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Stories, Insights, and Advocacy From the Front Lines

At Community Bridges, we believe that lasting change starts with understanding. Our blog shares stories from the people we serve, explores the issues shaping human services, and uplifts research, reports, and news that impact our community.

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Prepared, Not Panicked: Tools and Resources for Central Coast Families

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What Is Enhanced Care Management? Everything You Need to Know

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Celebrating the ADA: How Lift Line Keeps Santa Cruz County Moving Forward

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Meet the Moment: Help Build Community Resilience with a Gift to Community Bridges

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60 Years of Impact: Why It’s Time to Rally Behind the Older Americans Act

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Free Summer Lunches Available for All Children Through Early August—No Questions Asked

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Families

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What Is Enhanced Care Management? Everything You Need to Know

When Celia, a 45-year-old farmworker in Central California, was discharged from the hospital after five months of life-threatening complications, she returned home confused, in pain, and unsure how to care for her open surgical wound.
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Meet the Moment: Help Build Community Resilience with a Gift to Community Bridges

Across Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, families are bracing for a new wave of challenges.
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From Emergency Room to Empowerment: California’s New Strategy to Cut the Cost of Chronic Crisis

When someone without stable housing or a consistent doctor walks into the emergency room for the third time in a month, the toll is not only personal—it’s financial.
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Children & Nutrition

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Meet the Moment: Help Build Community Resilience with a Gift to Community Bridges

Across Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, families are bracing for a new wave of challenges.
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Free Summer Lunches Available for All Children Through Early August—No Questions Asked

As summer stretches on and school cafeterias remain closed, families across Santa Cruz County may find themselves asking the same question: Where will the next meal come from?
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Prepared, Not Panicked: Tools and Resources for Central Coast Families

Across California and the nation, immigration enforcement actions are on the rise. From farm towns to coastal cities, families are feeling the pressure of increased raids and detentions—fueled by headlines, rumors, and uncertainty.

Seniors & Transportation

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Celebrating the ADA: How Lift Line Keeps Santa Cruz County Moving Forward

July marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—a landmark civil rights law signed on July 26, 1990, that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including transportation.
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Drive Your Message Home. Keep Your Community Connected.

Every morning on the Central Coast, Lift Line vans hit the road with a mission: to make sure no senior or person with a disability is left behind.
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Meet the Moment: Help Build Community Resilience with a Gift to Community Bridges

Across Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, families are bracing for a new wave of challenges.
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Celebrating 50 Years of Support

Join us at Food From the Heart to honor this legacy and support the future of senior care.

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50th Anniversary Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County - Community Bridges / Puentes de la Communidad logo

Celebrating 50 Years of Support

Join us at Food From the Heart to honor this legacy and support the future of senior care.

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Every Family Needs a Plan

Urge the Attorney General to adopt California’s Childcare Safety Plan.

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