Program areas at CAPSBC
The family development program (fdp) helps low-income families and individuals with a variety of services to assist them in achieving economic stability and self-sufficiency. Program components include the obershaw supportive housing program; rapid re-housing, education, employment and job training support; emergency rental assistance and temporary motel assistance; mobile shower/laundry program; volunteer income tax assistance; summer camp and other children's programs. Through these program components, fdp provides crisis intervention through emergency services such as housing assistance, transitional housing for homeless families, disaster case management, food, clothing, transportation, financial literacy classes, free showers and laundry services, free tax preparation services and children's programs during summer break, back to school and the holidays. In 2023, fdp provided 534 families with eviction prevention, provided $930k in housing assistance, and provided free tax preparation services to 128 individuals.
The energy, education, and environmental services program (eees) focus is to reduce the energy burden in low-income homes by installing energy-efficient measures and addressing health and safety issues. There are three major components to the eees program: weatherization, emergency crisis intervention and home energy assistance program. Eees is the largest provider of utility bill assistance in San Bernardino County and provided 18,656 households with 13.8 million dollars of utility assistance in 2023. Eees provides energy conservation measures, including home weatherization, appliances replacement and repair, energy assistance and energy education to eligible low-income residents. Eees processes applications for the heap program, emergency utility assistance (fast track) and administers the weatherization training center focused on training individuals in clean energy. In 2023, 235 homes received weatherization services; 564 energy efficient appliances were installed or repaired; 14,561 individuals received energy education.
The capsbc food bank is the largest provider of emergency food in San Bernardino County with a mission to combat hunger and malnutrition by distributing healthy food to people in need. In 2023, the food bank received 11,902,000 pounds of usda surplus commodity and donated food providing services to 168,864 unduplicated low-income individuals through a distribution network comprised of 275 Community and faith-based agencies. A total of 253,000 individuals received nutritious meals through its soup kitchen network. The food bank also distributed 5,000,000 diapers serving 45,596 children. The food bank engages volunteers to assist in the distribution of food to our communities and over 1,696 volunteers contributed 145,859 hours of service.