Services offered
Family Centers & Community Services
Our family centers offer services and connections to:
Food, housing, clothes, assistance filling out forms, parent education, immigration, emotional and mental health support, after school program information, crisis intervention, academic support, and much more!
Community Resources
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San Mateo County Information Handbook
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Redwood City and North Fair Oaks Resource Guide - english
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Guia de Recursos para Redwood City y North Fair Oaks
Health Insurance
✚ 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.
To qualify:
✔Under 19 years old
✔Live in San Mateo County
✔Have a qualifying family income
(under $78,132 for a family of 3 )
Call / llame (650) 780-7500
Food Distribution
Second Harvest/Produce Mobiles at SCHOOL SITES:
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Dates of distribution |
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Food Pantry |
Produce Mobile |
Family Harvest |
Pre-Registered Required |
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Adelante Selby School |
2nd & 4th Thursday of every month @2:45 p.m.
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Jocelyn Morales 650-482-2415 ext. 4962 |
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Hoover Community School |
1st Tuesday of every month @ 4:30pm (Food Pantry) |
Hoover Family Center 650-482-2112 |
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Garfield Community School |
2nd Tuesday and 4th Thursday of every month @ 3:30pm |
Garfield Family Center 650-369-3759 |
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Kennedy Middle School |
3rd Tuesday of every month @ 9:30 am |
Kennedy Family Center 650-482-2110 |
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Taft Community School |
2nd Wednesday of every month @ 2:30 p.m. |
Claudia Sandoval 650-482-2847 ext. 3708 |
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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
- Families 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
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FAIR OAKS CLINIC 2710 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 (Low cost/free for adults with medical, county health plan) (Low cost for adults without coverage (sliding scale) |
Phone numbers: (650) 372-3200 (For new patients) (650) 578-7141 (For established patients) Medical Clinic Hours: M-F, 8:00am - 5:00pm Dental Clinic Hours: M-Th, 8:30am - 7:00pm Fri-Sat, 8:00am - 5:00pm |
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GARDNER PACKARD CHILDREN’S HEALTH CENTER 3351 El Camino Real, Suite 100 Atherton, CA 94027 |
Phone number: (650) 362-2500 Medical Clinic Hours: M-F, 8:00am - 5:00pm |
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RAVENSWOOD FAMILY HEALTH CENTER 1885 Bay Road East Palo Alto, CA 94303 (Low cost/free for adults with medical, county health plan) (Low cost for adults without coverage (sliding scale)) |
Phone number: Medical Clinic Hours: M, W-Th, 8:00am - 7:00pm Tu, 9:30am - 7:00pm F, 8:00am - 5:00pm Sat, 8:00am - 1:00pm Dental Clinic Hours: M-Th, 8:30am - 7:00pm Fri-Sat, 8:00am - 5:00pm |
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STANFORD FAMILY MEDICINE 211 Quarry Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 |
Phone number: 650-498-9000 Medical Clinic Hours: M-F, 8:00am - 5:00pm |
Adult Community Clinics/Medical Homes
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FAIR OAKS CLINIC 2710 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City, CA 94063 |
Phone numbers: (650) 372-3200 (For new patients) (650) 578-7141 (For established patients) Medical Clinic Hours: M-F, 8:00am - 7:00pm Dental Clinic Hours: M-Th, 8:30am - 7:00pm Fri-Sat, 8:00am - 5:00pm |
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RAVENSWOOD FAMILY HEALTH CENTER 1885 Bay Road East Palo Alto, CA 94303 |
Phone number: Medical Clinic Hours: M, W-Th, 8:00am -7:00pm Tu, 9:30am - 7:00pm F, 8:00am - 5:00pm Sat, 8:00am - 1:00pm Dental Clinic Hours: M-Th, 8:30am - 7:00pm Fri-Sat, 8:00am - 5:00pm |
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SAMARITAN HOUSE (Free for adults without coverage) Free Clinic of San Mateo 19 W. 39th Ave. San Mateo, CA 94403 Free Clinic of Redwood City 114 Fifth Ave. Redwood City, CA 94063 |
Free Clinic of San Mateo Tel: 650-347-3648 (For new patients) Tel: 650-578-0400 Hours: M-F, 9:00am - 4:00pm First and third Wed evening of the month 6:00pm - 9:00pm Free Clinic of Redwood City Tel: 650-341-4081 ext. 4005 (For new patients) Hours: M-F, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
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STANFORD CARDINAL FREE CLINICS (Free for adults without coverage) Arbor Free Clinic 795 Willow Road, Building 334 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Pacific Free Clinic 1835 Cunningham Ave San Jose, CA 95122 |
Arbor Free Clinic Website: http://med.stanford.edu/arbor.html (you can schedule appointments online) Hours: Sundays only, 8:30am - 12:00pm *Walk ins welcome, no prior appointment necessary. Pacific Free Clinic Website: http://med.stanford.edu/pacific.html Hours: Saturdays only, 8:00am - 12:00pm *Walk ins welcome, no prior appointment necessary. This clinic is specifically for adult patients WITHOUT any health insurance. |
Last Modified on May 13, 2022