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Assists low and/or fixed income people in making their homes more energy efficient. Offers home improvements that will potentially reduce monthly energy costs which includes caulking, weather-stripping doors, repair or replacement of gas water heaters, stoves and/or refrigerators.

Provides individual counseling to residents of Contra Costa County who are age 55+. Counseling service is provided by trained volunteers who are 55+ and usually occurs in the home or at a senior center location, once a week for an hour, for a duration of 8-12 weeks. Offers counseling services in Spanish, and English. Due to COVID-19, all services rendered are via telehealth. Wisdom Circle Groups paused due to COVID-19.

Offers child kidnapping prevention, missing children location assistance, runaway/homeless youth helplines, specialized information and referral and conflict resolution. Provides professional services to defuse family conflicts that can lead to abduction and abuse such as: crisis intervention, conflict resolution, safety planning, and communication/parenting skill-building.

Provides 12-step support groups for persons dealing with alcoholism. Offers a 24 hour hotline for persons in recovery or wanting to begin the process of alcohol recovery.

Provides individual, family, couple, child and teen counseling services.

Provides resource referral, navigation and benefits application assistance. Benefit assistance includes CalFresh, Medi-Cal, CalWORKS, General Assistance, and Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI).

Provides a variety of programs for families with young children, age 0-5. Information on HMG playgroups and various activities available on website. Offers virtual and in-person parenting classes and workshops and online 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 questionnaire and virtual HMG playgroup.

Administer four elementary schools and one middle school in Orinda. Programs and classes are available for special needs children, call for information.

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 a phone and online program that offers activities, education, friendly conversation, and a variety of classes and support groups for older adults, accessible from the comfort of your home. Groups include games, writing poems, lifelong learning, virtual tours, meditation, gratitude sharing, support, and everyday connections with others nationwide. Participants can join groups by phone or online, however, they feel conformable. No special equipment is needed and the calls, including registration, are free.

Provides information, written materials and technical assistance to businesses, the disabled community, state and local governments, and individuals interested in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Offers problem-solving assistance and referrals for implementing the ADA. Conducts community outreach, coordinates and conducts conferences, workshops, training's and presentations. Coordinates the provision of on-site technical assistance. Maintains a technical assistance library. Provides a quarterly newsletter and disseminates ADA materials. Website has extensive resources.

Provides a variety of programs for families with young children, age 0-5. Information on HMG playgroups and various activities available on website. Offers virtual and in-person parenting classes and workshops and online 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 questionnaire and virtual HMG playgroup.

Offers a variety of mental health services by Associate Marriage and Family Therapists and Psychologist interns supervised by licensed therapists; services include couples counseling, family therapy, child and adolescent therapy, individual counseling and group counseling including depression, anxiety, grief, life transitions, gender identity and trauma counseling.

Provides individuals with contact information too call centers worldwide for emotional & crisis support.

Provides texting platform for community members to receive alerts from local agencies including police departments. Clients can opt-in by texting their zip code to 888777.

Offers a free and confidential, non-emergency nationwide bilingual helpline in Punjabi and English, answered by peer volunteers. Supports community members facing threats to health, safety and or security. Creates and disseminates community centered bilingual resources and programming to change social and cultural conditions that allow violence to occur. Offers training and technical assistance to Sikh and non-Sikh organizations at the intersections of faith, gendered violence and community-based solutions.

Provides a twelve-step program based on the same philosophy as Alcoholics Anonymous, for overeaters, and those suffering from bulimia, anorexia, and all types of eating disorders. Free meeting schedules available, some meetings provide literature. Meetings are held in Concord. Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and cities of Alameda county.

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 advocacy and community education for individuals in long-term care facilities including assisted living, skilled nursing, board and care. Provides information by phone or on website on for individual skilled nursing facilities by specific types of care, Medi-Cal information, estate planning and referrals to elder care lawyers; also provides extensive information on choosing a facility, assessment tools, etc.

Provides psychological treatments to individuals, children and adolescents, parents and caregivers, couples as well as counseling in a group setting. Offers a wide range of assessments including, attention/concentration problems, child/adolescent behavioral, emotional and school problems, cognitive and neuropsychological assessment, learning disabilities and personality assessments.

Provides advocacy and community education for individuals in long-term care facilities including assisted living, skilled nursing, board and care. Provides information by phone or on website on for individual skilled nursing facilities by specific types of care, Medi-Cal information, estate planning and referrals to elder care lawyers; also provides extensive information on choosing a facility, assessment tools, etc.

Provides outpatient treatment program for substance abuse. Program focuses on issues of sobriety, relapse prevention, personal recovery planning.

Supports child care programs by facilitating and increasing access to care. Services include assistance with finding and selecting child care and family resources, guidance and support applying for subsidized child care, technical assistance to child care professionals, child care needs assessment upon request, and parent education opportunities.

Provides dental services for Medi-Cal/Denti-Cal recipients. Services include x-ray, exams, cleaning, treatment, crowns, dentures and partials. No new patients accepted without a referral from CCHS medical provider. Provides a list of referrals to other dental providers who may be accepting new patients.

Provides services designed to support students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind. These services include a library of free-loan described and captioned educational media, a clearinghouse of information related to educational media access, a gateway to Internet resources related to accessibility, and a center for training and evaluation of any service provider desiring to appear on the DCMP's approved lists of description and captioning service providers. There are no user registration or service fees. The DCMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the National Association of the Deaf.