Family Centers 

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 academica, y mas!  

Community Resources

• San Mateo County Information Handbook

• Redwood City and North Fair Oaks Resoruce 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.  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. 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) 444-8153 

Food Distribution 

Second Harvest/Produce Mobiles at SCHOOL SITES:

       *Produce Mobile: People receive 32lbs of free fruits and vegetables

       *Family Harvest: Groceries (dairy, canned food, meat)

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