Basics

Bay Area Legal Aid provides low-income clients with free civil legal assistance, including legal advice and counsel, effective referrals, and legal representation to help clients protect their families, their health, and their livelihoods.

Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) aims to strengthen the capacity of refugee-serving and mainstream organizations across the U.S. to empower and ensure the successful development of refugee children, youth, and their families.

CalFresh, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), provides monthly assistance for low or no income individuals and families to purchase nutritious food.

Find local food banks in your area.

The California Health Collaborative is committed to addressing the health needs of Californians with special emphasis on underserved communities with limited access to resources or who face barriers related to culture, language, income, education, gender, geography or immigration status.

Formed in 1994, the California Primary Care Association (CPCA) is the statewide leader and recognized voice representing the interests of California’s community health centers (CHCs) and their patients. CPCA represents more than 1,250 not-for-profit CHCs and Regional Clinic Associations who provide comprehensive, quality healthcare services, particularly for low-income, uninsured, and underserved Californians who might otherwise not have access to health care.

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) is a public assistance program that provides temporary assistance to families with children and expectant mothers.

Catholic Charities East Bay helps vulnerable communities within Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, providing housing assistance, general legal services, social services, social support and mental health services, financial assistance and resources, financial literacy, emergency shelter services.

The Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) helps you live at home, instead of a nursing home. If you are age 55 and older, dealing with multiple health challenges and need assistance in your daily routine, CEI might be just the help you need.

AACI’s Center for Survivors of Torture (CST) program provides specialized services for survivors of torture and their family members, as well as newly arrived refugees, including individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatry, psychological and medical evaluations for political asylum cases, medical, social, and legal services

CRECE is a grassroots organization, whose mission is to organize and educate the Latino immigrant community to improve its social, economic and cultural conditions.

Every day, countless parents like you are searching for quality, affordable, dependable child care. Davis Street helps meet these needs by offering a voucher parental choice program or a stimulating, nurturing and inclusive environment in our own child development centers.

Berkeley Mental Health provides mental health services to eligible adults, children, youth, and their families, including counseling and case management services.

The all-in-one pass that allows you to pay for your fare with access to a number of transit partners such as BART, AC Transit, MUNI, etc. on one reloadable card or through our app. Youth, seniors and riders with disabilities can receive reduced fares and access to discounted passes.

Affordable housing resources for renters and those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Contra Costa Behavioral Health provides welcoming, integrated services for mental health, substance abuse, and other needs that promote wellness, recovery and resiliency while respecting the complexity and diversity of the people we serve.

Health Centers and Clinics in Contra Costa County.

A link to County of San Mateo's Department of Housing resources page.