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Serves all veterans and their families, offering support and guidance of all benefits earned by military services, regardless of time in service, period of service or type of discharge.

The County of Santa Cruz Human Services Department's Public Guardian-Conservator Office manages the property, finances and personal care needs of county individuals who are substantially unable to provide for themselves. This is accomplished through conservatorships. If you are concerned about the well-being of an individual who is elderly and unable to provide for or manage their personal needs, or who is gravely disabled as a result of a mental disorder and unable to provide for their basic needs, please contact the Public Guardian's Office for more information.

Learn more: https://www.santacruzhumanservices.org/AdultLongTermCare/PublicGuardian.

The Family & Children's Services Foster Care Program provides foster parent recruitment, licensing of relative caregiver and foster family homes, training and support for relative caregivers and foster families and enforcement of foster care regulations. The Adoptions Program places children who are unable to live safely with their birth family into permanent homes. We recruit and screen prospective adoptive parents, finalize adoptions, provide post-adoption services and provide services to birth parents who choose to voluntarily relinquish their parental rights. Learn more: https://www.santacruzhumanservices.org/FamilyChildren/FosterCareandAdoptions

Assists in obtaining birth certificates, death certificates, & marriage certificates.

• Garden-Based Science
• Weekly Lunch Room Flower Bouquets
• Plant Propagation
• Composting Program
• School Meal Vegetable Harvesting
• Garden Crafts
• Gardening Skills

Provides comprehensive immigration legal services, consultations, and community advocacy. Assists with naturalization, citizenship applications, green cards, DACA renewals, work permits, and visa petitions. Offers specialized legal support for crime victims, human trafficking survivors, and juveniles.

Provides case management, systems navigation, and support groups for crime victims and survivors. Offers legal and immigration assistance, including U-Visa support, along with job search and rental assistance. Administers educational support, including tutoring and homework assistance.

The County of Santa Cruz Human Services Department's Adult Protective Services (APS) provides intervention services to protect elderly or dependent adults from abuse, neglect, or exploitation. We support older and disabled adults who may be experiencing physical assault or abuse, domestic and/or family violence, sexual assault or abuse, bullying (verbal, cyber, or physical), stalking, harassment, neglect, identity theft or fraud, financial crime or scams.

County APS agencies investigate reports of abuse of elder and dependent adults who live in private homes, apartments, hotels, hospitals, or who are, or soon will be, experiencing homelessness. We support older and disabled adults regardless of status-if you are experiencing homelessness; are an immigrant; identify as LBGTQIA+; are a Veteran, have a physical or mental disability; or if you have limited English language proficiency.

• Ged Support
• Learning English
• Citizenship Test Preparation
• Write and/or Read in Spanish
• Certificate of primary
• Certificate of secondary
• Drivers Education Test Preparation
• Basic and Intermediate Computer Skills (Please contact for days/times of computer classes)

An individualized course of study based on assessment, schedule, and goals will be designed for each student enabling students to earn their high school diploma or pass the High School Equivalency exams while improving their skills for college or career training. Courses are offered in teacher-directed classrooms with a blend of online, direct and individualized instruction. Online distance learning is available in combination with classroom instruction.

• Project Scout
• Tax Help
• Grey Bears
• Brown Bag pick up
• Community Lunches
• "Uke"'n Sing"
• Line Dance
• Weights
• Video Yoga
• Bridge Club
• Lapidary