Emergency assistance from the EAN Network in Santa Clara County.
The Emergency Assistance Network (EAN) program is Santa Clara County’s front-door safety service for residents facing eviction, utility shutoffs or hunger. The organizations that partner with the county can provide one-time financial help for bills and stabilization services by ZIP code. Learn more on the Emergency Assistance Network in Santa Clara County, including how to apply.
EAN agencies provide payments for housing costs, including rent, deposits, utility arrears or move-in costs. There are also links to food and transportation support for employment. EAN organizations also coordinate case management, legal or tenant-rights referrals so households can stay housed. The support is a last resort, and applicants need to be out of all other options.
Types of financial help from EAN for Santa Clara County families
The County’s Office of Supportive Housing designates several local non-profit agencies to provide one-time financial help with Sacred Heart serving as the coordinating partner for the broader homelessness-prevention system. The county directs residents to the network and to the Homelessness Prevention System run with Destination: for screening and referrals. Get both short term cash to pay an expense, and just as importantly access to longer term self-sufficiency type resources.
- If you are facing an eviction and can’t pay your rent, funds for paying back rent may be available. They also direct people to other places that help with rent in Santa Clara County.
- A limited amount of mortgage assistance can be provided if someone is in danger of homelessness or facing foreclosure.
- Food assistance, groceries, and meals can be offered.
- Medical help and transportation to appointments, such as a doctor in San Jose, can be arranged.
- Families faced with disconnection of utilities may qualify for help.
- Find information on job training programs and services that can help someone find a job.
EAN’s one-time help is designed for a crisis. An organization will tend to help where a modest payment for housing or employment costs keeps a household stably housed. Combining that payment with casework, food access and legal support reduces future crises and shortens the time people spend in a shelter.
Contact information for the Emergency Assistance Network
Eligibility and intake, including the EAN agency to apply at, generally start with your ZIP code. If you are imminently at risk of homelessness, you can request a pre-screen with the Santa Clara Homelessness Prevention System at 408-516-5100 or via preventhomelessness.org;. Other examples include coordinated entry and the Here4You shelter hotline (Bill Wilson Center) at 408-385-2400 which operate in parallel for those who need shelter beds in San Jose CA.
To learn more about the services in San Jose and Santa Clara County, contact the Emergency Assistance Network Agency that runs the program in your area, as listed below. Any assistance with bills is typically short-term. Any request for help needs to be tied to a documented crisis such as a loss of hours at work, an unexpected medical bill, a rent hike or a lease signing. In addition to that, EAN agencies often require proof of income, lease documents, ID and a notice of past-due or demand letter.
Lifemoves - Opportunity Services Center
Location is 33 Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301. Phone number (650) 853-8672
Regions covered 94301, 94303, 94304, 94305, 94306. They provide emergency help in parts of North County and North San Jose CA.
Community Services Agency of Mt. View & Los Altos
Address - 204 Stierlin Road, Mountain View, California 94043. Call (650) 968-0836
Residents living in the zip codes of 94022, 94024, 94035, 94040, 94041, or 94043
St. Joseph’s Family Center
7950-A Church Street, Gilroy, CA 95020. Dial (408) 842-6662
Assistance for families in zip codes of 95020 or 95046
Sacred Heart Community Services
Location is 1381 S. First Street, San Jose, California 95110. Dial (408) 278-2160
Services Santa Clara zip codes of 95008, 95110, 95111, 95113, 95117, 95118, 95124, 95125, 95126, 95128, and 95136
The Salvation Army
Location is 359 North 4th Street, San Jose, CA 95109. Dial (408) 282-1165
Zip codes served include 95013, 95037, 95119, 95120, 95121, 95122, 95123, and 95127. They also cover 95132, 95135, 95137, 95138, 95139, 95141, 95148, 95192, and 95193.
Sunnyvale Community Services
1160 Kern Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Telephone number - (408) 738-4321
Zip codes 94085, 94086, 94087, 94089
West Valley Community Services
Main address - 10104 Vista Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014. Call (408) 255-8033
The non-profit is the EAN provider for Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and parts of West San José CA. Zip codes 95014, 95030, 95032, 95033, 95044, 95070, 95129, 95130
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