Family Centers & Community Services 

Our family centers offer: 

Food, Housing, Clothes, Assistance filling out forms, Parent Education, Immigration, Emotional Support, After School Program Information, Crisis Intervention, Academic Support, and more! 

Nuestros centros familiares ofrecen: 

Comida, Hospedaje, Ropa, Formularios/Traducciones, Inmigración, Educación Para Adultos, Apoyo Emocional, Programas después de clase, Intervención en crisis, Ayuda académica, ¡y más!  

Community Resources- Recursos Comunitarios

• San Mateo County Information Handbook

• Redwood City and North Fair Oaks Resource Guide - english 

• Guia de Recursos para Redwood City y North Fair Oaks

Health Insurance / Seguro Médico 

 ✚ Medi-cal ✚ Covered CA ✚ Healthy Kids 

The Redwood City School District, along with the Children's Health Initiative, wants to help uninsured students and their families obtain health coverage. While we no longer offer the service at our schools, it is available at the Fair Oaks Community Center. Free or low-cost health insurance is available to low and middle-income families.

El Distrito Escolar de Redwood City, en colaboración con Children’s Health Initiative, quiere ayudar a los estudiantes y sus familias para obtener un seguro medico. Ya no ofrecemos el servicio en nuestras escuelas, pero sigue disponible en el Centro Comunitario de Fair Oaks. Seguro de salud gratis o de bajo costo está disponible para familias de bajos y medianos ingresos. 

To qualify/Para calificar:  

 ✔Under 19 years old /Menores de 19 años  

✔Live in San Mateo County/ Residen en el Condado de San Mateo 

✔Have a qualifying family income  /Y que su ingreso familiar califique

(under $78,132 for a family of 3 / menos de $78,132 al año para una familia de 3) 

Call/llame (650) 780-7500

Food Distribution 

Second Harvest/Produce Mobiles at SCHOOL SITES:

Other Food Providers:

Saint Francis Center- Food and Clothes (once a month) M-F 1pm

Contact: 650-365-7829

Saint Anthony’s Church- Hot Meal (Monday-Friday @ 11-1pm)

Contact: 650-366-4692

Brown Bag Program – Every Friday at Fair Oaks Community Center @ 11am

Contact: 650-780-7525

Fair Oaks Community Center Parking Lot: Sandwiches and coffee, every Sunday @ 11am

Contact: 650-780-7500

SparkPoint 

Serving families in the North Fair Oaks/Friendly Acres community of Redwood City

Summary: SparkPoint (SP) Centers are one-stop financial, career support, and education centers where families have access to a full range of services.  SP pairs clients with a financial coach who helps create a step-by-step plan to achieve financial goals that include securing a good job, getting out of debt, going back to school, and saving money. SP commits to working with clients for up to 3 years to achieve financial success (all of our outcomes are tracked in a client outcomes tracking database managed by UWBA). By integrating SP centers with Community Schools, which already provide comprehensive wraparound supports for children, we help families gain a stable financial footing while supporting students’ well-being and academic success, taking a two-generation approach to ending the cycle of poverty. 

SparkPoint Redwood City currently serves 80 families. Success in one year would mean at least 80% of families receiving financial coaching will make progress towards their financial or career goals (measured by at least a 5% improvement in income, credit, savings, debt). Children of these families will show improvements in their attendance or school performance.

Process

• Familes are recruited through RCSD’s Community School Coordinators, events, Able Works’ LiveAble Women cohorts, and Cañada College-led ESL financial literacy classes.
• LiveAble Women provides content expertise in areas of debt reduction, credit improvement, increased income, and building assets to cohorts of women. Cañada College’s ESL classes are 16-week ESL financial literacy classes offered at Redwood City Community Schools.
• Assessment of family needs and goal-setting
• On-going case management including financial coaching, career counseling, skill building workshops, and other supports.
• On-going assessment with families.

Pediatric Community Clinics/Medical Homes

 All of the clinics below take new pediatric patients living in San Mateo county.

Low cost/free for kids with medical and county health plan 

Adult Community Clinics/Medical Homes