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Provides a free urgent care clinic at Cambridge Elementary School. Call will be returned with appointment confirmation of date and time. Offers referrals to community resources, dispenses medications relating to urgent care treatment and limited vision referrals. Clinic is staffed entirely by volunteers. Walk-in’s are accepted pending availability.

Provides law enforcement and crime prevention services within the City of Danville.

Assist qualified homeowners with home repairs for health and safety needs that are identified by Habitat's inspector during a site visit of the property. Offers home repair grants throughout Contra Costa County. Offers home repair grants and rehabilitation loans for larger projects to Walnut Creek residents. Loans are 1% simple interest with no payments required until home is sold or transferred.

Provides immunization clinics which offer vaccines mainly for community members who don't have health insurance and children eligible for the free Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. Program does not accept private health insurance (i.e. Blue Shield, Kaiser). Patients must contact regular medical provider for vaccines. Immunization clinics offer: All doctor-recommended and school-required vaccines, COVID-19 vaccine, Mpox vaccine, and Flu vaccine.

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. 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 HUD-subsidized independent living apartments, all low income, for seniors 62+ and disabled adults 18+.

Provides on-site urgent treatment for acute and chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, asthma, hypertension, cough, cold, and/or sore throat, minor laceration repair, wound care, sprains and muscle strains, urinary tract infections, allergies and sinusitis, ear infections, headache, stomach ache, rashes, poison oak and minor skin infections as well as burns. Offers flu immunization (Nov-Apr). Offers health education for diabetes, hypertension and nutrition. Does not offer women's health services.

Develops and implements education, programs, public policy and research on shaken baby syndrome, establishes networks, supports and trains families, caregivers and professionals. Works to bring public awareness to shaken baby syndrome and presents national and international conferences on shaken baby syndrome. Website has extensive information on SBS for parents, legal professionals, caregivers, investigators, and educators. Developed the Period of PURPLE Crying with a DVD and coloring book to help parents and professionals dealing with SBS.

Provides a food pantry.

Provides treatment for people who want to stop using opioids such as heroin, prescription painkillers like oxycodone, and similar drugs. Program patients are prescribed a medicine, buprenorphine (Suboxone) that reduces craving and withdrawal symptoms. Included services are group therapy and support from a medical team that includes doctors, registered nurses, mental health counselors and community health workers.

Provides a program for adults with severe or multiple intellectual and developmental disabilities. Tailors individual programs to help these adults actively participate in their own communities. Offers community awareness training, recreation and leisure skills development, domestic skills, and a vocational program.

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.

Offers opportunities for individuals to become a certified nursing assistant. The cohort-based program includes classroom training of 12-weeks in a healthcare skills lab with hand-on training in a skilled nursing facility. Followed by a 4-month paid internship, job placement assistance, and alumni career support.

Provides hotline runaway and homeless youth offering shelter options, mediation, information and referral, and phone or in-person counseling. Provides free, immediate help to youth ages 0-17, including immediate housing in a foster home, crisis counseling, family mediation, transportation and referrals. Center is a Safe Place site. If a longer stay is needed, the youth would likely be placed in a foster home for shelter. SAFE Place is not a long-term shelter.

Provides respite (planned break) to: resource (foster) parents, to a limited number of Contra Costa County kin and fictive kin caregivers with a non-dependent Contra Costa County child, and biological parents with a child eligible for services through Regional Center of the East Bay. The purpose of respite is to provide occasional, planned child care breaks to families in order to relieve some of the stress and responsibility that full-time care giving of children with special needs brings. Three types of respite care are available: in the family home, in the home of a licensed provider, or at selected sites in the community.

Provides a source of information and support for people with MS, their families, friends and professionals involved in their care. Conducts educational programs for professionals, has peer counselors who provide information and emotional support and maintains a lending library. Coordinates fundraising events which support research and treatment for those who are affected by MS. Offers service hours to students and will accept volunteers who must complete court hours. Offense must be non-violent or non-sexual crime related.

Provides a program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who need support in getting and keeping a job by enabling the participants to make informed choices about where they work and what kind of work is most fulfilling. Offers direct mail business at three locations. Provides supported employment services by offering two types of employment options: individual placement and group placement.

Assists IHSS consumers in obtaining home care providers by recruiting and screening independent providers; maintaining a registry of providers; referring providers to IHSS consumers; offering educational opportunities to IHSS providers; and consumer and provider support services.

Provides free, confidential, one-on-one basic instruction in reading, writing, and spelling to adults who can converse in English. Instruction is provided by trained volunteers. Adult learner/tutor pairs meet twice a week, for an hour and a half each time at libraries or other public locations throughout Contra Costa County. Trains volunteer tutors three times per year. For more information, visit https://ccclib.org/psc.

Provides free criminal defense to indigent individuals in which a case involves two or more parties. Public defender is unable to provide defense to both parties and one party must be referred to the Alternate Defenders Office for proper criminal representation.

Provide loans to low-income homeowners to improve their homes by correcting health and safety problems and improving livability. Housing rehabilitation loans are available throughout the entire county of Contra Costa except for the cities of Concord, Antioch, Pittsburg and Walnut Creek. Some senior citizens may qualify for deferred loans and may not need to make monthly payments. Website as extensive information. Individuals who do not qualify for a loan may by eligible to receive a grant.

Provides a registry for domestic partners of the same sex, or partners of opposite sexes with one partner at least 62 years old, may be eligible to register a domestic partnership with the Secretary of State. Registration is done by completing a Declaration of Domestic Partnership, having both partners' signatures notarized, and submitting it with the appropriate fee to the Secretary of State. Detailed information on the process and specifics of the rights and the law are posted on the website.

Serves as a cooling center during summer heat wave. Clients must call to confirm open hours and space availability.

Distributes food once a week.

Provides an active social and recreational program for adolescents with special needs, age 11-22 years. To meet the daycare needs of working families, the program operates year-round and services are provided on shortened school days and non-school days. Program hours for regular school days are 2:30-6pm, shortened school days are 1-6pm and on non-school days 9-6pm.