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 |  | The goal of the Office of Affordable Housing (OAH) is to preserve and enhance the quality of life for the Santa Clara County Community through programs that assist in the development of affordable housing, support services, and housing conservation for lower income and special needs populations.
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 |  | The Social Services Agency's Department of Aging and Adult Services’ (DAAS) promotes a safe and independent lifestyle for seniors, dependent adults and the disabled through the delivery of protective services, quality nutrition and supportive in-home services. In addition, DAAS assists in the provision of long term care for the frail elderly and safeguards the property of conservatees and manages the assets of conservatees and decedent estates.
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 |  | The Environmental Resources Agency's Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures/Animal Control provides inspection services related to pesticide use, agricultural pest surveillance, animal adoption and rabies control, and consumer protection for the residents of Santa Clara County and the general public.
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 |  | The Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System (SCVH&HS)'s Department of Alcohol and Drug Services (DADS) offers substance abuse assessment, prevention, education, and treatment services to the community.
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 |  | The Environmental Resources Agency's Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures/Animal Control provides inspection services related to pesticide use, agricultural pest surveillance, animal adoption and rabies control, and consumer protection for the residents of Santa Clara County and the general public.
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 |  | The Santa Clara County Assessor's Office produces an annual assessment roll of all assessable property in accordance with legal mandates. In addition, the Office provides current assessment-related information to the public and to government agencies.
Tel: (408) 299-5570
Fax: (408) 297-9526
Email the Assessor
http://www.scc-assessor.org
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 |  | The Santa Clara County Boards, Commissions, and Committees' mission is to advise the County Board of Supervisors in their decision-making process through direct citizen participation.
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 |  | The Department of Child Support Services locates non-custodial parents, establishes paternity, and establishes and enforces child support orders to help meet the financial, medical, and emotional needs of children.
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 |  | The Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors performs many functions, including the preparation of the Board of Supervisors meeting agendas and summaries, and acting as the custodian of the public record and provider of information to anyone who desires information.
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 |  | The Department of Correction (DOC) serves and protects the citizens of the County of Santa Clara by detaining and supervising pre-sentenced and adjudicated individuals in a safe and secure environment, while providing for their humane care, custody, and control.
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 |  | The Mission of County Communications is to provide high quality, cost effective emergency communications services to the public and the public safety community through coordinated emergency 9-1-1 telephone answering and dispatching services and the design, implementation and maintence of modern communications systems.
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 |  | As County Recorder, the Finance Agency's Clerk/Recorder’s Office records or files authorized documents and maps, collects transfer tax and other fees, issues passports and registers all births, deaths, and public marriages occurring within Santa Clara County. As County Clerk, the Clerk/Recorder’s Office issues marriage licenses, performs marriage ceremonies, and registers confidential marriages. As County Clerk, this office also performs services related to filing of Fictitious Business Name statements, filing of Notary bonds, registration of professional agents, and similar services.
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 |  | The County Counsel is the legal advisor to the County of Santa Clara. The Office is committed to meeting the needs and goals of the Board of Supervisors and County agencies and departments.
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 |  | The Office of the County Executive supports the Board of Supervisors in providing quality public services to the people of Santa Clara County. The Office provides information, guidance and support to the Board of Supervisors and all County departments, and serves as liaison to other agencies, businesses and private industry to build partnerships and encourage economic
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 |  | Development Services Office ensures buildings are safe and code compliant through professional plan checking, building inspection and investigation of substandard structures.
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 |  | DRPS empowers people by facilitating communication and increasing education in conflict resolution principles thereby providing a model for effective and efficient resolution of disputes.
DRPS Vision Statement
DRPS provides specific services tailored to meet the individual and diverse needs of those involved in daily disputes or of those affected locally by global and national events. By being proactive, DRPS supports a community in which each of us respects differences and takes responsibility for conflict.
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 |  | The Office of the District Attorney contributes to public safety through the prosecution of criminal offenders, and through collaborative efforts towards crime prevention.
Tel: (408) 299-3099
Fax: (408) 286-5437
http://www.santaclara-da.org
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 |  | The Office of Emergency Services is responsible for coordinating organized planning efforts with County departments, local cities and special districts to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. The division is responsible for maintaining the County/Operational Area Emergency Operations Centers in a continual state of readiness. Emergency Services also designs, conducts, and evaluates periodic emergency staff training and simulated disaster preparedness and response exercises. The Office of Emergency Services is General Fund-supported.
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 |  | The County of Santa Clara's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a labor-management sponsored, confidential, professional counseling service for employees and their families who want help in solving personal problems.
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 |  | The Employee Services Agency supports County departments by recruiting, training, and retaining a productive, skilled and dedicated workforce, and maintaining a safe work environment. The Agency also assists the county organization in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free work environment and providing equal opportunity in employment and contracting principles.
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 |  | DEBS (Department of Employment and Benefits Services) is a department of the County of Santa Clara's Social Services Agency that provides low income individuals and families with access to health, financial, nutritional, and employment assistance. Its mission is to transition public assistance recipients to employment and eventual self-sufficiency and to ensure that low-income individuals and families receive necessary health, nutrition, veterans, and employment services.
