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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 one-stop access to seasonal, H1N1 (swine), H5N1 (bird), H3N2, and pandemic flu information. Through the HealthMap Vaccine Finder at www.vaccines.gov/find-vaccines/, users can search for information about locations such as pharmacy and grocery stores who are offering the flu vaccines. Price varies per location.

Provides peer support services and social activities for individuals experiencing mental and behavioral health challenges. Programs include peer support, education, coaching and links to resources in the county. Site offers food, outings, educational classes and workshops including volunteer opportunities.

Prosecutes all misdemeanor and felony cases occurring in West Contra Costa County including driving under the influence, assaults, petty theft, domestic violence and prostitution.

Provides emergency preparedness information, CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training, and oversees the local hazard mitigation. CERT meetings are currently being held virtually.

Behavioral health services include psychiatry, short-term individual and family therapy, support groups, and crisis management and referral into long-term treatment for children and adults.

Provides telephone and email peer-counseling as well as factual LGBTQIA+ information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States. Callers of all ages are able to talk about coming-out issues, relationship concerns, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer-sex information and many other topics. Maintains a database that contains information with LGBTQ information and local resources across the United States. Also has a separate Youth Talkline manned by volunteers who are in their teens and early twenties that speak with other teens and young adults up to the age of 25 about LGBTQIA+ issues and concerns. Youth chatrooms and peer support chat is also available online.

Provides comprehensive information victims compensation, victims' rights in the Justice System, restitution, civil suits, right to speak at sentencing and parole board hearings, as well as information on specific rights of victims of domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse, and abuse against disabled. Program is administered by the McGeorge School of Law of Pacific University. Publishes and distributes free information brochures on victim's rights. Wesite has extensive information.

New Beginnings (preschool and clinic) program that offers an early intervention program for children with Social-Emotional and Behavioral needs. Children may have experienced trauma, loss or abuse, or may just need extra help with social skills, impulse control, anger management, etc. Children may receive services at center preschool or therapy service in the clinic, home or community.

Provides a team-based approach including coordination of mental health, education, welfare, juvenile justice, and other social services into a network to meet the individual needs of children with emotional and behavioral disturbances. This family-centered and strength-based process consists of building a team with the family, natural support providers (such as friends and relatives), professionals from schools, mental health agencies, social services, community organizations, and others to develop comprehensive plans that blend perspectives and the family goals. Kinship services to relative caregivers, respite, support groups and case/care management.

Provides dialysis services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney failure, a condition also known as chronic kidney disease (CKD). Provides locations of over 2,000 outpatient dialysis facilities and acute units in over 800 hospitals 46 states and the District of Columbia. Website offers extensive information about CKD.

Provides assistance to SSI applicants or new applicants. SSI is a Federal income supplement program funded by general tax revenues (not Social Security taxes) designed to help aged, blind, and disabled people, who have little or no income; and it provides cash to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter.

Provides a broad range of individual and group psychotherapy and prescription management services via an outpatient and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) to adults, facing mild, moderate, and severe psychiatric disabilities. Issues include, depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, anxiety, and relationship conflict concerns.

Provides qualified low-income households free energy education, installation of weatherization measures, and free energy-efficient appliances in order to reduce the household's gas and electricity usage and hardship.

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.

Provide victims and witnesses of crime information concerning the criminal justice system and assists victims with the following: filing of Victim of Crime Compensation Program applications, assistance in restitution determination and collection, court support, referrals to community agencies, counseling and therapy, creditor and/or employer intervention, information concerning victim's rights and other related issues. See website for other services.

Offers 4 mobile showers for homeless individuals in need of a shower.

Offers support and education on a variety of issues including leadership engagement opportunities. Services include, time management, money management, networking opportunities and support groups. Participants are encouraged to engage and start a project which will address a need in their community; examples are nutrition, diabetes, psychical activity education, financial education, art or cultural issues. Annually the center coordinates a legislative day in which participants visit legislative representatives in Sacramento.

Provides education, information, socialization and services for visually impaired or blind individuals. Provides home visits to assist those with reduced vision in coping with the problems of daily living, and support groups in El Cerrito and Concord. Offers an adult day program at site Tuesdays. Provides free Early Detection program at various sites; service is free for adults. Provides referrals to eye exams and glasses at low cost or no cost for individuals with no vision insurance coverage and individuals on Medicare; call number to locate service provider in area.

Oversees a variety of services for residents including recreation centers, aquatic parks, senior centers, police department, and community and economic development. Public works department provides maintenance service to San Ramon's roads, parks, marina, open spaces, flood control areas, street signs and lights, water and sewer lines as well as providing safe potable water to residents.

Provides an active social and recreational program for adolescents with special needs, age 7-22 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.

Provides needs based services which may include; utility and 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 access to job postings, computer, phones, printer and scanners. Offers resume preparation workshop assistance which provides step by step information on how to create a resume and be job ready.

Offers a variety of online support groups for individuals with a liver disease and caregivers. Website offers extensive information.

Regulates sources of air pollution in the nine counties that surround San Francisco Bay: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma counties. Operates 800-Exhaust to report smoking vehicles, 800-Help-Air for air quality reports and open burning. Website contain current air quality measurements and alerts.