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Provides a sanctuary house, assistance with basic needs and community orientation for Latin American refugees and immigrants age 18+. Offers companionship and volunteer assistance in meeting legal, employment, permanent housing, physical and mental health needs. Provides orientation to local transportation, community organizations, cultural and recreational activities. Serves as a community center offering English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, religious and social events, and educational talks on immigrant issues. Offers free food giveaway pantry every Thursday from 11-12:30pm, call for information.

Partners with the Contra Costa County Employment & Human Services Department (EHSD) and the County Health, Housing and Homeless Services Department (H3) to provide the HousingWORKS! Housing Support Program (HSP): HousingWORKS! provides supportive housing services to homeless CalWORKs families to help them achieve self-sufficiency and housing stability. Supportive services include assistance with housing search and temporary/permanent housing placement, time-limited subsidy assistance using Rapid Rehousing and Housing First models and on-demand in-home services. Eligible families are referred through EHSD and the H3 County Coordinated Entry System. Offers Youth and Young Adult (YYA) Housing Support program which provides time-limited subsidy assistance and in-home support services to transition age youth to help them achieve permanent housing and independence the CC County Coordinated Entry System.

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 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 accommodation to recreational classes and programs for youth and adults with disabilities throughout the year. Programs are listed online and in guide.

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 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.

Provides administration over all city parks and recreational activities, and community centers. All parks are open from sunrise to sunset. Park restrictions are listed online including special reservations.

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.

Offers child kidnapping prevention, missing children location assistance, runaway/homeless youth helplines, specialized information and referral and conflict resolution. Provides professional services to defuse family conflicts that can lead to abduction and abuse such as: crisis intervention, conflict resolution, safety planning, and communication/parenting skill-building.

Provides an emergency shelter service and programs for men who have been victims of domestic violence. Offers support groups, individual and group counseling and men outreach and educational activities.

Provides a national toll-free suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth. Callers can talk to trained counselors and find local resources. Offers Chat and text services. Visit website for more details.

Provides temporary safe homes where parents may voluntarily have their children cared for during a family crisis. Crisis situations may include homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, drug addiction, medical illness, hospitalization, or any other crisis circumstance that makes it difficult for the parents to care for their children. The staff offers support by helping new and previously helped clients find needed resources for their families. Safe Refuge for Children + Families is a faith-based organization that recruits its volunteers through churches. These local churches support the families hosting the children of the families in crisis. The Safe Refuge volunteer host families are screened (background checks, home studies, training, etc.) and approved to be safe. This is a voluntary program and the families in crisis always retain all of their parental rights and custody.

Provides a food pantry for Danville, Alamo, and Blackhawk residents.

Provides administration over all Antioch city parks and recreational activities, aquatic facilities and community centers. A variety of classes are available for children, teens, and adults including art classes, dance and exercise classes, martial arts, visual arts, sports, summer camps and trips.

Provides administration over all city parks and recreational activities, aquatic facilities and community centers. All parks are open from sunrise to sunset. Park restrictions are listed online including special reservations.

Offers sliding scale mediation services to help individuals find mutually fair and lasting solutions to conflict and disputes between neighbors, landlords and tenants, merchants, consumers, employees and employers in Contra Costa. It is an informal service that will not result in court or police records. Panel hearings are normally held within 14 days from time of request, with sessions scheduled at the convenience of participants. Mediators are trained volunteer community members.

Administers four public high schools, one alternative high school and an adult education department. Programs and classes are available for special education students; call for information.

Offers an early intervention program model that offers opportunities for individual learning within a natural group environment through the implementation of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) practices for children 18 months to 3 years with autism or at-risk for autism. Uses ESDM practices of daily routines and play-based activities to facilitate developmental sequences in young children with autism or at risk for autism similar to their typically developing peers. Aims to help minimize the developmental delays associated with early autism and increases young children’s developmental growth in the cognitive, social-emotional, communication, fine, and gross motor developmental areas. Service is provided in a classroom based environment and meets 5 days per week from 8:30am-12:00pm.

Provides emergency adult shelter for single adults. Provides the basic needs of shelter, shower, food, and clothing. Service includes case management services assisting residents with linkage to appropriate support programs and organizations including, housing support, social and human resource services, employment search and placement, legal services, counseling and health needs. Some rooms are made available for couples or individuals with special needs.

Provides 90-day residential drug and alcohol services for pregnant and parenting women. Services include assessment, treatment planning, addiction education, individual and group counseling, addictive family system education, pre-vocational skill building, specialized women's issues and health groups, parent education, child enrichment services and other perinatal related services.

Provides a monthly discount on energy bills for income qualified households and housing facilities. Qualifications are based on the number of persons living in the home, the total annual household income, and more. Call or check website for income guidelines.

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.

Provides counseling and police escorts to sexually abused victims through: 24-hour crisis line counseling, in person support, including accompaniment to hospitals, police interviews, and legal proceedings.

Provides low-income men and women in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties with quality business clothing appropriate for job interviews and the professional workplace as well as career development support. Each client receives two interviewing outfits for interviews and a working wardrobe when jobs are obtained. All clients are referred by qualified social service and job training agencies that determine the client's readiness to work. Visit website, for drop-off locations.