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Offers a Zoom support group for loved ones and/or caregivers of adults with severe mental illness. Participants connect with others with similar challenges and learn about community resources. Facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker and a trained National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Family-to-Family teacher.

Operates automotive repair and smog check station licensing units and several programs related to automotive repair and vehicle emissions including the Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) which assists consumers needing Smog Check repairs to bring their vehicles into compliance with emissions standards. CAP allows qualified motorists to receive financial assistance for emissions-related repairs from the state. Eligible consumers can receive payment to retire their high-polluting vehicle. The Bureau of Automotive Repair takes complaints against auto repair shops and smoking vehicles; helps consumers to locate hard-to-find emissions parts, and offers a free auto body inspection program. Extensive information available online; see website for more information.

Provides birth and death records for current year and one year prior. If the birth or death is not in that date range, contact County Recorders Office at 555 Escobar Street, Martinez for process and fee. Only authorized individuals may obtain a birth certificate; an authorized individual is the registrant, or parent or legal guardian of the registrant, a party entitled to receive the record as a result of a court order, or an attorney or a licensed adoption agency seeking the birth record in order to comply with the requirements. A member of a law enforcement agency or a representative of another governmental agency, as provided by law, who is conducting official business, a child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse or domestic partner of the registrant, an attorney representing the registrant or the registrant's estate, or any person or agency empowered by statute or appointed by a court to act on behalf of the registrant or the registrant's estate.

Provides counseling services are for individuals, couples, families, and groups. Christian counseling available. Offers classes, workshops and speakers. Offers sex addiction therapy for couples and individuals.

Provides an inspection and advice service for rats and mice. Homeowners, business owners or any group in Contra Costa County can request the District’s Rat and Mouse service to assist them with rodent issues. During the service, a District employee inspects the exterior of the property and can inspect the inside of a home’s garage as long as the garage door remains up. The District employee will then provide, valuable, detailed information, guidance and recommendations on what the resident or business owner can do to reduce the risk of rats, mice, and the diseases they can transmit through waste products and nesting materials. District employees do not bait nor set traps.

Issues public alerts and warnings about incidents in Contra Costa County that pose an imminent threat to life or health. The CWS is operated by the Office of the Sheriff in partnership with Contra Costa County Health Services Department and its industry partners.

Provides a diagnostic work-up for those who are experiencing significant memory problems. Diagnostic results and recommendations for patient care and care giving are presented to the family after all laboratory and clinical information is obtained, the patient evaluated, and the team has had a chance to discuss the patient's results in a case conference. Patients' continue to see their personal physicians for prescriptions and basic health care. Website lists clinical trials and resource information.

Provides information on HIV/AIDS treatments, drugs available including a drug database, clinical trials, vaccines, and options available. Extensive information available online.

Helps people cope with life-limiting illnesses by providing medical, emotional, spiritual, and practical support for patients and families, regardless of their ability to pay. Serves patients in their home, specialized nursing facilities or assisted living facilities. Provides acute care at Bruns House Hospice facility in Alamo. Hospice of the East Bay's Bereavement Department offers bereavement support for patients and groups and classes that are open to the general public.

Offers ESL classes, parent and child enrichment activities and community led self-sufficiency workshops held at Verde Elementary School. Childcare is available on-site.

Supported Employment: Offers a program which supports participants to obtain and maintain competitive integrated employment in the field of their choice. Participants receive individualized on-the-job coaching, including: full-time support through the training process that fades as the job and skills needed are learned; ongoing supports include advocacy with management; interpersonal skills in the workplace; learning new or additional work tasks; and managing stress.

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. All services are based on fund availability.

Provides hotline to obtain information on Medicare coverage, joining, address changes, and health plan options. Medicare replacement cards can be requested online, www.medicare.gov. Website is available in English and Spanish.

Administers five elementary schools and one middle school in Walnut Creek. Programs and classes are available for special needs children, ages 0-22; call for information.

Provides volunteer opportunities to individuals age 18+, interested in providing friendly visits and phone calls to home-bound and frail elderly offering friendship, socialization, personal support, companionship and practical help in order to help relieve loneliness and isolation. Volunteers provide one or more hours service per week.

Provides free legal services to help low and moderate income residents address discrimination and other problems in accessing financial services which consist of bank accounts, loans, debt collection, credit reporting problems, estate planning, foreclosure prevention and homeowner problems including escrow and HOA issues.

Provides information for health and human services in Alameda County. One contact point of callers in case of a disaster. Offers free, confidential phone number and service that provides easy access to housing information and critical health and human services in Alameda County.

Identifies services and unmet needs for Contra Costa residents or adults aged 60 and older and adults with disabilities to lead independent and dignified lives in their own homes for as long as possible. AAA works to coordinate existing programs and develop new services, by partnering with community organizations and pursuing funding resources which would help to enhance or create new programs.

Provides a public charter high school in the San Francisco Unified School District open to any youth age 14-18. Offers trauma-informed practices within the academic program and on-campus housing for students, as well as workforce development opportunities including interview preparation, resume building, job placement/training; in collaboration with organizations within the Bay Area. Academic program includes but is not limited to culinary/hospitality, construction, bike shop (build/rehabilitate bikes), art classes (digital, photography, jewelry). Works with a variety of organizations who bring presentations to support/encourage students in their pathways. Provides a model for preventing homelessness and system-involvement.

Provides 24-hour respite care for developmentally disabled adults. Supports families with a developmentally disabled family member by giving them periodic breaks from care taking responsibilities. Parent/guardian arranges transportation. Guests may stay for up to 21 days. All meals are provided.

Provides a food pantry.

Provides juvenile and adult probation services to residents of Contra Costa County. Juvenile probation services include intake, investigation, supervision, placement and sealing of juvenile records. Adult probation services include investigative services which provide information to the court to determine if convicted or accused defendants can benefit from probation supervision, and supervision of convicted or diverted clients to implement the specific and general conditions of probation as imposed by the Courts.

Provides emergency food distribution which consists of fresh produce, milk, eggs, cereal, pasta, canned goods and pantry items as well as USDA commodity program items.

Provides outpatient alcohol/drug counseling for pregnant, parenting women/men 18+ 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.

Recruits and trains resource family applicants; conducts family evaluations;, approves resource family homes for children ages birth to 18. The resource family approval process includes approximately 20 hours of pre-approval training. Ongoing training and support to resource families and children in placement. Provides adoption services for children birth-18 and special needs children.