UPDATED JUNE 1, 2020 Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Community, We are looking ahead at how we can best serve and center community as news of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and impact continues. We are looking at Marin Recovers and are concerned about mental health and the abundant inequities facing communities of low income, undocumented workers, […]
We’ve heard a lot lately that we’re living in unprecedented times. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, “fierce urgency of now” has perhaps never been more important than it is today as a call to pay attention, to wake up, and to do something. It’s hard to believe that it was over a half-century ago when […]
On April 28th, the Bolinas Stinson Unified School District (BSUSD) Board approved a partnership with Community Action Marin that will support preschool for all three- and four-year-old children at the district-operated Bolinas Preschool. While details of the partnership are yet to be finalized, BSUSD will be the program operator. Our agency will continue to provide […]
Across the country, serious mental health challenges can disrupt people’s ability to carry out essential aspects of daily life, such as self care and household management. Mental illnesses may also prevent people from forming and maintaining stable relationships or cause people to misinterpret others’ guidance and react irrationally. This often results in pushing away caregivers, […]
In Conversation with Front-Line Agencies RESPONDING IN COMMUNITY NOW This week, our CEO was proud to speak with the National Community Action Foundation about our agency’s work. From essential worker child care and food distribution to mental health support and homeless outreach, Community Action Marin staff, volunteers, parents, and friends are coming together to ensure […]
Although the Enterprise Recovery Center (ERC) is closed at this time, our site manager, Darcy Woodall, and peer support staff, Jennifer Carter, are keeping office hours daily. This is in part because many homeless people in crisis are still showing up at the center since it’s a respite they know and trust. The two team […]
UPDATED April 26, 2020 Our homeless outreach teams are called CARE Teams. CARE stands for Community Alternative Response & Engagement. The three teams share a mission to work with and support the homeless, or those at risk of becoming homeless, in Marin County. CARE Team One, funded through the county’s Behavioral Health & Recovery Services, […]
We’re in This Together for All of Us Responding to the fierce urgency of now. Marin County is one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S., but the realities for some here are no different than in far less affluent places. Getting by and getting ahead have become hard for many residents and worse […]
Community Action Marin is now accepting enrollment for its Pop-Up Childcare for Essential Workers. In our commitment to ensure that essential workers have the child care support that they need to respond to this public health crisis, the agency is now accepting enrollment for children ages 3-5 at one of our San Rafael centers. For more […]
UPDATED MAY 17, 2020 In an effort to curb the spread of COVID 19, state and local officials have issued a shelter in place order. As a result, many of us are experiencing fear about the future, confusion, and loneliness due to restricted contact with our peers, friends, and loved ones. Even though the Enterprise […]