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Provides mental health brief therapy (16 sessions) to support clients who have experienced a traumatic event or who have had a loved one who experienced a traumatic event, including, but not limited to, domestic violence, community violence, and sexual assault.

Public lobby serves as a place to cool during summer heat waves, call to confirm hours and space availability. Mask required regardless of vaccination status.

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 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.

Offers free pregnancy testing and counseling to women on all reproductive health options including STI screenings for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea and limited ultrasounds. All services are free and confidential.

Provides a youth development program for boys and girls, K-19, that focuses on citizenship, leadership and life skills. Projects are hands-on, researched based and fun. The program is administered by the University of California, a land-grant institution. Contra Costa's program is offered via eleven community clubs and in collaboration with after-school programs.

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.

Bills, collects, invests, borrows, safeguards, and disburse monies and properties on behalf of the County, other government agencies and entities, and private individuals as specified by law. Conducts public auctions and sealed bid sales on tax defaulted properties. Administers the business licenses and transient occupancy taxes programs for the unincorporated areas of the county as required by law or County Ordinance. Assists in the State-run property tax assistance.

Local enforcement agency for medical waste and bio hazardous waste generators. Website has extensive information, brochures, and FAQ's. Complete list of locations to dispose of unused/expired medications is available online.

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

Offers one-stop center for people affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, child abuse and human trafficking. Center helps people in crisis to find hope, safety and healing by being a one-stop center where many service providers are readily available.

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

Provides consumer information, education, and protection including maintaining files of verified information about businesses located in the counties of service, processes complaints and makes available reliability reports on companies and charitable or soliciting organizations. Website has listing of tips and alerts for consumers, videos and other resources for consumers and businesses. Provides a listing of charities and donors as well as taking complaints on charities. Provides a variety of services for businesses including dispute resolution services and accreditation information.

Offers grief support group designed to help participants understand, accept and cope with their loss. Led by professional facilitators who are familiar with the feelings and experiences of those who are in grief.

Offers financial assistance to low income kidney patients who are unable to pay for treatment-related needs such as medication, transportation, special diets, etc. Patients obtain applications from their renal or social workers. The applications must be completed by the social worker and the patient's physician. Website has extensive information on kidney disease, resources, prescription assistance and more.

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.

Provides a walk-in food pantry.

Provides a food pantry for Byron and Discovery Bay residents and needs based services via teleconference visits. Needs based services may include utility, 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.

Provides a medical/surgical teaching hospital providing general inpatient acute medical care, including psychiatric care, and 24-hour emergency services. Provides prepaid coordinated health care to members of the county-sponsored health maintenance organization (HMO), Contra Costa Health Plan; also provides service to individuals with private health insurance coverage.

Offers a placement program for youth who exhibit a wide range of acting out behaviors including: aggression, property destruction, running away, sexual acting out, defiance and self-injury behaviors. Provides youth comprehensive assessment and on-going evaluation, individual, group, family and milieu therapy, behavior management and skills building, special education, case management, medication support and monitoring, expressive arts, crisis intervention, trauma informed care and bi monthly family events.

Provides HUD-subsidized independent living apartments, all low income, for seniors 62+ and for mobility impaired age 18+; operated by Richmond Housing Authority..

Offers Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) which provides assistance to help people afford housing that is privately owned. The Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program is currently closed to new entries. Clients pay a portion of their income in rent to their landlords and the City of Pittsburg Housing Authority through funding from the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) pays the difference.

Provides free education and life enhancing activities for the blind/low vision community including a computer lab, braille services, social events and classes.

Provides a variety of volunteer opportunities including, legal translation, legal immigration, office admin work, housing intake services, front office reception, etc.

Provides students in grades K-12 with alternative educational programs small high schools, home schooling for students who cannot attend a regular program due to medical situations, continuation schools, summer programs, and after-school programs. Call the Alternative Education Department for information on available services for a specific age and need. Offers supportive services to pregnant or parenting teens attending alternative education schools.