Singing, Hooked on Books and Investment discussion.

Provides disposal and recycling of household hazardous waste including home use medical syringes, paint, solvents & thinners, gas BBQ cylinders (less than 5 gallons), used motor oil & filters, cleaners, household, batteries, pesticides, aerosols, fertilizers, car batteries, adhesives, poisons, photo chemicals, anti-freeze, asbestos, cathode-ray tubes (CRT's) including computer monitors and TV's, fats, oil and grease. Also mails out sharps containers and accepts full containers.

Provides cancer patients and medical professionals with treatments approved by the National Cancer Institute; provides investigational medicines, cancer therapy, and patient support groups for low-income and under-served patients, and participates in nationwide cancer prevention research trials. Call for open cancer-related clinical trials. The Cancer Patient Guide is available online. Offers continuing education courses.

Offers information, resources and assistance needed to learn consumer rights and responsibilities, learn how to make smart and safe consumer choices, and learn how to effectively complain when a consumer transaction goes wrong. DCA's consumer assistance hotline is staffed by friendly and knowledgeable agents who, through translation services, can speak to callers in over 140 languages. DCA's Take Charge California! consumer education Web site offers information about health, home, car, money, free and low-cost government and community services, scams, and much more. The site also offers detailed information to landlords and tenants.

Provides a food pantry.

Administers twenty-two elementary schools, eight middle schools, and four high schools and two alternative high schools in the San Ramon Valley. Programs and classes are available for special needs children, ages 0-22; call for information.

Sells wheelchair accessible vans, lifts, wheelchair securements, walkers, wheelchairs, commodes, mastectomy forms, 3-wheel scooters, bathroom safety equipment. Repairs mobility products and mobility item accessories.

Provides a wide variety of health care services for women that include free pap smears, breast exams, birth control and STD/HIV testing to all women who qualify.