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Goodbye Coinstar, Hello coin rolls

Coinstar kiosks is the only way me and my family knew how to turn our coins into bills. Coinstar charges a 10% fee. So $100 in coins becomes $90 in bills. If you have the documents to do so. Create a bank account through a credit union such as Self-Help Credit Union or San Francisco Federal Credit Union. You'll need $5 for checkings but after that, what you can do for your coins is...

Ask after how many rolls they start charging a fee for depositing coin rolls

Ask for a coin roll wrapper

Wrap your pennies, dimes, nickels...

At SFFCU they start charging a fee after 10 coin rolls.

If you're as shameless as me you can just use the coin rolls when you go buy lunch. They need change for cash and you just saved them a step.

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Tax Season

Starts late January

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Utility Bill Discounts

PG&E Care Program: https://www.pge.com/en/account/billing-and-assistance/financial-assistance/california-alternate-rates-for-energy-program.html

EBMUD CAP Program: https://www.ebmud.com/customers/customer-assistance-program San Francisco SFPUC CAP Program: https://sfpuc.org/accounts-services/bill-relief

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Foster Youth Rights and Resources

Foster Youth Rights Hand Book: https://fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov/foster-youth-rights/

Foster Youth Geared

California Foster Care Omudsperson: https://fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov/

Department of Social Services - Foster Care

Department of Social Services - Additional Resources For Foster Youth

First Place For Youth (1 location in SF and in Oakland): The mission of First Place is to help foster youth build the skills they need to make a successful transition to self-sufficiency and responsible adulthood

SF ILSP: Connected to first place for Youth

Bill Wilson Center

CSU Scholarships and Grants: https://www.calstate.edu/attend/student-services/foster-youth/Pages/financial-aid.aspx

Foster Youth Wavelength

A Better Way Resources

MyPath: Working towards empowering working youth below age 18 to obtain non-custodial bank/credit union accounts and financial capability

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211 Bay Area

Try using the keyword search for resources! Resources include shelters, pantries, and much more. Example image below

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Renters Unite

There is a wealth of information on Anti-Eviction Mapping Project around which landlords are notorious for evicting, how housing legislation impacts renters, and there are opportunities for renters to share their experiences. Whatever issue you are experiencing as a renter, you are most likely experiencing along with many others. Find information on the structural issues and you will most likely find info on organizations working towards dismantling it.

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DV Support Resources

Here I will add a list of resources mainly from the CCSF Project Survive Website.

Suggestion: use a browser like DuckDuckGo that offers more privacy via site encryption. Safety first!

Resource Guide DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-SAFE (7233); 800- 787-3224 (TTY); www.thehotline.org; http://www.ndvh.org

Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic (CROC): (415) 864-1790 (office); 415-255-0165 (in-take) www.probono.net/sf/volunteer/item. cooperative_restraining_order_clinic_croc

W.O.M.A.N. Inc. (resource and referral): www.womaninc.org (415) 864-4722 (crisis); (877) 384-3578; (415) 864-4777 (office)

Asian Women’s Shelter: (multiple Asian languages/English) www.sfaws.org (415) 751-0880 or (877) 751-0880 (crisis); (415) 751-7110 (office)

La Casa de las Madres (shelter): (Spanish/English) www.lacasa.org (415) 503-0500 (office); (877) 503-1850 (crisis); (877) 923-0700 (teen line); (415) 200-3575 (text)

Riley Center and Emergency Shelter: www.rileycenter.org; www.svdp-sf.org (415) 255-0165 (crisis); (415) 552-2943 (office)

Women Overcoming Violence (at Glide): www.glide.org; (415) 674-6000

Victim Services: www. sfdistrictattorney.org; (415) 553-9044; District Attorney (553-1754; 553-1751)

Futures without Violence: www.futureswithoutviolence.org; (415) 678-5500; 866-678-8901 (TTY)

