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New Information and Referral Phone Service Available

The United Way is celebrating "2-1-1 Day" on February 11 to formally mark the regionwide expansion of 2-1-1 phone service in the Bay Area. It's a toll-free, easy-to-remember phone number that connects people in need with local community services, such as child care, youth programs, job training, senior services, immigration assistance, counseling, food, shelter and much more.

The 2-1-1 service is available 24 hours a day in multiple languages, seven days a week in various languages in seven Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, Santa Clara and Solano. Plans to bring 2-1-1 to Sonoma and San Mateo are actively underway. The basis for 2-1-1 is the Contra Costa Resource Online Database (CORD), which contains hundreds of records about programs and services.

To check the accuracy of your program's information on CORD, visit crisis-center.org and click on CORD.