CalWORKS
California Department of Social Services
Phone: 877-847-3663
Link: Website
| California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) is a cash aid program for low income families to meet their basic needs. It also provides education, employment, and training programs to help families get jobs and move towards self-sufficiency. Child care, transportation, work expenses and counseling are available for families in work activities. |
Core Service Agency
San Mateo County Human Services Agency
Varies
Link: Website
| Core Service Agencies provide safety net services to San Mateo County residents in need of food, emergency housing assistance, emergency utility assistance, shelter and other basic needs. Call the Core Service Agency that serves your area to find out more about the services they offer and how to access services. |
One Fair Wage Emergency Fund
Link: Website
| Are you a service worker struggling amidst the coronavirus crisis? This fund seeks to provide temporary cash gifts to works as funding becomes available. |
Restaurant Strong Fund
Samual Adams and The Greg Hill Foundation
800 W Cummings Park
Ste 3700
Woburn, MA 18101
Link: Website
| Samuel Adams and The Greg Hill Foundation are bringing the successful Restaurant Strong Fund to 20 total states to aid the restaurant workers impacted by the Covid-19 closures. Following the success of the Massachusetts launch in mid-March, Samuel Adams is donating over $2,000,000 to kickstart funding in additional states, including California. |
San Mateo County Strong Fund
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
2440 West El Camino Real
Ste 300
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: 650-450-5444
Link: Website
| This fund was initiated by San Mateo County and is managed by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. It was created to provide individuals and families with help to cover basic household expenses. It also provides small local businesses with assistance to help them avoid layoffs and stay open, or reopen once feasible. In addition, it supports nonprofits that provide services to our most vulnerable populations like seniors, homeless individuals or people with disabilities. |
SMC Connect
County of San Mateo Human Services Agency
2415 University Ave.
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: 650-363-4175
Link: Website
| Find community services in San Mateo County including food assistance, financial assistance, crisis services, health, employment, homeless services, emergency shelter, housing, legal and mediation services, mental health/counseling, senior services and more. |
UndocuScholars Relief Fund
Betancourt-Macias Family Scholarship Foundation
Phone: 360-524-3664
Link: Website
| If you are undocumented yourself or have family members who are undocumented and have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. / Si usted es indocumentado o tiene familiares indocumentados y han sido afectados por la pandemia de COVID-19. |
USBG National Charity Foundation ? Bartender Emergency Assistance Program
Link: Website
| The Bartender Emergency Assistance Program seeks to aid those working in hospitality who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Grant applications are compared and prioritized based on proven need and applicants must provide a complete and thorough application to be eligible for review. At this time a COVID-19 Relief Grant award is supplemental emergency aid of between $150-$500. Approved applications are awarded at the discretion of the Grant Selection Committee. Awards are distributed through Tipalti, a secure payment processing platform which conducts a final fraud check and distributes via manual check, direct deposit or PayPal. |
