Related Links
Resources and Assistance
- Core Service Centers
- Temporary Financial Assistance
- Emergency Food
- Housing
- Hotlines
- Health Care
- Disability Services
- Employment
- Legal Services
- Children's Services
- Counseling Programs
- Commission on Status of Women
- Small Claims
Core Service Centers
These agencies can provide or locate emergency food, shelter, clothing, employment services, PG&E assistance funds, and short-term counseling.
- Daly City
- 991-8007Daly City Community Service Center
134 Hillside Boulevard - Pacifica
- 738-7470Pacifica Resource Center
1809 Palmetto Avenue - South San Francisco
- 588-8822North Peninsula Neighborhood Service Center
600 Linden Avenue - Coastside
- 726-9071Coastside Opportunity Center
99 Avenue Alhambra, El Granada - San Mateo
- 347-3648Samaritan House
401 North Humboldt Street - Redwood City
- 780-7260Fair Oaks Community Center
2600 Middlefield Road - East Palo Alto
- 322-1821Bayshore Community Resource Center
2277 University Avenue
Temporary Financial Assistance
TANF, General Assistance, Food Stamps, MediCal
- North region
- 877-56081487 Huntington Avenue
- Central region
- 596-1025550 Quarry Road, Belmont
- South region
- 599-38112500 Middlefield Road
- San Mateo [Medi-Cal only]
- 573-2349San Mateo County General Hospital
222 W. 39th Avenue
Emergency Food
- See also the core service centers
- County-wide
- 343-4403St. Vincent de Paul
- North county
- 583-6757South San Francisco Food Pantry-St Paul's United Methodist Church
500 Miller Street, South San Francisco Fridays, 10 am-12 noon - Central county
- 342-CALLCALL-Primrose Center
139 Primrose Road, Burlingame - South county
- 323-7781Ecumenical Hunger Program
1934 University Avenue
366-4692St. Anthony's Center
3500 Middlefield Road
Housing
- For emergency shelter, call a core service center
- Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
- 558-0915The Natalie Lanam Justice Center
800-381-8898
Sobrato Center for Nonprofits - Redwood Shores
330 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 123
Redwood City, CA 94065
It is the eviction clinic and "Helps with eviction defense, landlord-tenant disputes, discrimination and affordable housing. Offers Eviction Defense Clinics on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, call for more information." - Human Investment Project
- 348-6660364 Railroad Avenue, San Mateo
Helps seniors, single parents, or persons with low or modest incomes to obtain housing or remain in their own homes - Housing Authority
- 802-3300Administers the federal subsidy program (Section 8)
- 373-3490Landlord/Tenant Mediation Service
- Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing
- 327-1718457 Kingsley Avenue, Palo Alto
Investigates housing discrimination cases in southern San Mateo and northern Santa Clara counties - Project Sentinel
- 321-6291430 Sherman Avenue, #308, Palo Alto
Investigation of housing discrimination complaints in cities north of Redwood City
Hotlines
- Aging and Adult Services
- 800-675-TIESInvestigates and develops care plans in situations where individuals are at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
- 573-3950Alcohol and Drug Helpline
- Notice: Center for Domestic Violence Prevention and
Sor Juana Ines Services for Abused Women have now merged
and are known as:
Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) - 652-0800 orPO Box 5090
800-300-1080San Mateo, CA 94402 - Child Welfare Services
- 800-632-461524-hour line for situations in which children age 17 or under are in jeopardy due to abuse, abandonment or exploitation.
- Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention
- 368-6655Belmont through Palo Alto
692-6655BSan Mateo through Daly City
726-6655BCoastside
A 24-hour phone service for troubled people seeking help in dealing with a crisis. Also counseling for families experiencing stress. - Rape Trauma Services
- 692-RAPECrisis counseling, outreach, advocacy for survivors and their families.
