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  If you need help or want information about any of the following areas, just click one of the links and you will go to a list of available resources in the community. If you know of a resource that we do not have listed, please email us with the information.





Food and Clothing

Contact Information Clothing Food
Community Action Agency
1131 San Felipe Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-9293
No Yes; Food vouchers and referrals to local pantry for eligible low-income clients
Community Pantry
30-B Airport Drive
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-8040
www.charityadvantage.com/pantry
No Yes
Community Center
2121 Sunnyslope Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-5506
Yes No
Goodwill Thrift Store
550 Tres Pinos Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 634-0960
Yes; Clothing, furniture, and dishes No
Hazel Hawkins Thrift Store
930 Sunset Drive Building #4
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-2682
Yes; Clothing, furniture, and dishes No
Jovenes de Antaño
300 West Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-6700
Contact Person: Pauline Valdivia
No Yes; Low cost lunches provided on site or delivered to home for seniors
Sacred Heart Church
540 College Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-9212
Yes Yes
Salvation Army
910 Buena Vista Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-5612
Yes Yes
Salvation Army Thrift Store
1605 Cushman Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 638-0265
Yes; Clothing, furniture, and appliances No
W.I.C. Program
351 Felice Drive
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-6871
No Yes; Food for mothers and children with children under age five and education on nutrition

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Healthcare, Social Services, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse

Agency Contact Information Description of Service
Child and Adult protective Services
1111 San Felipe Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-4190
Responds to reports of physical, verbal, sexual or mental abuse against children or elders; and intervenes to provide services that protect children and elders.
Community Action Agency
1131 San Felipe Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-9293
Forms Assistance: help in completing applications for TANF, Medi-Cal, Food Stamps, employment, housing, and Social Security benefits.
Other Assistance: Information and referral to other services, transportation, translation, immigration assistance, and budget counseling.
Health Department
439 4th Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-5367
  1. Immunizations
  2. AIDS Testing HIV/AIDS Community Resources/Counseling
  3. Birth Control
  4. Child and Disability Prevention
  5. Communicable disease prevention & reporting
  6. Lead poisoning prevention programs
  7. Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health program (MCAH)
Health and Human Services Agency
1111 San Felipe Road ste. #101
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-4180
  1. Food Stamps
  2. Medi-Cal
  3. Cash Assistance
Jovenes de Antaño
300 West Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-6700
Contact Person: Pauline Valdivia
Day care for seniors and transportation for medical appointment. Services only for seniors.
Mental Health
1111 San Felipe Road #104
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-4020
Provides counseling, medication management, and other mental health services.
Rural Health Outreach project
351 Felice Drive
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-0793
Transportation to medical appointments.
Information and referral services.
San Benito Health Foundation
351 Felice Drive
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-5306
Health clinic for low-income adults and children
San Benito Dental Unit
351 Felice Drive
Holister, CA 95023
(831) 637-1897
Provides dental care to low-income adults and children
Substance Abuse Program
1111 San Felipe Road #108
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-5594
Drug and alcohol counseling
Victim Witness
419 Fourth Street 2nd Floor
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-8244
Counseling for victims of crime.
Restraining orders for vitims of crime.

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Employment Resources

Employment Development Department
State of California
1111 San Felipe Road Ste #107
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 638-3311
www.edd.ca.gov.

  1. To make an unemployment claim call in:
        English: 1-800-300-5616
        Spanish: 1-800-326-8937
        Chinese: 1-800-5473506
        Vietnamese: 1-800-547-2058
  2. To file a disability claim call: (408) 277-9499
  3. To learn more about job services call: (831) 638-3311

One Stop Career Center
1111 San Felipe Road Ste. 107
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-5627
www.sbcjobs.org
Contact Person: Sylvia Jacquez

   The One Stop Center provides free access to the Internet, CalJOBS computers for job search, resource library for job seekers, resume preparation/assistance, job search workshop, childcare resource/ referral, employer services, and business startup assistance. The One-Stop Center also provides a variety of other services to help individuals improve existing job skills or to develop new ones through programs such as:

  1. Computer Enhanced General Education
  2. On the Job Training
  3. Classroom Training
  4. Skills Training Center
  5. Dislocated Worker Program
  6. Youth Employment Services

The following companies help individuals seek employment by placing workers with employers, usually on a temporary basis. You should call each company to learn about current job opportunities.

  Manpower
1111 San Felipe Road Ste. 201
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-0550
www.manpowersj.com

  Western Staff Services
8359 Church Street
Gilroy, CA 95020
(831) 637-6009
www.westaff.com

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Transportation

  Ride Sharing
3216 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-7665

  County Express
3216 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-4161

  Hollister Taxi
1982 Scenic Circle
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-3378

  Cal-Train
(800) 660-4287

  Amtrak
(800) 872-7245

  Greyhound
(800) 231- 2222

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Legal Assistance

  Public Defender
Greg Laforge
455 San Benito Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-2599

  Probation Department
419 4th Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-4070


  District Attorney
419 4th Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-4120

  Family Law Facilitator
390 5th Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-4079

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Childcare

  The following organization can refer individuals to childcare providers, as well as to determine qualification of certain low-income families for subsidized childcare. Subsidized childcare services include paying part of the cost of childcare depending on your income. Contact GO KIDS, Inc. to learn more about this program, including qualification guidelines.

GO KIDS, Inc.
Resource & Referral Office

1111 San Felipe Road # 3
Hollister Ca 95023
(831) 637-9205
www.gokids.org
Contact Person: Elvira Torres, Program Assistant ElviraT@gokids.org

The following daycare and preschool providers accept subsidy payments for childcare services. Contact GO KIDS, Inc. to obtain contact information for other childcare providers in the community, including center-based care and family day care providers.

  Fairview Child
Development Center

5381Fairview Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-9204

  RO Hardin School
Age Program

761 South Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 636-8171

  Southside
Migrant Program

3235 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(831) 637-1125

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