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:

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