This is just a sampling of links to services intended to help those in need near you. Click on city tabs for even more local services. If you have a helpful local service to add, please contact library staff.
Covered California is where Californians can get federal premium assistance to help buy brand-name health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Service Center: 1-800-300-1506
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) is a public assistance program that provides cash aid and services to eligible families with children in the home.
Offers a wide variety of services to Californians under the Job Service, Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), Workforce Investment, and Labor Market Information programs.
Learn about the state and federal benefits you are entitled to receive and how to claim them. Those benefits could compensate you for a service-connected disability, allow you to begin or resume your college education, care for your health, train for or find employment, buy a home, live out your years with dignity and respect, and much more! Phone: 1-800-952-5626.
Access and manage your VA benefits, health care, GI Bill application, disability compensation, pension, housing assistance, and more. Crisis Hotline: 1-800-273-8255.
The CalFresh Program, federally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), issues monthly electronic benefits that can be used to buy most foods at many markets and food stores. Benefits Helpline: 1-877-847-3663.
WIC helps families by providing nutrition education, breastfeeding support, vouchers for healthy foods, and referrals to healthcare and other community services. 1-800-852-577
Promotes the well-being of children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more. To report child abuse or speak with a counselor, contact Childhelp: 1-800-422-4453.
DSPS serves Cerro Coso students with a verifiable disability that results in an educational limitation and who would otherwise be qualified to meet the requirements of a college education.