Health Consumer Alliance
1-310-204-4900
A partnership of consumer-assistance programs operated by community-based legal service organizations created to help people with low income obtain essential health care.
Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP)
1-800-434-0222
Free counseling about Medicare, Medigap policies, Medicare Advantage (formerly known as Medicare+Choice) plans, filing an appeal and long-term care insurance.
Attn: African American Medical Students
UMCOR is offering a scholarship to African American students who are in pursuit of a medical career.
Grants are made annually to person of African-American descent, who are pursuing a health-related career or already a practioner in the health care field. There are no age limits. Awards are primarily based on need and potential.
For more information, please visit: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/work/health/scholarships/
Johnsons Computer Services is an organization that provides computers for individuals that need a computer but can not afford it. If you or someone you know is in need of a computer, please visit: http://johnsonscomputerservice.com/wp/giving-back/ for an application and more information. If you wish to donate to this program, there is also an option to do so as well.
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3772 Taft Street
Riverside, California 92503
951-689-784723310 Meyer Drive, #4
On the former March Air Reserve Base
Riverside, California 92518
951-656-6020Genesis House and Amelia’s Light are mirror images of one another. While Genesis has been operational since 1976, Amelia’s Light opened in 2004.
Long term transitional living is provided for women with children who are already on track towards independent living. This is a program designed to transition clients to permanent housing, while providing needed life skills, and resolution of issues that hinder self-sufficiency. It will include intensive case management on a regular weekly/monthly basis and be linked with other programs or services, creating a comprehensive approach to self-sufficiency. Program fees and a mandatory savings plan are part of this program. Child development includes an after school program of activities that include homework help, tutoring, mentoring and organized play. You must apply and have your name added to the waiting list in order secure transitional housing.
Genesis has eight 1-bedroom apartments while Amelia’s has twenty-two 1-bedroom apartments.
1450 North D Street
San Bernardino CA 92405
909-388-1239All families need help at one time or another. Often times we have relatives or friends who can help us through the toughest times. Other times we need to seek help from public agencies, churches, or private organizations for assistance.
Catholic Charities provides a wide range of necessary social services over a very large geographic area, so we can be family to those who need us. We are a family that cares for families. Catholic Charities programs and services aim to increase the stability, safety, and health of families when they have no where else to turn for help.
CIRCLE OF HOPE FAMILY SHELTER
420 W. Harrison St.
Corona, CA 92880
951-278-2215Our goal at the Circle of Hope Family Shelter is to advocate for homeless women and families and assist them by providing temporary shelter, case management, collaboration with the City of Corona and other service providers. Our wish is to develop partnership with clients and encourage each person toward achieving self-sufficiency.
We are now able to house up to fifty (50) people in our emergency program. In the transitional program there is a family dorm that has 20 beds, a dorm for single women that houses 17, and four family bedrooms that hold four people per room for a total of 53. The combined programs offer a capacity of 103 beds.
The Circle of Hope Family Shelter is a safe haven for single women, single parents, moms and dads. No single males are accommodated in this program. Eligibiity rules are carefully followed to insure that the Circle of Hope Family Shelter remains a safe and stable environment.
COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION
47-518 Van Buren
Indio, CA 92201
760-347-3512“A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor” Proverbs 22:9
Since 1971, Coachella Valley Rescue Mission has been an oasis, a place of refuge for the homeless and needy in our valley. We are a safe haven, a place of rest for the weary, and a place where daily physical and spiritual needs may be met.
Over the years the mission has continued to meet the ever growing needs of individuals, who for a variety of reasons, have found themselves without the basic necessities of life. A dedicated staff and volunteers serve more than 80,000 hot meals annually and provide shelter to thousands of men and women with children. Food, clothing, and showers are also provided for those who do not shelter with us.
The Corona-Norco Settlement House
507 S Vicentia Ave
Corona, CA 92882
(951) 737-3504The Corona-Norco Settlement House, A United Way Agency, is a non-profit charitable organization that provides for the temporary emergency needs of the low-income families and individuals in the communities of Corona and Norco.
Our mission is that no family or individual will go without food or shelter and that no child will go to school without proper clothes.
I CARE SHELTER HOME
Call Terry @ 951-359-8350
I Care Shelter Home has helped change lives for 30 years. I Care prepares individuals for a better future for all those who choose growth and change, in a program setting. I Care offers a 2 week emergency shelter program and an extended 90 day emergency temporary shelter program. I Care manages each case individually
Focus is placed on self independence through employment and financial management education, and positive lifestyle changes. Saving for permanent housing is the number one goal for all clients at I Care.
INLAND TEMPORARY HOMES
P.O. Box 239
Loma Linda, CA 92354
909-796-6381ITH believes that being down on one’s luck does not have to be permanent. We are here to help families committed to getting past a crisis which culminated with homelessness.
We are in partnership for the future of these families by providing a safe and stable living environment where they can be together while steps are taken to re-establish the family as a healthy unit.
While living here, residents participate in classes developed specifically to hone their life skills. Budgeting, parental skills and employment counseling contribute to ITH’s rate of success.
