Emergency Assistance Network

The Emergency Assistance Network, or EAN, is a group of nonprofit organizations in Santa Clara County that work together to help people who are struggling to pay for basic needs. These groups provide services to prevent homelessness, utility disconnections, and hunger, and which agency helps a family depends on the zip code where they live.

The help they offer can include food distributions, case management, job training, employment assistance, after-school care, backpacks and school supplies, and temporary shelter services. Right now, the need for this kind of help is growing because about one in four households in the county struggles to cover basic needs like housing, food, or health care, especially as funding has been cut while prices for things like fuel and rent keep climbing.

The Emergency Assistance Network shows how community organizations can team up to give people a helping hand when they hit a rough patch in life.

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EAN Participating Agencies

For further details, please contact the agency assigned to your zip code directly.

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  • No family should face a crisis alone. The Emergency Assistance Network unites the compassion of Santa Clara County's nonprofit community to catch our neighbors before they fall — turning moments of hardship into pathways toward stability, dignity, and hope.

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