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Community Action Board solicits proposals for strategic plan development

Published 02/21/2020
Community Contributor, Community Services Workforce Development

Proposals are due March 9 by 3 p.m.

Santa greets an enthusiastic child. Photo provided by Community Services and Workforce Development.

28th annual Family Winter Shelter Holiday Toy Drive

Published 12/11/2019
Community Contributor, Community Services Workforce Development

This year, CSWD has partnered with Grillin and Chillin Alehouse and Ohana Shave Ice to collect unwrapped gifts to provide at the holiday party.

Project Homeless Connect. Photo provided.

San Benito County’s homeless census report

Published 09/27/2019
Community Contributor, Community Services Workforce Development

Community Services and Workforce Development says results show decrease in local homelessness.

County Health and Human Services seeks proposals for video production

Published 05/13/2019
Community Contributor, Community Services Workforce Development

Request for companies/firms to provide audio and video services for a three to four-minute informational video.

Trino Serrano with America's Job Center of California assists an interested individual at the April 2019 Spring Job Fair. Photo provided by Community Services and Workforce Development.

Request for Proposals regarding Prison to Employment Initiative

Published 04/25/2019
Community Services Workforce Development

County to receive funding from statewide effort to provide resources to formerly incarcerated and other justice-involved individuals.

Photo provided by Community Services and Workforce Development.

Funding available for programs working to address homelessness

Published 04/18/2019
Community Services Workforce Development

$150,000 expected to be available for San Benito County via the California Emergency Solutions and Housing program.

Request for quotations for Prison to Employment initiative

Published 01/12/2019
Community Services Workforce Development

Statewide effort to provide resources to formerly incarcerated and other justice-involved individuals.

CAB Members and families volunteered for annual Spring Cleanup. Photo provided.

San Benito County Community Action Board seeking applications

Published 10/23/2018
Community Services Workforce Development

Applications intended for local nonprofit and not for profit groups.

A Good Reason to Cheer Tax Season

Published 07/28/2018
Community Services Workforce Development

The total amount of taxes refunded to the community was $517,769. Of this, $171,113 was in the form of the earned income tax credit, which averaged $1,527 per household.

Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Housing Opportunity Meals Empowerment (H.O.M.E.) resource center

Published 11/18/2017
Community Services Workforce Development

The San Benito County Community Action Board (CAB) board members and Health and Human Services Agency Department of Community Services and Workforce Development (CSWD) is happy to showcase the newly constructed H.O.M.E. Resource Center.

Relief is Available for Residents in Need of Utility Assistance

Published 10/05/2017
Community Services Workforce Development

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a safety-net service provided in the form of PG&E utility payment assistance to qualifying low-income residents designed to provide stability and prevent utility shut-offs.

Business / Economy

Local Impact of Elimination of Federally Funded Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Published 09/06/2017
Community Services Workforce Development

Hollister, CA – August 7, 2017 – As the President and Congress wrangle over budget priorities, the elimination of a local service threatens many low income households.

2017 San Benito Executive Summary Homeless Census_Page_1.jpg

Government / Politics

Homeless shelter request for bids

Published 08/23/2017
Community Services Workforce Development

The San Benito County HHSA invites qualified nonprofit organizations to submit a written proposal for the operation and management of the new Homeless Shelter facility