Once a family leaves, follow up programs help smooth the transition back to independent living as satisfied, contributing members of society.
For families completing the ITH program, the success rate is above 90%
Martha’s Village & Kitchen
83791 Date Avenue
Indio, CA 92201-4737
760-347-4741Martha’s Village & Kitchen was designed to meet the Coachella Valley’s need for a comprehensive service center for the homeless and impoverished. For 20 years Martha’s Village has effectively utilized donations to provide professional and structured programs and services to our neighbors in need. As a result of our residential and social services, 92 percent of families served who exited our Transitional Housing program moved to permanent and stable housing. The services provided at Martha’s Village are always free of charge and are easily accessible under one roof. Martha’s Village now touches thousands of lives a year, is the largest provider of homeless services in Riverside County, and is a model to other such facilities.
PATH OF LIFE SHELTER
Main Office
Administrative Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
4495 Magnolia Ave.
Riverside, CA 92501
(951) 786-9048
(951) 786-9049 – Fax
info@polministries.netFamily Shelter
Hours of Operation:
4:00 pm – 8:00 am
2530 Third Street
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 275-8755
(951) 275-8775 – FaxYear Round Riverside Emergency Homeless Shelter
(& Emergency Cold Weather Shelter Program)
Hours of Operation:
5:30 pm – 8:00 am
2840 Hulen Place
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 683-4101
(951) 683-4103 – FaxAccess Center
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2840 Hulen Place
Riverside, CA 92507
(951) 683-4101
(951) 683-4103 – FaxKing Hall Transitional Housing Program
Hours of Operation:
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
23701 Meyer Dr.
March ARB, CA 92518
(951) 697-4195
(951) 697-4197 – Fax
Year Round Riverside Emergency Shelter
The shelter program is an intervention to impede homelessness because of the easy access to shelter care as a low-impact point of entry program. Shelter clients are introduced to a variety of supportive services in a safe and clean environment. The goal is to provide stabilization from the streets and guide shelter clients towards self-reliance through an intake / assessment process and an active case management plan with weekly monitoring is performed through the Access Center. (64 Beds – Men, Women & Children).Cold Weather Shelter Program
The homeless shelter is a hypothermia shelter program during the cold and wet winter months. It is a place to learn about trusting shelter care. Shelter clients are offered case management and encouraged to work on self-reliance activities. (56 Beds – Men, Women & Children)Family Shelter
This is an emergency shelter program for families. Services are offered on a continuous year round basis with intake / assessment and intensive case management that seamlessly coordinate with the Year Round Riverside Emergency Shelter and Access Center. The goal for all shelter clients is self-reliance through employment and permanent housing. (50 Beds – Families)Transitional Housing Program
The POLM Transitional Housing Program is a 54 Unit, 142 Bed facility serving families and single, chronically homeless women desiring to permanently break the cycle of homelessness. Residents may stay for up to twenty-four months. While participating in the program, each adult develops an individualized case plan and also receives employment readiness and job placement assistance, personalized budgeting and housing assistance and additional life-skills training from a professional Case Management team.)AccessCenter
The Access Center is a one-stop center for the homeless to learn about and access services that assist with ending homelessness. Families and individuals are guided to the services that lead them to self-reliance. The Access Center is the central intake point for all shelter care and sets up clients registered in the Year Round Shelter Program with case management activities that include but are not limited to; addressing medical and mental healthcare concerns, guidance towards permanent and/or transitional to permanent housing options, establishing eligibility and application for financial assistance, referrals for job readiness skills and work placement assistance, life skills trainings and workshops and other services that lead the client towards self-sufficiency.Men’s Supportive Housing Program
This is a permanent housing facility for dually diagnosed men who are chronically homeless. Supportive services are provided through individual service plans that are established and monitored by a Case Manager. Eligibility and intake are performed through the Access Center. (6 Beds – Men)
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
1-866-414-0870
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing
Are you currently homeless or facing homelessness in the next two weeks? The Housing Authority is now offering a new program for households who are facing a temporary housing crisis due to a decrease in income. The Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) is available to low-income households (50% or below the Area Median Income–AMI) who have the ability to be self-sufficient in a very short period of time.
Call 2-1-1 and asked to be pre-qualified for this program.
HOMELESS STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM
951 826-2200
The Homeless Street Outreach Team is made up of four outreach team workers who conduct daily mobile outreach focusing on the homeless on the streets, at service venues, and other locations where they can be found in the City of Riverside. The Outreach Team works in partnership with local agencies, law enforcement, health professionals, and other city staff to help people get off the streets and connected with services they need to gain stable housing and achieve self-sufficiency. The Outreach Team also responds to the needs and concerns of business operators, residents, and others relative to issues of homelessness in the community. Staff from local service provider agencies as well as community volunteers assist the Team through “ride-alongs” throughout the week.
The Homeless Street Outreach Team operates from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday and various weekend hours as assigned.
To seek assistance with a homeless situation or to volunteer to go on a ride along with the Outreach Team, residents and others can contact the Outreach Team or call 951 826-2200.
Salvation Army Family Services
3695 First Street
Riverside, CA 92501-2501
951-784-3571 Ext. 105What is the Corps?
