BAWAR offers 24-hour hotline support and community resources to anyone who has been affected by sexual violence. 

Started in 1975, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano stores and distributes donated and purchased perishable and nonperishable food items. They distribute food directly to low-income people at community sites and make food available for other nonprofit organizations serving the ill, needy and children. The Food Bank works to reduce food waste, feed hungry people and raise public awareness of issues related to food and hunger.

Find an array of county services here including resources for shelter, food, health, employment, legal services, and family support.

The Hume Center strives to create an environment of psychological well-being both internally for our work community and externally for the community we serve, with special consideration for the under- and un-served, through practicing an enabling consultation process. They believe in serving our community through strengthening existing and developing new resources; providing the highest caliber of culturally sensitive behavioral health services, professional training, and clinical research; and focusing on consistent improvement through outcomes, data-based quality assurance, and program evaluation.

Since their founding in 1883 as the first racially integrated orphanage in Northern California, Lincoln has impacted the lives of children and families through evolving programs. Today, we provide preventative, individualized and comprehensive support services with a focus on three core areas that disrupt cycles of poverty and trauma:

• Education: Improving educational engagement, attendance, literacy, and achievement

• Family: Strengthening stability and creating permanency

• Well-Being: Building positive youth outlook and future readiness

Dynamic Mindfulness is program presented by the Niroga Institute, a California-based non-profit. It is an evidence-based, trauma-informed stress resilience program that has been embraced by educators and mental health professionals across the country for over a decade.

Dynamic Mindfulness integrates the Mindful ABCs: Action, Breathing, and Centering into a powerful intervention that can be implemented in the classroom, clinic or home in 5 to 15-minute sessions, 3 to 5 times a week.

Niroga Institute promotes equity through trauma-informed dynamic mindfulness, strengthening resilience and empathy in schools and communities. They have been empowering individuals, families, and communities with tools for health and wellbeing since 2005.

Thier goal is to provide youth with a supportive network of peers, opportunities for academic and personal growth and exposure to positive transformative experiences. By enhancing education and leadership skills, providing guidance and developing trusting relationships; they empower our youth with the confidence and life skills to make better choices and lead positive lives.

Opportunity Junction helps low-income Contra Costa residents get and keep good jobs by providing training, support, experience, and employer introductions.