Health Care
- San Mateo County General Hospital
- 573-2222222 West 39th Avenue, San Mateo
- Fair Oaks Family Health Center
- 364-60102710 Middlefield Road, Redwood City
- North County Community Health Center
- 301-8600380 90th Street, Daly City
- Drew Health Foundation
- 328-5060211 University Avenue, East Palo Alto
- San Mateo County AIDS Program
- 573-23853700 Edison Street, San Mateo
- RotaCare Clinics
- Free urgent care health services for uninsured persons. 3 locations:
600 Marine Blvd., Moss Beach (Wednesday, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.)
1900 Sullivan Ave., Daly City (Monday, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.)
795 Willow Road, Menlo Park (Saturday, 9:30a.m.-12:30p.m.) - Willow Clinic
- 599-3890Family practice, AIDS services
795 Willow Road, Menlo Park - 574-2622Planned Parenthood
- 800-686-0101Mental Health Access Team
Disability Services
- Aging & Adult Services
- 800-675 TIES225 West 37th Avenue, San Mateo
- Center for Independence of the Disabled
- 595-0783875 O'Neil Avenue, Belmont
- Peninsula Association for Retarded Children & Adults
- 312-07301650 S. Amphlett Blvd, #213, San Mateo
- Poplar ReCare
- 259-85001764 Marco Polo Way, Burlingame
Therapeutic treatment, equipment loan, and other services for those with developmental disabilities, illness, or injury
Employment
- Employment Development Department
- 737-2662230 S. Spruce, South San Francisco
578-29003520 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo
Numbers above are for counseling and job vacancy information. For unemployment benefits, call 341-6111. - SUCCESS Center - North
- 301-8470271 92nd Street Daly City
- SUCCESS Center - South
- 367-01902500 Middlefield Road, Redwood City
Legal Services
- Bay Area Legal Aid
- 358-0745539 Middlefield Road, Redwood City 94063
472-2666Legal Advice Line (Mon, Thur 9:30-3:00; Tue, Wed 9:30-1:00)
Comprehensive civil legal assistance for low-income domestic violence victims - District Attorney - Family Support Division
- 366-8221401 Warren Street, Redwood City Questions about the collection of child support from a non-custodial parent
- Judicial Council of California
- Self-help website intended to help you find legal assistance, learn about California law, work better with an attorney, and represent yourself in some legal matters.
- Lawyers in the Library
- 697-7607The third Wednesday of each month the San Mateo County Library, in partnership with the San Mateo County Bar Association, holds free legal clinics.
- Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
- 558-0915The Natalie Lanam Justice Center
800-381-8898
Sobrato Center for Nonprofits - Redwood Shores
330 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 123
Redwood City, CA 94065
Legal advice and counsel on civil matters for low-income individuals - San Mateo County Bar Association
- 369-4149333 Bradford Street, Redwood City
Lawyer referral service
Children's Services
- Center for a New Generation
- 328-06412086 Clarke Avenue, East Palo Alto
Resource library, workshops, conflict resolution, parenting classes - Center for Children and the Courts
- Provides information about and links to courts, attorneys and bar associations, child welfare agencies, juvenile justice agencies, and domestic violence agencies.
- Child Abuse Prevention Center
- 327-8120350 Cambridge Avenue, #50, Palo Alto
Child abuse resource, referral training, education, advocacy - Child Care Coordinating Council
- 655-67702121 S. El Camino Real, Suite A-100, San Mateo
Referrals for licensed child care, infant care, preschools, extended day care, summer camps. - Children and Family Services
- 800-632-4615400 Harbor Blvd., Belmont
Services for children age 17 or under in danger of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. - Parents & Educators Resource Center
- 655-24101660 S. Amphlett Blvd., #200, San Mateo
Information and support for parents of learning disabled children
Counseling Programs
- Family & Community Enrichment Services
- 591-96231607 Industrial Way, Belmont
- North Peninsula Family alternatives
- 877-86421486 Huntington Avenue, So. San Francisco
- Pacifica Youth Service Bureau
- 355-3900411 Oceana Blvd., Pacifica
- Project FOCYS
- 349-79691710 S. Amphlett Blvd., #216, San Mateo
- Youth & Family Assistance Insights Program
- 755-089085 Washington Street, Daly City
692-93001860 El Camino Real, Burlingame
366-8408609 Price Avenue, Redwood City
Commission on Status of Women
- 363-4872Information on services; programs on issues of concern to women