Community Resources

CalFresh for Students

Need Money for Food? Check if you're eligible for CalFresh! If you qualify, you can access the following.

• Monthly cash assistance for purchasing food.
• Provided via EBT debit card and other debit cards.
• Funds to buy groceries and fresh produce at participating stores, restaurants, and farmers' markets.

Find out if you’re eligible and start your application. 

Hunger Support Second Harvest   Gilroy Salvation Army - (408) 848-5373 Milpitas Food Pantry - (408) 946-5564 Jewish Family & Children's Services - San Francisco (415) 449-1200  West Valley Community Services  - Cupertino (408) 255-8033 Santa Clara First Baptist  (408) 241-7635 Redemption Church  - San Jose (408) 262-0900 Feeding America - National Support

Basic Needs Support

211 is a free, confidential, 24/7 service in the U.S. and Canada that connects people to local community resource specialists who help find assistance for food, housing, utility bills, healthcare, and disaster recovery. Accessible by phone or online, it serves as a, "911 for essential human services".

• Phone: 2-1-1.
• Housing, Food, Health, and Crisis/Emergency, Visit: 211.org.

Emergency Assistance Network of Santa Clara County CalFresh: Need Money for Food? EAN Website.