Family Services
Mercado El Sol
Mercado El Sol is a mini-market restocked each day with meat, dairy, fresh produce, canned goods, toiletries, paper goods, and more. This new market is open to the community and is completely free!
Appointments are needed to shop, and there is a 5 minute shopping limit. Families may visit the market at most once a week. Bring your own reusable bag!
Questions? Need to register or make an appointment?
Please contact: Julie Bautista, 714-788-1041 Applications can be sent it through email at: jbautista@elsolacademy.org
SOS Wellness Center
El Sol Academy has a unique collaboration with the non-profit Share Our Selves (SOS) and the UC Irvine Program in Nursing Science, to provide a wide range of free on-site healthcare services, health education, and social services to the students and families of the El Sol Community. Opened in the Fall of 2010, the SOS Wellness Center remains a valuable asset to the community.
|
Address 1014 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA. 92701 Main Number 949-270-2100 |
Hours of Operation Monday: 8:00am – 5:00pm Call to schedule an appointment. |
|---|
CalFresh
CalFresh, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, provides monthly food benefits to individuals and families with low-income and provides economic benefits to communities. CalFresh is the largest food program in California and provides an essential hunger safety net. CalFresh is federally mandated and in California, is state-supervised and county-operated.
CalFresh benefits can help buy nutritious foods for a better diet. CalFresh benefits stretch food budgets, allowing individuals and families to afford nutritious food, including more fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods. The amount of benefits a household receives is dependent on household size countable income, and monthly expenses, such as housing and utilities. The program issues monthly benefits on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card. Food may be purchased at any grocery store or farmers market that accepts EBT cards.
Services include medical assessments, lab work, and medical referrals.
Social services workers are available at Mercado’s site every second Wednesday of the month from 1:30–4:00 p.m. They can assist with Medi-Cal and CalFresh applications and renewals. Appointments can be made at 714-788-1041, and walk-ins are also welcome.
Legal Services: This occurs the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm, in room 21
Insurance eligibility and applying for Medi-cal, food stamps, cash aid, and Covered CA: This occurs Monday and Friday at 8-5pm and Wednesday 1-5pm, in the clinic office at 331 W Halesworth
All students and any family member or community member are eligible.
EL SOL reaches out to organizations to assist with providing education school supplies and backpacks to be available in the beginning of the school year and through out the year. This is available if the students need or if the parent would like to request during sign-up at registration time. Any information provided by the family asked in the form is kept confidential.
- Buss Passes
- Uniforms Scholarships
- Vision Screenings
- Hearing Screenings
- Dental Screenings
- Medical services