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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.

Assists disabled General Assistance or CalWORKs clients who are applying for SSI (Supplemental Security Income) or have been denied SSI, with the SSI application process including assisting client with completing the SSI application forms and sending the application to Social Security. Visit website for more information: http://ehsd.org/elderly-disabled/advocacy-services/

Responds to emergencies, and protects and enhances forest, range, and watershed values providing social, economic, and environmental benefits to rural and urban citizens. Website has extensive information and map of wildfires.

Provides free legal services for Contra Costa seniors age 60+ including advice, counsel and representation in civil legal matters, such as: elder abuse, consumer matters, housing, income maintenance as well as advance health care directives and durable power of attorney. Special Free Wills Clinic and Consult-an-Attorney Programs conducted at selected Senior Centers throughout the County; Pro Bono Program conducted to assist in placing eligible clients with private attorneys where possible. Contra Costa Senior Legal Services does not provide assistance in Criminal Law, Family Law (with the exception of elder abuse), Immigration Law, Personal Injury, Probate or Tax matters. Provides legal information and provides presentations to community groups Advance Health Care Directives, Powers of Attorney, and Prevention of Elder Abuse.

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.

Works to plan, fund, and implement transportation services within Contra Costa County. Also provides multiple programs through the Office of Accessibility and Equity for accessible transportation.

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.

Works with parents and guardians to ensure children and families receive court-ordered financial and medical support. Services provided include, locating a parent; establishing paternity (fatherhood); establishing, modifying and enforcing a court order for child support and health insurance coverage; and enforcing spousal support orders in conjunction with child support. Website has extensive information regarding child support, including a link to open a child support case online.

Provides services that include residential support in the community and day programs to people with developmental disabilities, age 18+ including licensed group homes in Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek, supported and independent living services to residents in apartments and homes in Central and East Contra Costa, and a vocational and developmental day program. Also provides various employment opportunities and job search assistance.

Works with individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness. Provides housing problem-solving and/or one time financial assistance to assist individuals in exiting the homeless system of care.

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.

Answers crisis hotline and warm line which supports at-risk seniors and adults with disabilities, family members and their advocates. Services include support, reassurance, counseling, crisis intervention, abuse prevention, medication reminders, well-being checks, and information and referral. Trained staff and volunteers receive calls and make outgoing calls to individuals who may be lonely, isolated, grieving, depressed, anxious, and/or thinking about death or suicide.

Provides law enforcement services, victim/witness assistance, and crime prevention activities including Neighborhood Watch programs, Operation Identification, and residential security.

Provides after-school programs virtually. Offers early childhood learning together course for parents to attend with child. Helps parents nurture and support their children as they grow up.

Provides a food pantry.

Provides technology access for adults and children with disabilities including services that support adults in finding and retaining jobs and creating accessible work environments, with school districts to ensure that children with disabilities have access to assistive technology, including computers, that work for them; with seniors to assist them in the right assistive technology, with the California Department of Rehabilitation to provide computer access evaluations and equipment recommendations to their clients, and with organizations and business to provide creative and cost effective solutions to work site access issues geared toward assisting adults with disabilities in employment situations.

Administers a preschool, two elementary schools and one middle school serving Byron and Discovery Bay.

Provides DNA testing for a variety of needs including: paternity tests, prenatal tests, immigration needs (relationship to sponsor relative), testing for death benefits (biological relationship), unmarried military with children for death benefit purposes , Social Security benefits (biological relationship testing), veterinary testing for breeding, and forensics testing. Person needing test is directed to a lab within 60 miles of their home to obtain DNA swab which is then mailed to testing center. There are labs in Central Contra Costa and other areas of Contra Costa County. Website gives details of pricing and result timing.

Provides comprehensive education and job training program developing each student's potential and independence. Students choose classes in the areas of Functional Academics, Community Independence, Independent Living Skills, Job Training and Social/Leisure Skills. Students may enroll in full day, morning, or afternoon only.

Provides low-cost, sliding-scale individual and family therapy for survivors of domestic violence, as well as their friends and family. Also operates a dedicated Latinx Program offering in-depth case management for Spanish-speaking survivors as well as a 24-hour support line.

Offers a variety of health education classes for those with ALS and their family, diabetes, cancer, breastfeeding, breast health, parenting and new parent. Class dates and times vary, call to inquire about a specific topic. Provides a variety of support groups on health related issues; call for eligibility and availability. Classes and support groups are listed on website; a catalog can be downloaded from website or requested by mail.

Provides consular services: passports, Mexican ID's, birth certificate assistance, death certificate assistance, real estate transactions, amongst others to citizens of Mexico.

Provides online affordable housing list for low-income families with dependent children, seniors, disabled individuals, HIV/AIDS diagnosed individuals, transitional individuals, and combinations of each. If an individual is interested in a specific complex they should call the phone number on the list and ask to speak to the on-site manager who knows the availability of units, rent prices, income limits, etc. The County does not choose tenants for each unit. List of Affordable Housing can be mailed to clients without access to the internet.

Provides a food pantry.

Provides veterans financial assistance to entry of new housing or eviction prevention and Utility Assistance. The program also has potential to assist with past eviction debt on a case-by-case basis if it is a barrier to entry of new housing.