Department Of Social Services San Jose Near Me

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The Department of Employment and Benefit Services (DEBS) provides services that promote health, nutrition, safety, and well-being to Santa Clara County residents. Our mission is to ensure that low-income individuals and families receive necessary health, nutrition, financial and employment services.


Transition public assistance recipients to employment and eventual self-sufficiency and to ensure that low-income individuals and families receive necessary health, nutrition, financial and employment services.


Ensure that basic needs are met through accurate and timely services.


Assist job seekers in obtaining and retaining employment and empowering them with the tools, and skills to set and achieve their goals.


Reduce the number of hungry children and adults by outreaching and conducting community-wide campaigns to make nutrition services more accessible and available.


Increase well-being by promoting strategies to grow the number of eligible children and adults who receive health coverage.


Promote various housing assistance programs to help eligible, low-income individuals move into permanent housing.


CalFresh Food is California's name for the federal food program called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that used to be known as Food Stamps. It is a nutrition program for California residents with low income that increases your food budget.


CalFresh Employment & Training (CFET) is a free and voluntary program that helps people on CalFresh Food gain skills, tools, basic education, training and work experience to find a living wage job.

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) helps families with children and pregnant women in the last 6 months of pregnancy to meet basic needs. CalWORKs provides time limited cash assistance, childcare and health care coverage.