Community Resources

The Coachella Valley Women's Business Center
The mission of the Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center is to counsel, teach, encourage and inspire women business owners at every stage of development and expansion.
https://cvwbc.org/


Food Banks

https://findfoodbank.org/map/

FIND Food Bank has a CalFresh Outreach & Case Management Program to help connect people and families who are food-insecure to additional resources for their household.
https://findfoodbank.org/programs-services/calfresh/


Advocacy
Senior Advocates of the Desert
We meet one-on-one with our clients and assist them in applying for government programs such as Medi-Cal, SSI, Medicare, VA Benefits, and more. Services are free for low income seniors.
https://saotd.org/

At Mizell, the Case Management team assists seniors with accessing community resources and navigating local and government services that can improve your quality of life. Examples of the services we offer, include: Applications for Medi-Cal, CalFresh (supplemental food assistance program) or in home support services Locating and/or signing up for affordable housing Referrals to affordable housing Applications for Social Security and/or Medicare Locating a doctor/dentist or vision/hearing services Referral to transportation resources Referrals for counseling services· Completing utility assistance applications Locating low-cost medical equipment
https://mizell.org/case-management/


The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert also has a community health worker to help accessing community resources and navigating local and government services.
www.thecentercv.org

Behavioral Health 
https://give.thecentercv.org/campaign/behavioral-health-clinic/c506746
Individual, Couples, Family, & Group
No-Cost Counseling For Qualified Older Adults


HICAP - Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (Free)
https://www.aging.ca.gov/Programs_and_Services/Medicare_Counseling/

https://cathedralcenter.org/home/hicap-at-ccsc/


Transportation-
Sunride - Pickup and transportation to points of interest.
https://www.sunline.org/services/sunride

Alzheimer’s Coachella Valley https://cvalzheimers.org/contact/
Alzheimer’s Association https://www.alz.org/socal


Communal Meals and Meals on Wheels
Mizell Senior Center https://mizell.org/
Meals on Wheels - https://mizell.org/meals-on-wheels/
Communal Mealshttps://mizell.org/communal-meals/


Cathedral City Senior Center

Food Bank Every Monday morning. Client choice, you are not handed a bag of items you can't use or don't want. No income qualifications, just show up if you need food. 

Games, Fitness and More Activities 

Senior Advocacy Don't have the budget for a class or workshop? Talk to the staff. They will make it work for you!


Other Organizations

Planning Ahead for LGBTQ Seniors
https://palsinthedesert.com/about-pals

Riverside County Office on Aging https://www.rcaging.org/
Social Security https://www.ssa.gov/locator/
Coachella Valley Affordable Housing https://www.cvhc.org/

Desert Hot Springs Senior Center 
https://www.cityofdhs.org/departments/senior-center/

Indio Senior Center 
https://www.indio.org/departments/community-services/senior-center

The Joslyn Center https://joslyncenter.org/

La Quinta Senior Center https://www.laquintaca.gov/business/community-resources/wellness-center/senior-services

Desert Blind & Handicapped Association Transportation https://www.desertaccess.org/

Inland Counties Legal Services https://www.inlandlegal.org/

Old Lesbians Organizing for Changing (OLOC) https://oloc.org/

Riverside County Office on Aging https://www.rcaging.org/

SAGE –Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders https://www.sageusa.org/

Nursing Home Abuse and LGBT https://www.nursinghomeabusecenter.com/resources/lgbt/

Paying For Senior Care https://www.payingforseniorcare.com/medicare/california

Spiritual Center of the Desrt
https://pdspiritualcenter.org/

https://cutterlaw.com/how-to-choose-the-right-nursing-home/