CORA (San Mateo County): (Spanish/English); www.corasupport.org; 800-300-1080; (650) 312-8515 (crisis); (650) 259-1855 (legal services line for victims only); (650) 652-0800 (office)

Jewish Family and Children’s Services: (Russian/English); www.jfcs.org; (415) 449-2900 (office); (415) 449-2915 (mental health clinic supervisor)

Arab Cultural and Community Center: www.arabculturalcenter.org; (415) 664-2200 (office)

Women’s and Gender Studies Department Project SURVIVE Ocean Campus: Office 402 Cloud, Mailbox S-55, San Francisco, CA 94112 (415) 239-3899 www.ccsf.edu/survive Women’s Resource Center, Smith Hall 103-104; 239-3112; Campus Police 239-3200 27

A Safe Place: (Oakland); www.asafeplacedvs.org; (510) 536-7233 (crisis); (510) 986-8600 (office)

Narika: (South Asian languages); www.narika.org; 800-215-7308 (help- line message will return calls in 24 hours); (510) 444-6068 (office)

Shalom Bayit: (counseling for Jewish women); www.shalom-bayit.org 866-SHALOM-7 (helpline toll free within Bay); (510) 845-7233 (crisis); (510) 451-8874 (office)

STAND! For Families Free of Violence: (Concord); www.standagainstdv.org 888-215-5555 (crisis); (925) 676-2845 (office)

Center for Domestic Peace: (Marin); www.centerfordomesticpeace.org or www.c4dp.org; (415) 924-6616 (crisis); (415) 924-3456 (Spanish crisis line); (415) 457-2464 (main office); (415) 457-2421 (TTY)

ManKind Program/ Batterers’: (Men’s hotline); 415-924-1070 (crisis for men); 415-457-6760 (office)

SWAP/PREP: (batterer intervention program); (415) 575-6450

Pocovi: (Latino batterer intervention groups); (415) 552-1361 (Spanish)

Men in Progress/Men Unlearning Violence: (at Glide); www.glide.org; (415) 674-6151

RAPE

National Rape Crisis Hotline/Nationwide RAINN: 800-656-HOPE (4673); www.rainn.org

San Francisco Women against Rape (SFWAR): www.sfwar.org; (415) 647-RAPE (7273) (crisis); (415) 861-2024 (office)

San Francisco Trauma Recovery and Rape Treatment Center: (at SF General Hospital); (415) 437-3000 (services in English and Spanish); www.traumarecoverycenter.org

The S.A.F.E. Place at San Francisco State University: http://www.sfsu.edu/~safe_plc/; (415) 338-2208 (counseling and psychological services center)

Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR): (Oakland); www.bawar.org; (510) 845-RAPE (7273) (crisis); (510) 430-1298 (office)

Rape Trauma Services: (Peninsula); www.rapetraumaservices.org (650) 692-RAPE (7273) (crisis); (650) 652-0598 (office); services in Spanish and English

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

CASARC (Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse Resource Center): at SFGH; www.casarc.org (415) 206-8386 (counseling and medical services)

GENERAL COUNSELING (free and/or sliding scales based on income)

City College Student Health Services; www.ccsf.edu/services/student_health; (415) 239-3110; free to City College students

Private Provider Network/Mental Health Access: (415) 255-3737 or 888-246-3333 (toll free); www.sfdph.org

Marina Counseling: (415) 563-2137; www.marinacounseling.com

Integral Counseling Centers (California Institute of Integral Studies): www.ciis.edu/counseling; www.goldengatecounseling.org; (415) 648- 2644; (415) 776-3109; (415) 561-0230

Networks Family Counseling Center: (415) 668-2218; www.networkscounselingcntr.com

Access Institute for Psychological Services: (415) 861-5449; www.accessinst.org

Western Addition Family Resource Center: (415) 202-9770; www.wafrc.org/

Lyon-Martin Health Services: (415) 565-7667; www.lyon-martin.org

Richmond Area Multi-Services (RAMS): (415) 668-5955; www.ramsinc.org

Haight Ashbury Psychological Services (HAPS): (415-221-4211); www.hapsclinic.org

Horizons Unlimited of San Francisco: (415) 487-6700; www.horizons-sf.org; youth/substance abuse

