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Habitat for Humanity of Tulare County

Messages:
      Habitat is not a shelter.
Locations:

Main Office
715 S. Bridge
Visalia, CA 93279

P.O. Box 848
Visalia, CA 93279
Phone: (559) 734-4056
Fax: (559) 734-4087

Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Eligibility: Housing, Low income,
Web Address: www.hfhtc.org
Notes:

Nonprofit Christian ministry, seeking to eliminate poverty, housing, and homelessness of communities by making decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Assistance according to level of need, willingness to partner, and ability to repay no-interest mortgage.
Habitat ReStore, is a thrift store that sells used and discontinued building materials and supplies to the general public.  Items range from bathtubs and showers, ceramic tile, dry wall materials, tools, and many more items.

Hands on Central California

Messages:
      Contact office for further details.
Locations:

Phone: (559) 237-3101
Fax: 559) 237-6860

Notes:

HandsOn Central California serves as a catalyst for mobilizing volunteers to meet community needs. We work with agencies, government, businesses, schools, law enforcement, and community leaders to identify critical community issues and design the volunteer response. We work with disaster response, school safety, illiteracy, homelessness, and hunger. Volunteers improve our community! HandsOn Central California is a click away to a wide range of volunteer opportunities at nonprofit organizations, government agencies and episodic events. We connect people who want to help-individuals, families, students, businesses and their employess, civic community and faith based organizations - with places or issues that their time, talent and interests can be effectively utilized.

Provides a therapeutic horsemanship program to disabled children and adults. Riders as young as three years of age enjoy the physical benefit, social interaction, and cognitive stimulation of horseback riding in a safe and secure environment.

Medical Case management and advocacy services provided by licensed nurses to ensure medical/ dental/ social services are being provided for children in foster care.

Provides counseling and advocacy services to Medicare beneficiaries to address Medicare benefits, Medicare supplemental insurance plans, Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's), and long term care insurance coverage.

Provides information and assistance with Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, Healthy Kids, and Access to Infants.  Each program is explained and enrollment assistance for Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, Healthy Kids, And Access to Infants is available.

Offers group counseling for adults survivors, non- offending parents, offenders of sexual abuse. In a group setting participants address impact of molest on selves and family.

Healthy Families

Messages:
      
Locations:

Phone: 1-800-880-5305

Eligibility: See website
Web Address: www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov
Notes:

The Healthy Families Program is low cost insurance that provides health, dental and vision coverage to children who do not have insurance today and do not qualify for no-cost Medi-Cal.

If you are pregnant

If I am pregnant, and the baby will not have insurance once born, can I apply for Healthy Families before the baby is born?

Pregnant mothers: 
You can apply for insurance up to three months before a baby is born. With your application, you will need to send a copy of a pregnancy certificate that shows the estimated date of delivery. If the application is complete and you are eligible, you will be notified in writing within 10 days of receiving your complete application.

Offers resource and referral, case management, assistance with forms, emergency needs assistance, community outreach, and Healthy Families/Medical outreach.

Offers resources and referrals, case management, assistance with forms, emergency needs assistance, community outreach, and Healthy Families/Medical outreach.

Services are offered in English and Spanish. 
Provides services to improve or meet the 
needs of a student and their family. Services
include parenting classes, mentoring, nutrition classes, high school support groups, 
Medi-Cal, car seat classes, food baskets, diabetes education, assistance in form completion, interpretation,translation, physical activity, free fruits and vegetables 
through Nutrition on the Go, and referrals to county programs and agencies.

Healthy Start/Lindsay

Messages:
      Intakes are administered by case managers
Locations:

Main Office
475 E. Honolulu
Lindsay, CA 93247
Phone: (559) 562-8292
Fax: (559) 562-8008
Phone:

Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Web Address: www.lindsay.k12.ca.us
Notes:

Lindsay Healthy Start provides mental health counseling including sexual abuse counseling, substance abuse counseling for adolescents, and domestic violence counseling. Case management support is provided to those facing a variety of challenges including homelessness, lack of insurance, assistance with custody issues, emergency needs, etc. Parenting classes are offered in Spanish during the day and evenings.

Provides community outreach program, academic services, children's mental health, case management, medical and dental services, and limited medical transportation services southern Tulare County.

Offers preschool program, employment, and education, parenting classes to parents with children 3-5 years of age in Strathmore and Plainview.

