After you apply online you can:
- Check the status of your application
- See your worker name and phone number
- See your current benefit amount(s)
- Get and print your Quarterly or Semi-annual report forms
- Renew or Recertify your application
- Get messages from your worker
- Get a fax or mail-in coversheet to send information to your worker
- Obtain basic information about Cash Aid, CalFresh and Medi-Cal
- Obtain office closure information
- See important announcements
Save time, reduce calls to your worker, reduce visits to the office, do it yourself at
www.c4yourself.com or www.c4yourself.com en Español
Military and Veterans Affairs
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched several new and enhanced services to help family caregivers of seriously ill and injured Veterans. One of these new services is a toll-free line, the National Caregiver Support Line - 1-855-260-3274. This toll-free number connects to a referral center that assists caregivers, Veterans and others seeking caregiver information.
For more information visit this link: www.disability.gov/health/caregiver_&_provider_resources/caregivers
Call 2-1-1
For quick and accurate information about local community resources.
Food, housing, counseling, financial assistance, senior services
2-1-1 is a service of United Way Monterey County
in partnership with local nonprofits, government offices, and private foundations.
Visit the VA Mobile Medical Team
Did you serve in the military? If you are an eligible Veteran, you can see the VA Mobile Medical Team!
Information and enrollment for VA health benefits, homeless and substance abuse programs are also provided.
No appointment necessary!
Click here to view flyer
On the First Wednesday of each month the VA Mobile Medical Team will be at the following location:
One-Stop Career Center
730 La Guardia Street
Salinas, CA. 93905
10:00am - 3:00pm
(except on Federal holidays)
A Fresh Start for Food Stamps: Introducing CalFresh
The California Food Stamp Program has undergone a name change. The new name offers a great opportunity to highlight the critical nutrition benefits offered through
CalFresh! The new name and logo represent the diverse food available in California and reflects that the program supports nutrition, healthy living, and California agriculture.
County residents interested in receiving nutrition assistance benefits, through what was formerly named the Food Stamp Program, can now ask for
CalFresh!
For more information call 1-866-323-1953.
What MC-CHOICE can do for you!
Outreach workers will help families to:
- Help enroll children in Healthy Families/Medi-Cal programs.
- Help Families retain their Healthy Families/Medi-Cal benefits.
- Assist families to complete annual Healthy Families/Medi-Cal renewals.
- Refer familes to other community services.
Help-4-Vets is the result of months and months of hard work between the various stakeholders in Monterey County. Their decision to collaborate with each other has served to bring a greater awareness to the needs, hardships, and value of local veterans, their
family and caregivers.
Our goal is to provide local information on services, resources and programs that are available to improve and enhance your quality of life.
The full collaborative meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 9:00 am in Salinas at the One Stop Career Center of Monterey County.
For more information please visit:
One Stop Career Center
The One Stop Career Center offers assistance to ex-offenders re-entering the workforce. To learn more about the Kick Start Program visit www.mckickstart.org or drop in at one of our One-Stop Career Centers for more information.
Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP)
This program is designed to prevent homelessness and to rapidly re-house individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The goal of this program is self-sufficiency; therefore, each household’s eligibility is determined based on the actual household need. For more information follow this link: http://mcdses.co.monterey.ca.us/cap/
Every child deserves a family.
Right now foster children all over the Central Coast are waiting for a home and new Foster Families are always needed.
Now being a foster family just got a lot easier.
Caring Foster Businesses like these are offering reward programs to all existing and new foster families…
Seeking Employment?
Contact Human Resources if you are interested in a career helping
support our community. The types of jobs include helping people find work, keeping children and vulnerable adults safe, providing low-income families with health insurance, nutrition assistance, and temporary cash aid, assisting the independence of people with disabilities, and making sure veteran’s are able to access earned benefits.
For more information on open or future recruitments, call 831-796-1534
Current DSES jobs can be found at: www.mss.ca.gov
Our 24-hour toll free job line is 1-877-796-1503
Other county positions can be found at: www.co.monterey.ca.us/personnel/
Fraud Prevention
The public is encouraged to contact the Department's fraud prevention hotline to report suspicion of fraud or misuse of public benefits.
Fraud Prevention Hotline 831-755-3224
2012 Senior Resource Guide
