
Community Resources
Community Health Association Inland Southern Region’s Resource List!
- Please click here to download the Association’s resource list for Riverside County
- Please click here to download the Association’s resource list for San Bernardino County
- Please click here to view an infographic about Asthma in children, click here
- Please click here to view a Senior’s guide to Medicare
- Please click here to view Riverside County’s Cool Place to avoid the heat
- Please click here to view San Bernardino County’s Cool Place to avoid the heat
- Please click here to view San Bernardino County’s Rent Relief Program
ACCESS TO CARE
The Alzheimer’s Association provides free services and support for you and your family. To learn more about these services, please click here.
- Online Education Programs – June 2021
(English) (Spanish/Español) - Available Dementia Care
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts provides surgeries for children and teens at no cost. They are a tremendous resource for families in Southern California and provide highly specialized medical services for children and teens who have physical and cosmetic deformities caused by accident, disease, abuse, and birth defects. To learn more, please click here o para la version en español, aquí
Molina Healthcare of California and Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) have joined forces to provide support for job and health coverage losses with a new healthcare initiative called “Together4IE”. This joint collaboration is to raise awareness about available coverage through Medi-Cal and Covered California to support families and individuals affected by income or employment changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to view the flyer.
If you need to apply for Medi-Cal or Covered CA, please visit www.Together4IE.com or call 1-866-U2Apply.
Kaiser Permanente is committed to providing programs that facilitate access to care for vulnerable populations. The Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) program helps low-income, uninsured, and underserved patients receive access to care by providing temporary financial assistance or free care to patients who receive health care services from our providers, regardless of whether they have health coverage or are uninsured.
For more information and the program application, please visit the MFA website.
The FIND Hi-Desert branch is located at the Morongo Basin Healthcare District campus in Yucca Valley. FIND will store food for pick-up by area food pantries to distribute locally. FIND and the Morongo Basin Healthcare District encourages the community to reach out with any inquiries regarding food access or becoming a FIND member food pantry by calling 760-501-1637.
To locate a FIND Food Bank branch out in the high desert please click here.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES
Click here to discover how addiction to alcohol, nicotine, and other substances affect women as well as how to seek treatment.
Programs offered:
- Withdrawal Management
- Adult Residential Treatment
- Adult Outpatient Treatment
- Aftercare Support Group
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Program
- Family Group
- Oasis House in the High Desert
- Maple House Women with Children
- Sanctuary House Sober Living
Please click here to visit their website for more information.
Click here to learn more about accessing emergency housing vouchers for trafficking survivors.
The CalHOPE website has resources to support people experiencing stress from the pandemic as well as the current wildfires. The CalHOPE Warmline is live and answering calls – telephone or text. (833) 317-HOPE (4673).
Assistance is available in many languages.
BREASTFEEDING
Please click here to download the highlights of each course or click the links below to be directed to the course pages:
Loving Support
Loving Support offers FREE breastfeeding services to all women living or working in Riverside County
Website: https://www.ruhealth.org/ruhs-public-health/breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Support Group Location – Riverside Community Hospital – Breastfeeding Center
Breastfeeding Center is open to mothers in the community, regardless of where they deliver, offering support to any mother and baby having challenges (e.g. low milk, sore nipples)
Website: Breastfeeding at Riverside Community Hospital
CAR SEAT SAFETY
Please click here for more information on low-cost car seats, car seat check-up appointments, car seat safety classes, and California’s Child Passenger Safety Law.
COLLEGE STUDENTS
CONNECT IE
Connect IE is a FREE online website that provides Inland Empire residents from different zip codes with community resources 24/7. It can connect residents to housing services, job trainings, food pantries, transportation, and other low-cost or free programs.
Please visit www.ConnectIE.org to find the closest resources to you
COOLING CENTERS
Please click here to download the San Bernardino County list of cooling centers.
Please click here to download the County of Riverside Community Action Partnership list of cooling centers throughout Riverside County.
To find your local cooling center, visit ConnectIE and search “Cooling Facilities” in your area.
Last Updated June 2021
COLD WEATHER SHELTERS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY
DIABETES MANAGEMENT
Inland Empire Diabetes Resources
Please click here to see organizations dedicated to diabetes treatment and awareness throughout the Inland Empire.
Please click below to be directed to the course pages offering diabetes management:
- Camp PowerUp San Bernardino
- Center for Diabetes Management: St. Bernardine
- Center for Diabetes Management: Community Hospital of San Bernardino
- Infant-Toddler Success Program
Please click here to download a flyer of IEHP’s Free Diabetes Classes and Support Resources located in Riverside, Moreno Valley, Jurupa Valley, Perris, and San Bernardino.
HOMELESSNESS
Please click here for the Riverside County Homeless Prevention Resource List.
Please contact 2-1-1 San Bernardino County (or dial 2-1-1) to be connected to a bilingual homeless assistance call specialist through San Bernardino County’s homeless assistance services.
Click here for the flyer for the 24hr Covid Compliant Victor Valley Community Shelter, now open. Transportation is available to the site. See flier for pick up locations and times.
INLAND EMPIRE LGBTQ RESOURCE GUIDE
Click here to find resources near you.
PARENTING
SEXUAL HEALTH
To find a clinic location that provides services in:
- Breast cancer screening,
- Birth control methods,
- Pap smears,
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), and/or
- Testicular cancer
Please click here!
VETERANS
Inland Empire’s Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program
See here to learn more about Inland Empire’s Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program.
Inland Empire U.S. VETS
Services offered here include housing, workforce development, mental health and wellness, and individualized support.
For more information, please click here.
County of Riverside’s Veterans’ Services
Services offered include:
- Burial benefits,
- Compensation for service-related disabilities,
- Educational benefits (the California College Waiver Program),
- Government Life Insurance,
- Home loan benefits (application for a certificate of eligibility and program information),
- Medical benefits such as receiving treatment at VA Medical Centers (application and information),
- Military Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP),
- Pension for non-service-related deaths and for veterans with non-service-connected disabilities,
- Proceeds of government life insurance, and
- Vocational rehabilitation (application and information).
For more information, please click here.
San Bernardino County’s Veteran Affairs
Services offered include:
- Anything related to VA benefits,
- Burial Benefits,
- California College Fee Waiver Program,
- Education Benefits,
- Medical Benefits Applications,
- Service-connected Disability Compensation,
- VA Pension Benefits, and
- Veteran Readiness & Employment (formerly known as Voc Rehab).
For more information, please click here
City of Ontario’s Veterans Resource Center
The Veterans Resource Center volunteers will provide assistance with the following services and resources:
- Compensation and Pension Claims,
- Disability Benefits,
- Education Benefits,
- Employment Benefits,
- Free printed Resource Guides for Veterans,
- Housing Assistance, and
- Personal assistance from trained volunteers during operating times for walk-ins or by appointment.
For more information, please click here