Sacramento County Community Service & Support Digest

A report on the blooming movement to support small urban farms in the Sacramento Region.

The 14th annual Running of the Elk fundraiser for the Elk Grove Youth Sports Foundation was held on March 30.

Food aid is one of numerous competing priorities California lawmakers will have to juggle in the face of steep potential federal cuts.

A Sacramento nonprofit called People Working Together provides training and support for people entering the construction trades.

Read on to learn more about the vacant seat on the Cosumnes Community Services District and consider applying!

Read on to learn more about the Oak Park Fix-it Cafe, a monthly repair workshop held at the Community Shop Class, a nonprofit workshop in Oak Park.

A $5 billion pot of federal money set aside to help people on the verge of homelessness pay the rent is running out of cash — and no one has a plan to keep the roughly 60,000 renters, more than 15,000 of them in California — from losing their housing after the last dollar is spent.

Ruby Marichalar couldn’t get an in-person meeting after California’s crime victim compensation fund denied her claim. She wasn’t the only one.

Read on for details about a report on the 2-year Yolo County Basic Income Program which ended in April 2024.

Read on to learn more about Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento and the seven local families who recently took ownership of the houses they helped build.

Read on for details about MADE Studio, a nonprofit maker space in Oak Park, which is holding a fundraiser to remain open.

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ARE proving that they play a vital role when it comes to public safety in California. The California Reentry Institute, directed by Collette Carroll to help potential parolees, has graduated more than 230 incarcerated individuals in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

A week after Sacramento County initiate its CARE Court, petitions have been filed for the first three people to be considered under the new program. Read on to learn more about the CARE Court system.

Over 600 pairs of shoes collected by the Citrus Heights Rotary Club have been donated to local schools. Read on to learn more.

The annual turkey distribution held by Elk Grove Food Bank Services on November 23 was a success. Learn more about this group and gain insight into the increase in the number of local food-insecure people in Elk Grove.

Read this Sacramento Bee list of ways you can volunteer or donate to help local groups helping the needy this holiday season.

Learn more about the services provided by the Elk Grove Food Bank and how you can help them in feeding the hungry and food insecure.

Learn more about the annual fundraising day on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this year falling on December 3.

The Citrus Heights Rotary Foundation has donated $100,000 to the Citrus Heights Veterans Memorial Project which plans to build a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

Sacramento County in partnership with United Way is launching a basic income pilot program for qualifying families.

Applications are open to fill a vacancy on the Rio Linda Elverta Recreation and Park District Board of Directors for a term ending in December 2026.

A look at the community garden in west Del Paso Heights purchased by the Sacramento Community Land Trust in June 2024.

The Rancho Cordova Youth Center is home to children's book vending machine thanks to a gift from the Rancho Cordova Kiwanis Club.

A spotlight on the community service provided by the Elk Grove Food Bank and Executive Director Marie Jachino.

The annual Independence from Hunger food drive hosted by the Citrus Heights Grocery Outlet is seeking donations to reach this year's goal of $15,000 to be given to the Sunrise Christian Food Ministry food bank.

Beginning Monday, 150 households in Fresno County are expected to receive a $500 prepaid card to spend on anything they’d like — no strings attached. It will be the first of 12 monthly recurring payments those Southwest Fresno and Huron residents will receive as part of a guaranteed basic income program for low-income families.

The Sacramento Observer list of free food locations in Sacramento County.

In the May 22 meeting, Elk Grove City Councilmember Sergio Robles advocated the study of a Basic Universal Income program for residents participating in city workforce development programs.

Sacramento State will be home to the central office for the $10 million Black student advancement drive on all 23 California State University campuses.

Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the community school initiative with $4.1 billion in grants to connect students and their families to medical care, counseling and other services.

On May 9, a Solving Sacramento panel discussion were upbeat on the potential for Sacramento to grow an inclusive economy.

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation announced the May 2 Big Day of Giving had raised $13.2 million in donations to 826 nonprofits in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties.