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 Meals - https://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/