Encompass Community Services

Last Friday, our Encompass staff participated in the Santa Cruz County Food Insecurity Symposium sponsored by Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz. The symposium featured multiple workshops highlighting food insecurity in relation to health, housing, education and senior living, with community leaders and experts sharing ideas and ways to better serve those in need. Second Harvest identified the need for community collaboration after food assistance was temporarily suspended for nearly 35,000 Santa Cruz County residents due to the federal government shutdown last fall.

Special thanks to Encompass staff Lily, Ricki Lee, Johanna, Aubrey, Sammy, Karen, and Joanna for attending this meaningful event. Great things happen when we come together as a community.

GIVEAWAY ALERT! As we close the Head Start program, we are giving away furniture, toys, books, puzzles, and more. Everything needs to find a new home! Come to 225 Westridge Drive in Watsonville and take what you need for FREE. Open to staff, nonprofits, and schools on May 20/21 and open to the public on Wednesday, May 27, 12-6pm. To help Encompass continue to thrive, you can donate on-site or make a donation with this link: https://www.encompasscs.org/donate.

Hope to see you there!

Our Encompass Youth Services team has been out in our community promoting the amazing services we provide to youth and families. Learn more about our youth mental health counseling, SUD counseling, family counseling, and wraparound services designed to help our community recover and thrive. Visit https://www.encompasscs.org/youth_family_behavioral_health or call 831-469-1700 for more information.

Encompass friends and followers, we need your help to become one of the selected nonprofits for the Envirotokens program at New Leaf Community Markets!

At New Leaf, customers receive a wooden token for bringing reusable bags. Then, they use these tokens in-store to donate to a local nonprofit by placing their token in their selected nonprofit’s bin. Becoming a part of the Environtokens program means that Encompass would receive a donation each month for all customers who contribute their wooden tokens to our bin.

Vote by going to https://www.newleaf.com/community/envirotokens-vote and clicking the button "Encompass Community Services" under the "Other" category. You can vote for Encompass across the 4 locations we serve: Santa Cruz, Westside, Aptos, and Capitola.

Anyone with a valid email address can vote once per day, per email address. Make it part of your daily routine for the next 6 weeks! Share with and encourage friends and family to do the same. Voting ends on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Every vote counts! Thanks for your help!