Community Services Agency of Mountain View Los Altos and Los Altos Hills

Homeless prevention Services provides the core components of csa's safety net for low-income and /or homeless individuals and families in Mountain View, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills. Csa provides direct financial assistance for rent, utilities, housing, dental, and eye exams. Additionally, csa's food and nutrition center offers essential and basic food items to low-income and homeless individuals and families. Over 5,711 clients were assisted with one or more of these Services during the year.

Csa's senior Services program offers case management emphasizing access to health care and independent living with a focus on "senior fall prevention and "hospital to home transition care" to minimize costly hospitalizations and/or institutionalizations. Case managers assisted 247 seniors during the year. The senior nutrition center provided 39,712 prepared lunches during the year to 912 seniors.

Csa is partnering with the city of Mountain View on a guaranteed basic income (gbi) pilot to support some of the lowest income members of the Community with $500 monthly payments over two years. Csa enrolled 166 participants, who began receiving monthly payments on december 15, 2022. Part of a national study, this pilot will inform a comprehensive report by the university of Pennsylvania available in 2025 on the effects of providing unconditional guaranteed income.