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Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (STEAC) was founded by a group of volunteers in 1967, in response to the need for emergency aid to migrant farmers who were unable to find work during a very rainy spring and found themselves with no money for food. Since then, STEAC has increased the types of help it provides to low-income individuals and families in Yolo County, whose needs cannot be met by other charitable or government agencies. The STEAC office is located in Davis. About 90% of STEAC's income is the result of donations from individuals and companies, with the remaining coming from public grants.
STEAC's services include food for food insecure school students grades pre-k to high school, low-income seniors and families, rental and utility assistance, outstanding bill payments, financial assistance for local community college students, employment training, legal documents, clothing for job seekers and those in need, and assistance during the Holiday season with food and gifts. STEAC now provides almost 22,000 instances of help per year to qualifying individuals and families, including nearly 105,000 meals from our various food programs. Volunteers are essential to STEAC. Current volunteers help at the office with data entry, case management, and more, food pantry volunteers help with packing and distributing of food, warehouse inventory and organization, food deliveries, and volunteers also lead the yearly holiday adoption program.
The mission of the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (STEAC) is to provide immediate short-term assistance with basic necessities to Yolo County families and individuals with incomes below the poverty level.
Assistance may include help with rent, utilities, clothing, food, education, job readiness, and other basic necessities. STEAC is committed to enlarging the social awareness of the community and to providing opportunities for local community members to help others in need.
ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE:
- $40 buys work boots required to secure employment for an unemployed individual.
- $46 pays for a driver's license or a birth certificate that allows individuals to access social service aid.
- $200 will pay for one client to complete a training course to become a certified forklift handler.
- $1,000 provides one scholarship for educational expenses for a low-income Yolo County student attending a local community college.
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION:
- $250 allows one family to keep or restore their utilities in their home.
- $1,000 helps a family pay their first month's rent and/or deposit to move out of homelessness into a home.
- $1,000 keeps one family facing eviction in their home.
FOOD:
The STEAC food pantry provides food baskets containing shelf-stable foods along with fresh produce, meat, and dairy to those in need. Deliveries of food are made to low-income complexes in Davis and families in Winters to support those who may have transportation barriers. Weekend food packs are distributed to food insecure school children in Davis, Winters, and Woodland throughout the month.
STEAC has also partnered with CommuniCare+OLE to distribute food packs to homeless neighbors living in encampments with the help of their Mobile Medicine Team.
- $50 buys food to provide 25 meals from the food pantry.
- $160 provides 20 Food Packs to help feed individuals living in encampments.
- $200 provides 25 Food Packs for low-income school children to combat weekend hunger.
STEAC’s mission is to engage and organize our neighbors to combat poverty and its effects on local families and individuals. We recognize that the effects of poverty do not fall equally on all individuals but are concentrated on particular groups. Our programs seek to reduce disparities in poverty-related outcomes that are driven by systemic inequality through offering flexible and equitable services that are accessible and targeted to support those facing additional burdens.
We aim to create an organization that reflects the people we serve with diverse leadership among our Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers. We will work to ensure that all stakeholders are given the voice and agency to shape programs and operations. We will actively work to end all forms of systemic discrimination and foster an inclusive environment so that all our clients, staff, and volunteers will feel respected, heard, valued, and supported.
Organization name
Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (STEAC)
other names
STEAC
1967
Mission Category
Human Services
Operating Budget
$500,001-$1 million
Organization Need
Funding: Program, Volunteers
Demographics Served
Low-income individuals/families
Local Counties Served
Yolo
Address
1712 Picasso Ave. Suite DYolo County, CA, US