Coastside Hope

On the third Thursday of each month Coastside Hope collaborates with Second Harvest food bank to provide fresh, frozen and shelf stable food to about 95 low income families.

Coastside Hope maintains a pantry for walk-in clients who need food on a shorter term or emergency basis. The primary recipients of this program are needy families with children.

Every year, Coastside Hope collaborates with the United Way to offer free tax preparation to our low-income neighbors. Our IRS-Certified volunteers prepare returns for hundreds each year.
Coastside Hope VITA volunteers prepared 383 tax returns in Spring 2020 (tax year 2019). Over $527,000 was refunded to local residents whose average income was $30,977.

Coastside Hope's annual Christmas giving program is entirely run by volunteers. Local donors provide clothing, toys, and other items to low income families and seniors each year.
The primary function of this program is to ensure that every person in the family has at least one set of new clothing.
Toys, books, and other items are donated by generous local businesses, gathered through community toy drives, or donated directly by sponsor families.

Coastside Hope's Special Delivery program allows residents to "adopt" a low-income family throughout the year. Every month, the sponsor donates household goods such as dishwashing detergent, paper towels, soap, and feminine hygiene products.

Coastside Hope is the only agency providing comprehensive immigration and citizenship services on the Coast. Lorena Galindo, Our Paralegal-Immigration BIA Accredited Representative, has been providing immigration services for more than 15 years to our neighbors. We are well known and trusted in the community for providing high quality, local, accessible and affordable immigration services. Transportation to other resources in the county is limited, so without our services many wouldn’t be able to access immigration services at all.

Our ongoing immigration and citizenship service program includes: 1) family-based legal services such as DACA applications, visa petitions, citizenship applications, adjustment of status, and work permit requests / renewals; 2) free weekly citizenship test preparation classes for naturalization applicants; and 3) community education about immigration issues and “Know Your Rights” with sessions conducted at a wide range of Coastside locations. The mix of our services is tailored to the needs of each individual or family.