Assistance Programs provide several benefits to low-income adults and families. Human Services Department staff work directly with clients to determine their eligibility for assistance and provide referrals for related services.

Food Stamps

Food Stamps is a federal program that helps low-income people buy the food they need for good health and nutrition.

Cal Success Student Assistance

The Cal Success program encourages students receiving Food Stamps to participate in vocational and educational programs to help them become economically self-sufficient in the local labor market.

Medi-Cal Health Benefits 

Medi-Cal provides health care services to those who qualify. Staff assist individuals and families with the application.

CalWORKs Cash Aid

CalWORKs Cash Aid is a state sponsored program designed to assist parents with dependent children in finding and keeping a job, advancing careers through job training, development of new skills, and covering child care costs during work or training hours.

CalWORKs Child Care

CalWORKs Child Care Program helps eligible families pay for monthly child care as they move through their Welfare-to-Work activities towards employment.

Welfare-to-Work Employment Assistance

Welfare-to-Work Employment Assistance helps CalWORKs participants find jobs and become self-sufficient.

General Assistance

General Assistance is a county funded loan program, which assists eligible adults with no dependent children by providing them with basic living needs and helping them become self-sufficent.

Benefits Call Center 

The Benefits Call Center serves individuals and families who are receiving assistance from Food Stamps, Medi-Cal, Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and/or CalWORKs.