Parental Stress Hotline/Talkline Family Support Center: (415) 441-KIDS (5437); www.talklineforparents.org

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

CCSF Title IX Coordinator: (415) 452-5053 Equal Rights Advocates (public interest law firm): (415) 621-0672; www.equalrights.org; 800-839-4372 (advice)

VIOLENCE AGAINST GAYS, LESBIANS, BISEXUALS, & TRANSGENDER PEOPLE

Community United Against Violence (CUAV): www.cuav.org; (415) 777-5500 (office); (415) 333-HELP (4357) (crisis)

RELATED SERVICES

National Black Women’s Health Imperative: (202) 548-4000; www.blackwomenshealth.org

Asian Women’s Resource Center: (415) 788-1008; www.gummoon.org

Native American Health Center: (families); (415) 621-4371; www.nativehealth.org

Survivors International: (415) 437-3000; http://traumarecoverycenter.org/

Suicide Prevention: (415) 781-0500 (crisis); (415) 984-1900 (office); www.sfsuicide.org

Department on the Status of Women: (415) 252-2570; www.sfgov.org/dosw

Immigration Assistance Line via Help-Link: (415) 808-4357 (multiple languages); 800-273-6222

Deaf Hope: TTY: (510) 735-8553; www.deaf-hope.org

Family Justice Center: (510) 267-8800; www.ACFJC.org

Elder Abuse (Dept. of Aging and Adult Services): 800-814-0009; (415) 557-5230

Please feel free to share additional info you think I should add here.

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Affordable Activities in the Bay

This post will continuously be updated as I learn more.

Fun Cheap SF for free or discounted events here: https://sf.funcheap.com/events/

Free museum days generally on the first Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of each month: https://sf.funcheap.com/city-guide/monthly-free-museum-days/ + https://www.sftourismtips.com/free-museum-admission-days.html + https://secretsanfrancisco.com/sf-museums-gardens-free-admission-days/

SFPL offers services and fun: https://sfpl.org/events (Just make sure you use the filter. Example: Topic=Creative Arts; Audience=Adult)

OPL Discover and Go: https://oaklandlibrary.org/museums-discover-go-passes/ (Various libraries in the Bay offer Discover and Go! which is a program that offers free and low-cost passes for museums, science centers, zoos, theatres, and other cultural destinations.) Feel free to share any sites you know of!

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CalFresh Application AKA EBT/Food Stamps

Go to https://www.getcalfresh.org/en/apply

The site has been made as user-friendly as possible. The application process will take about 10 minutes. Make sure to collect the appropriate documents from the list of proof to submit. See below or go to the site for the list.

The application will start asking for personal information such as your zipcode, city, first and last name. Then it will ask for who is in your household regarding finances for food.

Click the green Just Me button if the application is just for yourself. It will then bring you to this screen, letting you know that you are officially about to start the application.

If you have any questions click on the green Chat button provided by the service. Feel free to ask here as well. Keep going! Being resourceful will get you far!

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California ID Discount

There are California ID vouchers available at multiple locations for different demographics. The only one I know of right now is the homelessness voucher (AKA No Fee ID Eligibility Verification Form) which allows anyone with the voucher to get their ID for free at any bay area DMV. The current locations I know that have them is... 1. Larkin Street Youth 2. First Place for Youth

More info on No Fee ID Cards

Reduced fee ID card: You may be eligible to pay a reduced application fee for an original or renewal ID card if you meet income requirements for selected governmental or non-profit assistance programs. If you are eligible, the program will give you a completed Verification for Reduced Fee Identification Card (DL 937) form to take to DMV office. See your local public assistance program agency for information about eligibility requirements and obtaining a DL 937. 2. No-fee ID card: You may be eligible for a no-fee ID card if you are a “homeless person” as defined by the McKinney-Vento Act. This includes (but isn’t limited to) a homeless child or youth, a homeless person, or an individual or family fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or another dangerous, life-threatening condition. 3. Senior ID card: To qualify for a no-fee senior citizen ID card, you must be at least 62 years old.

