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Local Board Members
NR = National Representatives
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Ken Cole, Chair
Housing Authority
of Santa Cruz County
Maria Gitin Torres, Secretary
Community Member At Large
Patsy Hernandez
American Red Cross (NR)
Cory Jo Allen
Catholic Charities (NR)
Annette Melendrez
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services
Madlyn Norman-Terrance
UC Santa Cruz
Tom Reefe
Senior's Council
Paul Bellerjeau
Second Harvest Food Bank
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Lee Kanellis, Vice Chair
Salvation Army, Watsonville (NR)
Mary Lou Goeke
United Way of Santa Cruz County (NR)
Claudine Wildman
County of Santa Cruz Human Services Department (NR)
Mary Hammer
Community Member
Patricia Morales
Pajaro Valley Loaves & Fishes
Martina O'Sullivan
Dominican Hospital
Carmen Robles
Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency
Gina Val-Leiva
Community Member
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Phase 27 Funded Organizations
California Grey Bears, Inc.: Operation Brown Bag (serves 9,000 lunches annually) provides free bags of nutritious produce for anyone over age 55 each week or 50 years old with Social Security/Disability benefits.
Calvary Episcopal Church - Coffee House: Serves an evening meal to homeless youth every Monday, serving 100 meals per week.
Calvary Episcopal Church - Food Pantry: Distibutes food twice a month to nearly 200 people, representing nearly 400 families, many of which are homeless or handicapped. Last year, nearly 50,000 pounds of food was given out.
Catholic Charities: Family Supportive Services program provides timely assistance to the needy, homeless, and working poor families and individuals facing such obstacles as rent/eviction situations, utility shut-off, food and lodging needs, transportation problems and other emergencies of day-to-day living.
Community Bridges: Meals on Wheels provides an average of 400 daily home delivered meals to senior citizens, disable non-seniors and people with AIDS who face the most challenging of circumstances. Last year, the program provided 107,251 home delivered meals to eligible shut-in residents in Santa Cruz County.
Community Action Board: Shelter Project direct services to people living in or near poverty who have no other resources available. This includes motel vouchers, residential assistance payments to landlords/mortage holders to prevent eviction or foreclosure, voicemail service to homeless people to maintain communication with family or employers, and an information and refferal service.
Familia Center: Distributes emergency food twice a month to low-income families that includes disabled, seniors and veteran residents. Nearly 95% of those accessing the pantry are at or below the poverty level and approximately 32% have children 0-5 years old.
Families In Transition: Provides homeless and at-risk families with housing assistance and case management. Last year, the funds provided by the EFSP program were able to assist 32 individuals/or families with rent assistance.
Homeless Services Center: The Interfaith Satellite Shelter Program (ISSP) provides emergency shelter as well as free breakfast and dinner seven days a week, year round. Last year, 135,081 meals were served, including full meal service three times per day to the families staying in the Rebele Family Shelter.
Pajaro Valley Loaves & Fishes: Provides a hot lunch, five days a week year round to the homeless and very low income population of the Pajaro Valley, including working poor families with children, migrant farm workers, elderly, disabled, and mentally ill individuals. Additionally, they operate a pantry program.
New Life Community Services: Serves homeless families with children who are in need of emergency shelter, and they also provide food and nutrition services through distribution and curbside meal service in areas of special need. Last year they served 2,038 unduplicated clients between their shelter and food programs.
Pajaro Valley Shelter Services: The shelter is open all day, every day; providing 90 days of occupancy after which the clients are transitioned into stable housing or into the organization's transitional housing program where they work closely with a case manager and develop skills to help them manage their money.
Siena House Maternity Home of Santa Cruz County: Provides food, shelter and help in accessing adequate medical care to women who are pregnant and homeless. Additionally they provide a program of interactive education including pre and post natal care, child development, bonding and attachment, nutrition, forming and sustaining healthy relationships and stress management.
The Salvation Army - Watsonville: Operates a women's and children's shelter as well as a men's shelter. The also provide evening hot meals and food bags. Last year, their shelter program served 470 unduplicated clients while the food program served 146,260 meals.
St. Francis Soup Kitchen: Their food program for the needy delivers free nutritious hot lunches, Monday through Friday, all year long. Last year the program served 41,932 meals.
Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center - River Street Shelter & the Independent Living Program (ILP): The shelter is a 32-bed homeless shelter for both men and women. The ILP provides rental assistance, counseling and support for foster care youth, ages 16-21.
Second Harvest Food Bank: Operates as a donated food clearinghouse in addition to operating their own food assistance programs. They serve approximately 43,000 clients a month which is equal to about 424,580 meals per month.
Walnut Avenue Women's Center: Provides emergency shelter for battered women and children through hotel or safe home placements. Their food program provides emergency food and education to women, children and families who participate in one of their agency's five programs.
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