There are 17 centers, known as Salvation Army corps community centers, in Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties for worship and service. Each corps offers social services, including food and referrals for clothing and shelter, as well as spiritual guidance, and worship.VALLEY RESTART CENTER
Post Office Box 1715
Hemet, California 92545
951-766-7476Our mission is to provide essential services to families, adults, and children who lack basic resources to sustain themselves within our community.
The goal is to provide emergency services to help the homeless and low-income families avoid homelessness, restart lives, and to break the cycle of homelessness.
A Full Service Community Agency Valley Restart provides both emergency homeless services to residents of Southwest Riverside County and on-going programs to the community.
Our 24-hour facility is open every day of the year to provide housing and food to those in need. This is a working shelter. The residents help support the program with the upkeep of the facility.
As part of our goal of helping our residents to restart their lives, Valley Restart Shelter offers a number of programs: assessment, education, information and referrals related to gaining self-sufficiency and independence.
Our Case Managers work closely with our residents to see that they set goals for themselves and then help the residents to reach those goals. Goal-setting begins during the intake process, and progress is monitored daily. Our professional counselors help with crisis intervention. Because we are a drug and alcohol-free facility, we do random observed testing. Many participants take advantage of the services offered across the street at Riverside County Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, as well as our daily NA meetings.
As part of our goal to return our participants to the community in active, self-sufficient roles, our program teaches our participants how to function in society. We encourage saving of money earned with a mandatory savings of 80% of all income sources. This mechanism supports efforts while staying at VRS so they are prepared to meet the costs associated with living in our community.
VCF COMMUNITY SERVICES
16445 Porter Ave.
Riverside, CA 92504
951-789-8514Agency provides information and referrals to homeless people regarding shelters and assistance programs. Bagged lunches and food boxes are provided when available. Hygiene supplies are supplied. Job Search and resume assistance is available.
For more information and to donate to this site please visit: http://www.riverside-recovery-resources.org/homeless.html
First Steps for the Newly Diagnosed refers to the information that needs to be gathered and the decisions that need to be made in the initial days and weeks after you are diagnosed with cancer. In this program, we offer practical guidelines designed to help you take those first steps toward successfully meeting the challenges that a cancer diagnosis can impose.
After listening to this Toolbox program, you will be better prepared to:
To get more tips and to read more articles like this, please visit: http://www.canceradvocacy.org/toolbox/first-steps/
Please visit: http://www.benefits.gov/ to see what yoy aand your family qualify for. You may be eligible for food assistance, rental assistance, veterans assistance,…etc. and not even know! Please visit ASAP to take the free questionnaire and find out what benefits you may qualify for.
Group and Individual Health Insurance, and Information on the Affordable Care Act
Medicaid
Medicare
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
General Information
For more information, please visit: http://www.hhs.gov/children/index.html
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – More than 30 companies converged at San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC) Thursday for the grad success fair.The campus, a private junior college at 10641 Church St., was open to graduates who needed assistance in their job search.
Paula Banke of Rancho Cucamonga graduated from the school’s clinical medical assistance program in December. She decided to continue her education at the urging of her father. She is currently completing an externship (usually a shorter experience than a traditional internship) at a pediatrician’s office, she explained.
So far, so good, she said.
“I like dealing with kids,” Banke said. “I never knew how hard it was to work with children.”
Banke said she found her externship with relative ease, thanks to help from the school.
She hopes she will find full-time employment just as easily.
Eurique Giron is scheduled to graduate from one of the medical programs soon. As an aspiring physician, he wanted to get certified as a medical assistant first after hearing doctors express so much frustration with their office help.
“Most people don’t have a lot of understanding,” Giron said. “I want to be a well-rounded person.”
Giron is also in the National Guard and has four more years on his contract with them.
Barrett Van Buren, career services manager for the school, said school officials help students with everything needed to be successful in their chosen field. They keep their classes small so that students get more attention than in public schools.
Hundreds of people in business attire walked in and around the campus buildings Thursday waiting for the chance to discuss employment opportunities with military, medical and law enforcement representatives.
The job fair began at 4 and lasted until 6:30 p.m., according to information from the school.
The career fair was just one of the ways administrators help students find employment after graduation.
SJVC offers students the chance to study for careers in the medical field, business, healthcare administration, criminal justice and construction management.
For more information on programs the school offers, visit their website at sjvc.edu. Information on community services including scholarships can be found by visiting someonehelpedme.com.
Reach Jannise via email or call her at 909-483-9318.
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Meals on Wheels, Inland Empire, provides seven nutritious prepared meals, including milk, which are delivered each week. Clients include those who are 60 years-plus and individuals with disabilities. The cost is $20 a week.
Our meal types include:
- Regular, healthy meals
- Lower fat and reduced sodium
- Diabetic-friendly
- Easy-to-chew
Beverage choices include whole or low-fat milk.
To sign up for meals, or request additional information, please contact Meals on Wheels, Inland Empire.
Meals on Wheels, Inland Empire
1998 N. Arrowhead Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92405
Phone: 909-882-8466, ext 240
Fax: 909-886-1301
Email: Service@MealsonWheelsIE.org
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