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SFPL eLearning

Libraries are your best resources for access to temporary computer access, free Wi-Fi, knowledge, and other resources. Libraries can provide you access to various databases and resources. If you search SFPL eLearning you will see that there are multiple resources available through SFPL such as LinkedIn Learning, California DMV Driving Tests, LearningExpress Library, and more! 1. LinkedIn Learning: Offers valuable professional methodology and skill courses offered by other professionals. Unfortunately, you would need to pay for LinkedIn Premium to get your name on a certificate. I think it's fine because no one is really looking at LinkedIn certificates like that. As long as you retain the knowledge and wisdom and apply it to bring forward for your best self you are on the right track. 2. California DMV Driving Test: Even if you don't own a car it's good to know how to drive for a well-paying base-level job or for emergencies. 3. Learning Express Library: SAT Practice Tests, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information to reach your personal and professional goals. Feel free to explore other resources and share what you find! As an online learning resource, I also recommend Hoopla from SFPL which has a wide collection of eBooks to borrow.

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Free WiFi

Xfinity offers the internet essentials program.

50 Mbps wifi to about $10

100 Mbps wifi is just under $30

With the ACP program. Wifi can be FREE

The ACP program covers up to $30 dollars of expenses.

You don't need to subscribe to xfinity for wifi

No one out there is really giving wifi that cheap tho

Thanks to internet essentials low price. ACP can cover.

Will need to qualify based on income

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Worth keeping in mind

You will need a coax outlet in the wall. If you already have one. Great!

If you don't, you may need a technician to come in and install the coax outlet into the wall and then they'll work their magic

You might want to check in with your apartment and make sure this doesn't violate the lease (want you to keep that deposit)

My coax outlet was broken, so I had to make an appointment for a technician

VENT: It's possible this may happen to you, but the person confirming my appointment tried to "help" me. Asked me to go to my router and kept repeating "turn on ur router". Despite the fact i kept telling them I was at work and that the coax outlet was broken. I asked to confirm that someone would be coming by my place to help me (the person said yes so idk why they were so adamant about "helping") and then told them to enjoy the rest of their day and hung up.

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Clippers

In SF youth ride Muni free

Bart and other transit agencies are not so free

Seniors and youth will need to apply using an online pdf form and then email it to senioryouthapps@clippercard.com with the Proof of Age document attached

Seniors and youth will receive a 50% discount

Everyone else will have to apply for Clipper START. The application requires a phone number or email address to receive a verification code to move from Step 1 to the next. Provide a form proving ur low income. I think you can just add ur income range.

START eligible people will get a 20% discount

Eligibility for clipper start is for anyone within the 200% federal poverty line.

Clipper START works for most other Bay transit agencies.

Safe traveling!

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Link to an online resource guide that includes a map of resource locations! (SF oriented)

Not gonna lie, you do have to scroll a bit to get to the map.

Resources for:

Housing support

Food/pantries

Shelters

Clothing

Free health clinics

Employment support

Libraries

Other support services

Check it out!

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Tip! Call programs before making any long trips.

Sometimes they have temporary locations, change in hours that have not been updated on google maps, or internal changes that effects scheduling of specifics resources.

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About me!

Hello! Call me bee! I was in my SF bubble for a long time, but am exploring the East Bay.

I love chili beans, curry, and avocados.

I love ninja turtles, spy x family, and binge-watching video essays.

I grew up scrapping. I collected cans and bottles, stripped cables for copper, and loved finding sidewalk treasures (still do).

I would like to see more communities full of individuals who are open to supporting each other. Capable of conducting research that is enough for their basic needs and projects.

Please feel free to DM or reply to posts with your own knowledge!