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Provides low-income independent living rental apartments for age 55+; some subsidized units available for disabled seniors, seniors with AIDS, homeless seniors and other qualifying individuals.

Promotes and encourages work to enable families to become self-sufficient. Cash Aid recipients are eligible for the CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work Employment and Training Program. Recipients with children 13 and under may be eligible for child care assistance. Website has extensive information http://ehsd.org/benefits/calworks-welfare-to-work-program/

Offers low-cost mental health services in-person or remote. Staff is able to support adults, children, adolescents, older adults, couples, and families with a variety of areas. Support areas include but are not limited to anxiety, depression, gender identity, stress, trauma, grief, family or couples counseling, and children & adolescent emotional/behavior issues. Also provides specialty clinics to support Latinx and LGBTQ+ community.

Provides HUD-subsidized independent living apartments, all low income, for seniors 62+.

Provides food distribution once a week on a first come first serve basis.

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.

Provides acupuncture, Chinese and Western herbs, homeopathy, bodywork, and guided imagery sessions - as well as classes on movement and nutrition. Offers integrative modalities to ease the pain, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, neuropathy and numerous other side effects that often accompany surgery, chemotherapy and radiation for low-income women. Works alongside client's oncologist and primary care physician. Also offer social work assistance, transportation available on a limited basis for client of the clinic to and from clinic appointments, fresh organic produce and, educational workshops.

Acts as the liaison between a pregnant woman and the services needed to provide the child a healthy start and the mother a healthy pregnancy. Coordinates initial prenatal appointment and referrals to programs for pregnant women i.e. WIC. Makes referrals as needed, offers genetic counseling, prenatal testing, brief counseling on substance abuse issues and community outreach.

Provides free mental health services to active duty service members, National Guard and Reserve forces, and veterans who have separated or retired from any branch of military service. Serves family members and loved ones of those who have served in the military.

Provides outpatient counseling services, specializing in the treatment of children and families, as well as individual and couple counseling for problems that may include behavior disorders, school avoidance, abuse, family conflicts, marital conflict, depression and adjustment problems, parent child interaction therapy. Counseling also available at Martinez location.

Provides intensive family-centered services to adolescents and young adults showing early signs of psychosis. Clinical High Risk (CHR) program works with young people at risk for or experiencing very early symptoms of psychosis, prior to a first psychotic episode. First Episode Psychosis (FEP) program works with those who have had a first psychotic episode within the past year. Services are designed to support recovery and functioning and to prevent the occurrence of an initial or subsequent episode of psychosis. Offers individual, family and group therapy, care coordination, multifamily groups, employment and education support, occupational therapy, peer support, substance use counseling and psychiatric services.

Licenses adult residential and adult day programs in SF Bay Area as well as child care centers including in-home centers, senior care residential facilities and board and care. Provides information on licensing and responds to complaints. A list of licensed facilities by zip code or city is online at the program's website.

Provides outreach and schedules free consultation appointments. Partners with Bay Area Legal Aid, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, and Centro Legal de la Raza to offer legal services by phone at no cost. Provides legal assistance with citizenship applications, Residency (Green Card) and DACA renewals.

Provides 15-20 pounds of fresh produce two times per month to qualifying households that are in need of food assistance. Produce is distributed from the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Mobile Trucks.

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. Employment Training Program: Provides a short-term program designed to provide participants with the skills, tools, and hands-on experience needed to gain competitive and integrated employment. In this program, participants will be supported to identify their desired job or career, hands-on learning and experience which will give skills necessary to be successful in that career, and job search support to get a job.

Provides current Contra Costa County Medi-Cal and CalFresh clients with assistance reporting Medi-Cal and CalFresh changes (such as a new address, income, newborn, etc.), answers about benefits, and assistance completing forms. Offers benefit information for dental care.

Provides current information on car, bus, rail, bicycle, ride share, airport, paratransit, and ferry travel for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Web site gives further detailed information. Provides free car pool and van pool matching services for commuters to or from any location in the Bay Area. Individuals can call or visit the website, www.ridematch.511.org, to give details about their commute and are matched with other individuals who make the same trip. Also provides information and brochures about Park & Ride lots, carpool lanes, and vanpool leasing. Provides general transportation advice and refers callers to appropriate transit services. Information about bicycling, walking and telecommunication is available.

Distributes food once a week.

Recruits volunteers to assist organizations with tax preparation. All volunteers are trained. No experience necessary. Bilingual Spanish speakers are needed. Positions available are: Tax Preparer, Screeners, Interpreters and Greeters. All tax preparers and screeners must be trained and certified by the IRS. This training is free but those who attend training must volunteer at a VITA site for the season. All volunteers preparing tax returns or answering tax law related questions must be certified and must take an open book exam. There are two levels to certify in: basic and advanced. Training class schedules vary each year. Please visit website for training locations and more information about volunteer opportunities. All volunteers must take an ethics training and agree to certain standards of conduct set forth by the IRS.

Due to COVID-19, school closures until further notice. Limited staff are available by phone and email. Administers four elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, two alternative schools and an adult education program. Programs and classes are available for special needs children, ages 0-22; call for information.

Provides weekly discussion/support group, advocacy, and social events for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth, ages 12-20 years old, and their straight allies.

Provides a wide range of medical services for individuals at no cost for those without health insurance including primary care and limited physicals, treatment for minor illnesses or injuries, limited medications, non-emergency care requiring treatment from a physician or nurse, information and referral. Offers women's clinic including free pap-smears and breast exams as well as free mammogram referrals. Provides flu vaccines and Covid-19 vaccines including boosters. Transportation to the mobile clinics may be available to patients who reside in area far from the mobile clinics.

Provides HUD-subsidized independent living apartments, all low income for families and adults with disabilities.

Acts as the liaison between a pregnant woman and the services needed to provide the child a healthy start and the mother a healthy pregnancy. Coordinates initial prenatal appointment and referrals to programs for pregnant women i.e. WIC. Makes referrals as needed, offers genetic counseling, prenatal testing, brief counseling on substance abuse issues and community outreach.

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.