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Local Assistance Center in Speckels Launches on January 21 - Transportation Assistance is Offered to San Ardo and Pajaro Residents


As of Friday morning, January 20 the resources in the County of Monterey include:
• Establishment of a comprehensive “one-stop” rather than setting up multiple sites and reducing or
separating services and resources.
• Co-located FEMA Disaster Resource Center, their version of a Local Assistance Center. Note: To qualify
for FEMA Individual Assistance, disaster victims must show that they are a US Citizens or have a family
member(s) in the household that are a US Citizen. Anyone can apply but unless proof of US Citizenship
can be shown it will be denied.
• California, County, and Nonprofit resources can offer much more to individuals.
• Our Local Assistance Center also includes SBA and USDA
• FEMA will be out in the field going door to door to have people sign up for DisasterAssistance.gov
• California EDD will be onsite regarding lost wages as will many others to include nonprofits who will be
able to offer gifts cards, etc. for immediate needs (disaster unemployment & referral).
• Interpreters will be onsite, or on-call as needed in multiple languages, including Spanish, Trique,
Mixtec, and ASL
• Flood kits and other resources will be available for individuals to take with them.
• Transportation is available for residents from Pajaro and San Ardo through Monterey Salinas Transit
(MST). Multilingual Community Health Workers will be on shuttles and on site at the center to assist
residents. Residents can call 211 for information and schedule. Bus stop locations: In San Ardo: across
the street from Our Lady of Ransom Church. In Pajaro: outside the Church of the Assumption.
DISASTER RECOVERY & ASSISTANCE
MONTEREY COUNTY LOCAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
Spreckels Veterans Memorial Building
90 5th St., Spreckels CA
Open 9:00 am – 7:00 pm Saturday 1/21/2023 through Thursday 1/26/2023
AGENCIES/DEPARTMENTS ON SITE
Federal Agencies
1. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
2. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
3. Small Business Administration (SBA)
State Agencies
4. Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
5. Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
6. Department of Public Health - Vital Records (CDPH)
7. Department of Insurance (DOI)
8. Employment Development Department (EDD)
9. Department of Social Services (CDSS)
County of Monterey
10. Ag Commissioner’s Office
11. Economic Development
12. Clerk-Recorder-Assessor
13. Health Department
• Environmental Health (water, food and other safety issues and hazardous
materials)
• Behavioral Health
• Public Health
14. Resource Management Agency Land Use –
• Permits
• Planning
• Building
• Public Works (Encroachments)
• Environmental Services
DISASTER RECOVERY & ASSISTANCE
MEDIA ALERT
External Entities
15. Mexican Consulate (Tentative)
16. Community Foundation for Monterey County
17. Non-Profit Orgs
• American Red Cross (Crisis Counselors)
Google Map link to the LAC:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/90+Fifth+St,+Spreckels,+CA+93962/@36.6265991,-
121.6487451,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808df81994e6aac5:0x19186accd057ff21!8m2!3d36.626599
1!4d-121.6465564

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