get the facts

Data shows that the unmet need for basic services in our county is real and growing.

  • FOOD Share and its agencies are responding to a 63% increase in demand for food over the past two years and are now serving 73,000 people per month.
  • Unmet needs experienced by Catholic Charities are up three fold since last year, and the county’s homeless service calls have increased 30% since 2009, with forty new cases per month.
  • The waiting list for dental services at the Simi Valley Free Clinic now extends to 700 people.
  • The County’s caseload in the CalFresh program (foodstamps) is up 44% in two years, and now serves 59,000 individuals.
  • The caseload for Calworks is the highest it has been since welfare reform was passed in 1998.