Encompass Community Services

We are still reflecting on our amazing ribbon-cutting event at the new Si Se Puede Behavioral Health Center! Thank you to everyone who attended and helped us celebrate this incredible milestone. Read more about the event here: https://bit.ly/4eR5IAU. What a wonderful day!

We had an amazing day celebrating the official ribbon-cutting of our new Si Se Puede Behavioral Health Center in Watsonville today! Thank you to all of our speakers, staff, funders, and honored guests who made this day possible. The future just got a little brighter for South County residents. We can’t wait to serve you.
Monica Martinez Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren California State Senator John Laird California Department of Health Care Services City of Watsonville Santa Cruz County, Calif.

FREE ITEMS STILL AVAILABLE! Visit 225 Westridge Drive in Watsonville Tuesday and Wednesday from 11-4:30 to pick up. FREE! Hurry before they go.

Do you receive CalFresh? Join a community information meeting on May 27 from 6-7:30pm to learn now to keep your benefits. FREE groceries for attendees thanks to Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz.

¿RECIBE CALFRESH? Acompáñenos a una
reunión comunitaria de información
para conocer los cambios y cómo
mantener sus beneficios de CalFresh - 27 de mayo de 2026, 5-7:30pm. Comida gratis para todos, gracias a
Second Harvest.

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!

Don't forget! Please vote for Encompass to be one of six nonprofit beneficiaries of Envirotoken donations at New Leaf Market locations across the County.

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 until June 2! Thanks for your help!

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!