Kidango — Mayfair Early Learning Center
Kidango early learning center offering full-day child care and preschool for children ages 0 to 5. Call the center to ask about openings and enrollment.
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Kidango — Toyon Early Learning Center
Kidango early learning center offering full-day child care and preschool for children ages 0 to 5. Call the center to ask about openings and enrollment.
Kidango — Unidos Center
Kidango early learning center offering full-day child care and preschool for children ages 3 to 5. Call the center to ask about openings and enrollment.
Loaves & Fishes Community Meals — Goodwill Industries
Loaves & Fishes serves a hot meal at Goodwill Industries in San Jose on Mondays. Its Community Meals welcome all who are hungry, no questions asked.
Loaves & Fishes Community Meals — Morgan Hill United Methodist Church
Loaves & Fishes serves a hot meal at Morgan Hill United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, on Wednesdays. Its Community Meals welcome all who are hungry, no questions asked.
Loaves & Fishes Community Meals — Piedmont Hills High School
Loaves & Fishes serves a hot meal at Piedmont Hills High School in San Jose, Monday through Friday. Its Community Meals welcome all who are hungry, no questions asked.
Loaves & Fishes Community Meals — St. Leo’s Community Marketplace
Loaves & Fishes serves a hot meal at St. Leo's Community Marketplace in San Jose on Thursdays. Its Community Meals welcome all who are hungry, no questions asked.
Martha’s Community Market — Free Groceries
Martha's Community Market offers free groceries and dry goods every Thursday at 749 Story Road, San Jose, for Martha's Kitchen Blue Card holders. Walk-ins are welcome for registration.
Martha’s Kitchen — Free Hot Meals
Martha's Kitchen serves free hot meals at its San Jose homebase at 749 Story Road: free to-go hot meals Mondays and free hot meals Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Everyone is welcome — no questions asked.
Parents Helping Parents
Support, information, and training for families of children and adults with any disability or diagnosis: one-on-one consultations by appointment, support groups, webinars, a resource directory, an Early Start team for ages 0–5, and Connections California help with the transition to adulthood. PHP…
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) Deadline soon
Refugee Cash Assistance provides cash assistance to refugees, issued on an EBT card. RCA is available for up to 12 months from the date of admission to the U.S. in qualifying status, date of final grant of asylum, or date of certification…
Sacred Heart Community Service — Food Programs
Sacred Heart offers two food programs: a three-day supplemental supply of groceries and an assortment of food for members who are currently homeless that requires no prep or cooking. Everyone who lives in Santa Clara County can come for food once per…
San Andreas Regional Center
Regional center that provides case management and connects people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to community services in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey counties, under the Lanterman Act. It also partners on Early Start early intervention for children from…
San Jose City College — Jaguar Market
San Jose City College's Jaguar Market in the Robert N. Chang Student Center offers food resources for students, Mon-Thu midday. SJCC also hosts a Second Harvest food distribution on the 2nd and 4th Fridays at 2100 Moorpark Avenue.
San Jose Unified — Complimentary Breakfast and Lunch for All Students
All San Jose Unified students are eligible to receive one complimentary breakfast and lunch every school day. Menus are published at the beginning of each month, and families can view daily menus, nutrition and allergen details through MealViewer.
Second Harvest Get Food — Food Locator and Food Connection Hotline
Use Second Harvest's Food Locator to find free, nutritious food near you, choosing fresh groceries or ready-to-eat meals by day and time. Its multilingual Food Connection hotline can also connect you to grocery distributions and help with CalFresh enrollment.
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC)
Peer-based nonprofit center for independent living — the only organization in Santa Clara County serving people with all types of disabilities. Services include information and referral, benefits help, an assistive technology lending library, independent living skills training, housing services, personal care attendant…
Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Santa Clara County — Food Assistance
St. Vincent de Paul provides rent, utility or food assistance through parish conferences across Santa Clara County. Vincentian volunteers make the traditional home visit to provide food, clothing, furniture, and other support.
South County Compassion Center — Drive-Through Food Service (Gilroy)
Through its food pantry and nutrition programs, the South County Compassion Center in Gilroy provides fresh, healthy groceries to individuals and families facing food insecurity, including a drive-through food service at 7950 Church Street. Its Compassion Services team also connects unhoused people…
Spartan Food Pantry — San Jose State University
The Spartan Food Pantry is a walk-in resource that provides nutritious groceries to currently enrolled SJSU students. Eligible students can visit once a week for fresh produce, refrigerated and frozen goods, and non-perishable food.
SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) Deadline soon
California's Summer EBT program, also known as SUN Bucks, provides $120 per eligible child to help families buy food during the summer when school is out. Most eligible children get SUN Bucks automatically; other families must apply at their child's school.
Sunnyvale Community Services — Food Distribution
Sunnyvale Community Services is an emergency assistance agency serving low-income residents of Sunnyvale and surrounding communities, with year-round food assistance. Its food distribution runs on Wednesdays at 1160 Kern Avenue.
Supplemental Security Income / State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP)
SSI pays monthly benefits to people with limited income and resources who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability; children with disabilities or who are blind may also get SSI. California is listed by SSA among the states…
The Salvation Army Silicon Valley — Food Pantry Assistance
The Salvation Army's San Jose food pantry offers drive-thru and walk-up (client choice) food assistance. Households may receive assistance once per week.
Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program (TCVAP)
The Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program provides cash assistance to victims, issued on an EBT card. Employment services can help participants find a job, stay employed, and move on to higher-paying jobs.
West Valley Community Services — Food Market (Cupertino)
The West Valley Community Services Food Market in Cupertino provides a wide selection of fresh produce, proteins, canned and ready-to-eat packaged foods. Clients visit weekly and shop for healthy foods at no cost.
WIC Office — East Valley
WIC gives free healthy food benefits, nutrition information, breastfeeding support, and referrals to pregnant and postpartum people, infants, and children up to age 5. Staff at this office check eligibility and issue WIC benefits. Immigration status does not affect eligibility.
WIC Office — Gilroy
WIC gives free healthy food benefits, nutrition information, breastfeeding support, and referrals to pregnant and postpartum people, infants, and children up to age 5. Staff at this office check eligibility and issue WIC benefits. Immigration status does not affect eligibility.
WIC Office — Milpitas
WIC gives free healthy food benefits, nutrition information, breastfeeding support, and referrals to pregnant and postpartum people, infants, and children up to age 5. Staff at this office check eligibility and issue WIC benefits. Immigration status does not affect eligibility.
WIC Office — Sunnyvale
WIC gives free healthy food benefits, nutrition information, breastfeeding support, and referrals to pregnant and postpartum people, infants, and children up to age 5. Staff at this office check eligibility and issue WIC benefits. Immigration status does not affect eligibility.
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