Community Resources

Housing


🏠 Housing resources from Housing Santa Cruz County
🏠 City of Watsonville Affordable Housing Programs
🏠 The Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County has a set of resources including rental assistance, youth homeless response team, transitional age youth housing navigation, and Watsonville works and roaming assessor. To learn more: https://cabinc.org/rap/
🏠 The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Cruz offers a list of affordable housing provider contact information, where you can get information about income eligibility, restrictions, and wait lists. List can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3kz6dcpu
🏠 Community Bridges offers a Family Resource Collective to meet family and individual needs. 

Housing & Utility Bill Assistance


Housing
→ Community Action Board - 831-724-2997
→ Catholic Charities - 831-722-2675

Utility Bills
→ Central Coast Energy Services 831-728-3637
→ Community Action Board Inc 831-763-2147

Food Assistance 


► Learn when Second Harvest Food Bank distributes food on their website.
► Great Plates Delivered: Food & Meals for Seniors in California - FAQ from the State. If you are interested, in Santa Cruz County call 831-454-4406 or email hsd_greatplates@santacruzcounty.us. 

Numbers to call for food help and assistance:
→ Second Harvest Food Bank - 831-662-0991
→ Pajaro Valley Loaves & Fishes - 831-319-4570
→ Community Bridges (Food Gift Cards) - 831-724-2997
→ Center for Farmworker Families - 831-216-8772

Unemployment & Financial Resources


► Employment Development Department of California
► General EDD information in Spanish for filing for unemployment

If you need assistance to fill out forms, or are not sure what to do, contact:
→ Community Bridges 831-724-2997
→ County of Santa Cruz Calworks 831-454-4101

► Cash Assistance for Immigrants: Community Action Board Santa Cruz 1-800-228-6820

Health Services


General Health Services

► Salud Para La Gente 831-728-0222

Mental Health Services

► Crisis & Suicide Prevention Line (24/7): 1-877-663-5433
► National Crisis Text Line: 741741
► Domestic Violence Local Helpline - Monarch Services - 1-888-900-4232
► PVPSA - 831-728-6445
► Community Bridges 831-246-6360
► Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health Crisis Services
► County of Santa Cruz Behavioral Health Services for Children & Adults
► Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency FAQ on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
► Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency Behavioral Health Web Resources

Substance Abuse Help & Hotlines

► Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Santa Cruz County
► Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in Santa Cruz County
► Santa Cruz County Heath Service Agency's Substance Use Disorders Services webpage.
► Addicted.org - Directory of rehab centers in the United States. Includes specific types of rehabs (holistic, veterans, etc) and information about various addictive substances. 
♥ Start Your Recovery - Learn more about substance abuse signs and risk factors, treatments and recovery options. This site also has a directory of help centers and other organizations to assist with recovery and staying sober. 

Survivors of Suicide or Loss

♥  Santa Cruz County Survivors of Suicide or Loss - Learn about loss packets and other resources. 

Public Health Resources

► Santa Cruz County Public Health Call Center: 831-454-4242 (8pm - 6pm Daily) or visit HSA Home (santacruzhealth.org)
► Smithsonian Institute's Vaccines & Us
► World Health Organization on Masks
► Respiratory Virus Guidance from the CDC
► VRS (virus respiratorio sincilital) del CDC en Español
► Call 2-1-1 or visit their website

Legal Resources


► The Santa Cruz County Lawyer Referral Service

City & County Services


→ Call 471-1151 for water turn-on or emergency service requests in Santa Cruz County
→ Call 211 
→ Call 768-3038 for more information on Watsonville city operations

County Clerk Services

Please contact 831-454-2060 to book an appointment for county clerk services in Watsonville.
Services include passports, marriage licenses, and registering as a notary.
For more information, please call 831-454-2060 or email info@sccoclerk.com

LGBTQ+ Information & Resources


Local LGBTQ+ Organizations

🏳️‍🌈 Pajaro Valley Pride
🏳️‍🌈 Santa Cruz Pride
🏳️‍🌈 Diversity Center - We are helping people to connect with one another in the LGBTQ+ community, and to get help with emotional support, mental health issues, groceries, food delivery, exercise, and fun discussion groups.
🏳️‍🌈 Lionel Cantú Queer Center of the University of Santa Cruz
🏳️‍🌈 Our Gente is a multi-faceted project that includes community and agency trainings, monthly support groups for youth ages 16-24, and community events all steered by the Queer & Trans Youth Collective. Our Gente offers a safer space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer & questioning, intersex and asexual youth living in Monterey County.

Events


🌈 UCSC Queer Youth Events Calendar
🌈 Queer Youth Task Force Calendar of Events
🌈 Our Gente of Monterey County Events Calendar