Santa Cruz Food Stamps and Meals
Food Stamps
California Rural Legal Assistance
Private, non-profit law office which provides free legal services to low income persons
501 Soquel Avenue, Suite D
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
831-458-1089
santacruz@crla.org
www.crla.org
Community Bridges
The Community Bridges’ family of programs works to build a strong community by offering a wide-range of non-profit services to more than 30,000 individuals throughout Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties.
236 Santa Cruz Avenue
Aptos, CA 95003
831-688-8840 ext. 200
info@cbridges.org
www.communitybridges.org
WIC – Women, Infant & Children Program, Santa Cruz
Provides nutrition education, special checks to buy healthy food, help in finding health care and other community services to women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, postpartum, and to children up to age five years.
1105 Water Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
831-426-3911
info@cbridges.org
www.communitybridges.org
Meal Service
Elm Street Mission
The Elm Street Mission is located in the beautiful Monterey Bay area and has been feeding the homeless of Santa Cruz since the early 1970’s.
Doors are open between 4:30pm–5:25pm
Dinner served 6:00pm–6:30pm
117 Elm Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-420-0543
ben@elmstreetmission.com
www.elmstreetmission.com
Homeless Services Center
Provides and refers many resources, resumes, bus passes, some job referral, rental deposit assistance, etc.
Meal Service: Breakfast: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and Dinner: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. every day
115 Coral Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-458-6020
www.scshelter.org
Jesus, Mary and Joseph Home
A Christian, nonprofit shelter for the homeless started by Peter Carota in 1982 when he founded St. Francis Catholic Soup Kitchen.
132 Lennox Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-459-8046
www.stfrancissoupkitchen.org
Salvation Army Corps Community Center
Provides a variety of emergency material assistance programs providing food, clothing, energy assistance as well as character building for youth and adults.
721 Laurel Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-426-8365
www.usw.salvationarmy.org
Second Harvest Food Bank’s Community Food Hotline
P.O. Box 990
Watsonville, CA 95077
831-662-0991
St. Francis Soup Kitchen
Hot lunch served Monday–Friday 12–1pm
Free showers Monday–Friday 11am–1pm
Clothing distributed Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
205 Mora Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-459-6712
www.stfrancissoupkitchen.org