HOSTS matches up volunteers from the
community, parents, or an older child with 
a younger child at Jefferson school for after 
school language arts program targeting 
2nd and 3rd graders.

Full time board and home care for the elderly.

Homeless Assistance/Tulare County Health and Human Services

Messages:
      Must be receiving public assistance such as: AFDC or TANIF
      NOT A RESOURCE FOR SENIORS.
Locations:

Main Office
100 E. Center St.
Visalia, CA 93291
Phone: (559) 733-6110

Web Address: www.tularehhsa.org
Notes:

Provides recipient of aid and to their families with rent money, or temporary shelter.

HOPE NOW

Messages:
      HOPE NOW efforts come at no cost to the borrower. Borrowers should be wary of sources that offer help but
Locations:

HOPE
1001 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 1-888-995-HOPE (4673)

Web Address: www.hopenow.com
Notes:

HOPE NOW is an alliance between HUD approved counseling agents, servicers, investors and other mortgage market participants that provides free foreclosure prevention assistance.

The House of Hope serves the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of single women. It also incorporates the six-month minimum S.T.E.P. program.

Housing Authority of Tulare County

Messages:
      Direct clients to call 627-3700 Ext: 125 to apply for Section 8 and low income housing.
Locations:

Main Office
5140 W. Cypress Ave
Visalia, CA 93279
Phone: (559)627-3700
Fax: (559) 733-0169

Woodville Farm Labor Center
16153 Rd. 192 (Box 180)
Porterville, CA 93257
Phone: (559) 784-4030

Dinuba
1435 S. College Ave
Dinuba, CA 93618
Phone: (559) 591-4286

Porterville
290 N. Fourth St.
Porterville, CA 93257
Phone: (559) 781-6873

Tulare
210 S. Sacramento St.
Tulare, CA 93274
Phone: (559) 686-1350

Visalia
1138 S. Crenshaw Ct.
Visalia, CA 93277
Phone: (559) 738-8450
Phone:

Linnell Farm Labor Center
1436-3 N. Mariposa Ave. (RD156 & Ave 288)
Visalia, CA 93277
Phone: (559) 747-0732

Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Web Address: www.hatc.net
Notes:

The Housing Authority of the County of Tulare provides rental assistance to very low and moderate-income families, seniors and the handicapped throughout the county. 
Many different programs are offered, including the conventional public housing program, the housing choice voucher program, the farm labor program for families with farm labor income, senior housing programs, and other housing programs. We also own or manage some individual subsidized rental complexes that do not fall under the previous categories, and we have information about other affordable housing that is available in Tulare County.

HPRP - Homeless Prevention & Rapid Rehousing

Messages:
      All agency are taking applications, except CSET. Please review description for eligibility.
Locations:

A program managed by United Way
Phone: (559) 685-1766

Notes:

The Tulare County Homeless Prevention Program is a three year program that uses funds from the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to assist households throughout Tulare County who are at imminent risk of becoming homeless or who have been homeless for less than 90 days. 

Partner Agencies:

Partner agencies will provide eligible clients with case management. Case management consists of developing a success plan and budget to lead clients to self-sustainability.

Partner agencies will provide services to Tulare County as follows:

o	United Way of Tulare County is the lead organization responsible for grant management and pre-qualification screening of clients through 2-1-1. 

o	CSET will provide Homeless Prevention services to prevent people from becoming homeless. Services will be provided from their offices in Tulare, Porterville, Goshen, Cutler/Orosi, Earlimart and Pixley. 

o	The Center for Independent Living will provide Homeless Prevention and Rapid-Re-Housing services people with disabilities population in Tulare County.

o	Central California Family Crisis Center will provide Rapid Re-Housing services to clients in transitional housing within the Porterville area.

o	Aspiranet will provide Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing services to eligible emancipated youth (16-24) throughout Tulare County.

o	Visalia Rescue Mission will host Project Homeless Connect, a one stop event for the homeless to access services such as medical, legal, DMV and clothing at no cost. 
Who qualifies? 

To be eligible for assistance the household must be either homeless or at risk of homelessness and meet both of the following circumstances:
(1)	no appropriate subsequent housing options have been identified
(2)	the household lacks the financial resources and support networks needed to obtain immediate housing or remain in its existing housing.