family/community resources
As a community of service providers who care deeply about equity, compassion and dignity for ourselves, our communities and everyone we serve, we have compiled the following services.
For general information/updates, text Covid19 or Coronavirus to 211-211. You can also text MCCOVID19 to 888-777
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Monterey County Animal Services
Employment Development Department (Website for all impacted workers)
CalWORKs Employment Services: Monterey County Department Of Social Services (MCDSS)
Monterey County Department of Social Services, Community Benefits
Monterey County Workforce Development Board
Monterey County Child Care Resource and Referral
Monterey County Department of Social Services, Community Benefits
Disabilities/Access & Functional Needs
Central Coast Center for Independent Living
Community Emergency Response Volunteers of the Monterey Peninsula (CERV) / LISTOS California Project
Disaster Loans & Economic Assistance
California Coastal Rural Development Corporation
Cash Assistance for Service Workers
Emergency Assistance for Home care workers
Emergency Assistance for Hospitality / Service workers
Cash Assistance for Restaurant Workers
Cash Assistance for Bartenders
Cash Assistance for Formerly Incarcerated Californians
US Small Business Administration
Monterey County Workforce Development Board
Community Foundation for Monterey County / Monterey Peninsula Foundation
Grocery Stores: Programs for Aging Residents
Grocery Delivery: Monterey Peninsula
Grocery Delivery: Salinas Valley
Monterey County Office of Ed: Nutrition for Families
Monterey County Department of Social Services, Community Benefits
Monterey Free Public Libraries
City of Salinas Recommendations
Health Insurance and COVID-19 testing coverage
Prescription Delivery (FamilyWize)
Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
Immigration & Services for Undocumented Residents
Cash Assistance for Undocumented Residents
Relief Funds for Undocumented Workers
United Farm Workers Foundation
Comcast / Xfinity / Internet Essentials
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA)
Monterey County Local Eviction Moratorium Information
Monterey County Behavioral Health
Monterey County Department of Social Services (MCDSS): Family & Children’s Services
Family Service Agency of the Central Coast-Suicide Prevention Services of the Central Coast
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Monterey County Rape Crisis Center
California Peer Run Warm Line (24/7)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (24/7)
The Parenting Connection: Maternal Mental Health Warmline (Not 24/7)
Suicide Prevention Hotline (24/7)
Substance Abuse and and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (24/7)
Resource Request Process for Monterey County
Monterey County Covid-19 Scams Alert
Alliance on Aging (Comprehensive list of ALL Senior Services)
Grocery Stores: Programs for Aging Residents
Meals on Wheels (Salinas Valley)
Meals on Wheels (Monterey Peninsula)
Monterey County Department of Social Services: Adult Protective Services
Independent Transportation Network Monterey County
Monterey Salinas Transit (MST)
Military & Veterans Affairs (Department of Social Services, Monterey County)