The Santa Clara County Emergency Financial Assistance Network (EAN) provides critical homelessness prevention resources to eligible households at risk of homelessness in the Santa Clara community. The network provides a variety of services to prevent homelessness, utility disconnections, and hunger. Assistance is based on Zip Code residence.

Midtown Family Services offers emergency rental assistance and security deposit assistance

Santa Clara County shelter waiting list hotline

Housing resources by city: 

• Santa Clara
• Sunnyvale
• San Jose 

Income and Expenses

• Sacred Heart provides:
  • Public benefits screening
  • Financial coaching
  • Employment assistance
• Salvation Army provides:
  • Clothing vouchers
  • Grocery assistance
  • Rent and deposit assistance
  • VTA monthly Clipper card (at a discounted rate)
• Spark Point San Jose provides:
  • Financial coaching
  • Career coaching
  • Credit and debit coaching
  • CalFresh screening and enrollment
• Sunnyvale Community Services provides financial assistance and information/referral services to residents of Sunnyvale and Alviso.

 Utilities

• PG&E discount programs
  
• Silicon Valley Power (for residents of the city of Santa Clara) Rate Assistance Program 
  
• Home Energy Assistance Program
  
• San Jose Water Water Rate Assistance Program

Internet and Phone:

• Free WiFi for the city of Santa Clara
• Comcast Internet Essentials
• Access from AT&T 
• California LifeLine