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SOS Fire-related Grants for Low-Income Sonoma County Residents

To provide a financial boost for those affected by the Sonoma County fires,

Through April 30, 2018, residents can apply for a special assistance grant at one of the Sonoma County partner agencies listed below.*Aid may be available even if the resident received or will receive other fire-related grant monies.

SOS (https://seasonofsharing.org/) has long provided one-time, financial grants in nine Bay Area counties to help low-income residents with housing costs and emergency or critical needs. In Sonoma County, oversight of the program is by the County Human Services Department.

Regular SOS grants, under the program’s normal eligibility criteria, are available year-round by application through an SOS partner agency. All grant checks are written directly to the vendor or business – such as a landlord, utility company, dentist, furniture retailer or auto repair business.

For fire-related assistance grants only, some eligibility requirements have been relaxed from regular SOS grant criteria:

1) Anyone who has received assistance within the previous five years is eligible.

2) The applicant’s rent/mortgage does not have to be delinquent. Anyone who requires rent/mortgage assistance is eligible.

3) For anyone who lost a job, work or source of income, being able to show that they can cover rent the following month is waived.

*Where to apply:

• California Human Development, 405 Grove St, Healdsburg, CA 95448, 707-433-6652

• Catholic Charities, Santa Rosa, 707-791-8313 - Santa Rosa Administrative Office, 987 Airway Court, Santa Rosa, 707-528-8712

• Committee on the Shelterless (COTS),900 Hopper St, Petaluma, CA 94952, 707-765-6530

• Council on Aging (age 55+), 30 Kawana Springs Rd, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, 707-525-0143

• Disability Services and Legal Center,521 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, 707-528-2745

• Face To Face,873 2nd St, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, 707-544-1581

• FISH of Sonoma Valley,18330 Sonoma Highway Sonoma, CA 95476, 707-996-0111

• North Bay Veterans Resource Center,44 10th St #102, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, 707-578-8387

• PEP Housing,951 Petaluma Blvd S, Petaluma, CA 94952, 707-762-2336

• Petaluma People Services Center,1500A Petaluma Bl S., Petaluma, CA 94952, 707-765-8488

• Reach for Home,433 Hudson Street, Healdsburg, 707-433-6161

• Redwood Empire Food Bank,3990 Brickway Blvd, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, 707-523-7900

• Salvation Army Family Services, 93 Stony Cir, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, 707-542-0998, ext. 270

• SHARE Sonoma,801 Bantam Way, Petaluma, CA 94952, 707-766-8800

• Wallace House, 126 N Main St, Cloverdale, CA 95425, 707-894-2727

• West County Community Services, Forestville, Guerneville, and Sebastopol, 707-823-1640

• YWCA,811 Third Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, 707-546-9922

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