Unemployment - EDD provides unemployment insurance for people who have recently lost their job.
State Disability Insurance - EDD provides State Disability Insurance to people who are too sick to work.
Social Security Disability is available to those who are disabled and can no longer work.
General Assistance - through the County of Marin provides minimal financial assistance for people with no other means of support.
UTILITY ASSISTANCE
PG&E Reach Program administered thru Salvation Army, 459-4520
Care Program ~ Annual Income 1 or 2 persons $30,500 - (800) 743-5000
Li-Heap ~ The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) is funded through the state of California. Call 800-433-4327. A one-time grant may be available to qualified low-income applicants. Applicants are required to apply for the grant. Process time is approximately six to eight weeks.
Phone AT&T Universal Lifeline ~ Income level for 1-2 people is $24,000 annually. Call to order 1-866-999-6181
GARBAGE Marin Sanitary Service ~ If client is enrolled in PG&E Care program discount honored by MSS - 456-2601
RENTAL ASSISTANCE
Community Action
Marin 485-1489
Community Action Marin is a private non-profit 501(c)(3)
social service agency serving and assisting low-income Marin residents in
achieving a life of quality based on self-sufficiency. CAM
can help with rental and PG&E assistance.
Ritter Center
457-8182
Ritter
Center helps the homeless
and very low-income residents of Marin – stabilize their lives by offering a
number of social services: case management; primary health care; emergency
food and clothing ; emergency financial
assistance; showers, laundry, and restroom facilities; general delivery mail
and voicemail.
St. Vincent de Paul Society 454-3303
St. Vincent’s provides
assistance to help very low income residents of Marin obtain nutritious food,
affordable housing.
FOOD ASSISTANCE
Meals of Marin 457-4666
Meals of Marin's mission is to provide nourishment, comfort,
hope and dignity to home-bound people battling life-threatening illnesses in Marin County.
We do this through the daily preparation and home-delivery of freshly cooked,
healthy, appetizing meals.
USDA Marin County Food Bank Drop-Off Sites Canal Alliance 454-2640 Ritter Center 457-8182 Novato Human Needs 897-4147 Marin City - St Andrew Church 332-1209
