Financial Assistance for Low-Income Residents Impacted by COVID-19

Dear friends – We regret to inform you that we have already reached the maximum capacity of households that we will be able to serve with the initial $11 million in contributions collected for this initiative. As a result, we are no longer accepting applications for financial assistance.

If you meet the eligibility criteria listed below, please consider adding your name to the following Interest List. Please note: there is no guarantee that we will be able to provide assistance to any households on the Interest List. However, when/If additional funding becomes available, we will contact eligible households on the Interest List with information on how they can complete an application.

ADD MY NAME TO THE INTEREST LIST

In the meantime, we encourage all residents to learn about, and apply for, other forms of assistance currently available.

For those who already submitted an application:

Please note: due to the extremely high rate of submissions, it is taking us longer than initially expected to process and respond to all applications. We are doing our best to process applications as quickly as we can, but it will likely take up to 14 days before we can respond to your application. To help our staff work as quickly as possible, we ask that you please wait until 7 days have passed before you call/email us to check the status of your application. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Who Is Eligible for Assistance?

To qualify for assistance, you must meet all 3 criteria outlined below:

1. You must be a resident of Santa Clara County

2. Your household income must be less than 80% of the average median income (AMI):

3. You must have a documented loss of income related to COVID-19 impacts due to health, employment, or school/child care closures

4. For more information on who qualifies please click on the following link Covid19 FAQs

What will Eligible Households Receive?

Eligible households will receive direct financial assistance, based on documented loss of income as a result of COVID-19 impacts, up to a maximum of $4,000 of lost income per month.

Assistance may be requested once per month for the duration of the public health emergency, as long as the household continues to experience an economic impact and funds are available. Basic information and referral to area services will also be available for households.

The COVID-19 Financial Assistance program is an initiative of the Santa Clara County Homelessness Prevention System. Your application may be processed by any of the nonprofit partner agencies that participate in this system. 

El programa de Asistencia Financiera COVID-19 es una iniciativa del Sistema de Prevención de Personas sin Hogar del Condado de Santa Clara. Su solicitud puede ser procesada por cualquiera de las agencias asociadas sin fines de lucro que participan en este sistema.