Local Agency Connections

Open Heart Kitchen
A non-profit organization, provides free nutritious meals to those in need. Volunteers prepare lunch and dinner to some 2400 people each month.

Interfaith Sharing - Livermore (925) 449-1111
A cross-section of local churches in Livermore and Pleasanton collects donated excess food, items of personal health and hygiene, and special holiday contributions from major grocery chains and distributes them to very low-income families and individuals. This all volunteer effort serves 1000 people per week.

Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry
The Haven Food Pantry is located on Junction Avenue in Livermore, and distributes free groceries to low-income Tri-Valley residents. Each month, the Haven Pantry serves groceries to well over 1,000 Tri-Valley residents. These individuals comprise more than 500 families that are experiencing hunger in our Valley. The Haven Pantry is operated with minimal staff and many hours of volunteer work and love.

Tri-Valley Haven Homeless Services
Sojourner House is the only homeless shelter in the Tri-Valley Area that accepts two-parent families, single fathers with children, or families with teen-age boys.


St. Vincent de Paul
No work of charity is foreign to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a non-profit social services agency dedicated to helping those in need. They offer tangible assistance through person-to-person contact and spiritual services through prayer. They are located throughout Alameda County and provide various services detailed on their website.

East Bay Habitat for Humanity
The mission of East Bay Habitat for Humanity is to create home ownership opportunities by building decent, affordable houses and by enhancing neighborhoods through partnerships with homeowners and the community.

Tri-Valley Human Services Needs Assessment
The cities of Livermore and Pleasanton hired ICF Consulting to conduct a Human Services Needs Assessment for the Tri-Valley, focusing on the service needs of the cities of Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton. ICF researched and analyzed the Tri-Valley's rapidly changing population and assessed the efforts of community-based organizations, private institutions, and city agencies to respond to the complex and changing human service needs of the region.

The research focused on eight human service areas, collecting feedback from community members and stakeholders with direct community involvement to determine human service needs. In addition, they identified common shortcomings to the human services network as a whole, including a lack of affordable housing.

You can read or print the report at
http://www.livermorecdd.org/acrobat/information/tri_valley_needs_assessment.pdf