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 |  | The Employment Connection provides personalized employment and retention services that link Silicon Valley companies with qualified full-time, part-time, permanent, or temporary employees.
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 |  | In response to the California energy crisis, and under the direction of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and Emergency Energy Task Force, the County has added Energy Update to its Web site.
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 |  | The Environmental Resources Agency's Department of Environmental Health protects the health of the community through the enforcement of environmental standards, and through education of residents and businesses. The Consumer Protection Division monitors and protects a variety of basic human needs, including safe food, water, and sewage disposal. The Hazardous Materials Compliance Division regulates the disposal and storage of hazardous materials both above and below ground. The Vector Control District detects and minimizes vector-borne diseases, abates mosquitoes, and assists the public in resolving problems with rodents, wildlife, and insects of medical significance.
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 |  | The Facilities and Fleet Department is responsible for the design , construction, maintenance, purchase/sale, and leases of County buildings and property. Provides vehicles to all County agencies and departments on a reimbursable basis.
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 |  | The department provides services on behalf of children alleged to be victims of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation. The department operates the Children's Shelter, four Family Resource Centers, licenses family foster homes and provides adoption services.
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 |  | The mission of the Finance Agency is to manage the County's accounting systems and financial resources, to maintain fiscal integrity, to enhance the County's revenue base, to preserve and provide for the public a true record of real property and vital human events, issue licenses and certifications for marriage, and maintain a public record of business and specified other names.
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 |  | The County Fire Marshal's Office provides fire prevention services throughout the unincorporated areas of the County and for County Facilities, including land development review, construction plan review and inspection, annual inspections of selected occupancies, code enforcement, and hazardous vegetation/debris abatement.
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 |  | Throughout the year, the Santa Clara County Social Services Agency has an urgent need for foster and adoptive parents.
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 |  | Santa Clara County Geographic Information Services works together with other governmental agencies in a sustained effort to provide enhanced access to high quality geographic information in pursuit of better public service.
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 |  | The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and the Santa Clara County Network for a Hate-Free Community have launched a new multi-media PSA campaign to promote community awareness that hate is a learned behavior that can be unlearned or disrupted through disciplining our tendency toward intolerance and prejudice.
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 |  | The Office of Human Relations, a division of the Office of the County Executive, provides an array of services to the residents of Santa Clara County that promote equality, justice and peace in our community.
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 |  | Our mission is to conserve resources and protect the environment through effective programs to reduce, reuse, recycle, and dispose of discarded materials in Santa Clara County.
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 |  | Our mission is to conserve resources and protect and enhance the environmental resources of our community through programs to reduce, reuse, recycle, and dispose of discarded materials and to promote waste prevention, pollution prevention, and sustainable business practices by industry, government, and the public.
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 |  | In response to requests from the public for current information regarding livestock stewardship issues, and under the direction of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor's and Departments of Agriculture/Animal Control, the County has added the "Livestock Advisor's Update" to it's Web site.
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 |  | The Measure B Transportation Improvement program serves as a liaison to the Board of Supervisors to ensure that the financial grants made to the implementing agencies (Valley Transit Authority and County Roads and Airports Department) for acquisition and construction of public transportation facilities are appropriately and responsibly administered.
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 |  | The mission of the Medical Examiner-Coroner is to provide for the health, safety and dignity of the community by determining the circumstances, conditions and cause of death of persons who fall under its legal jurisdiction and to notify and treat bereaved family members of these deaths in a compassionate and professional manner.
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 |  | The Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System (SCVH&HS)'s Mental Health Department provides services for County residents experiencing mental illness and/or serious emotional disturbance through an array of County-operated and contracted programs, ranging from case management to long term hospital care.
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 |  | The Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department administers the County’s parks and recreation programs; operates and maintains the 27 diverse developed parks; and works with cities, special park districts, contiguous counties and the State of California to develop complementary park and recreation programs. Its mission is to provide, protect, and preserve regional parklands for the enjoyment, education and inspiration of this and future generations.
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 |  | The Planning Office provides public services related to comprehensive land use and development, development review, zoning administration and enforcement, geographic information system (GIS) services, historic preservation, as well as providing a wide range of public information.
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 |  | The mission of the Office of Pretrial Services is to provide information to the criminal courts that facilitates the release and detention decision-making process at the earliest opportunity. Our efforts are intended to promote equitable treatment of the accused, provide protections for the community, meet statutory requirements, and reduce custody costs.
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 |  | The Probation Department is responsible for protection of the community through provision of investigation, supervision, and custodial care of adults and juveniles referred into the probation process by the Court. The Department is also committed to restoring losses to victims of crime.
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 |  | The Procurement Department is under the direction of the Office of the County Executive. We provide procurement services for County departments, negotiation of fair and equitable long and short-term contracts, and property disposal services. Free and open competition, and equal opportunity for all qualified vendors, is promoted.
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 |  | The County Executive’s Office of Public Affairs serves as principal spokesperson on policy issues, countywide issues and catastrophic events. The office also assists the press in identifying appropriate spokespersons on specific topics.
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 |  | The Office of the Public Defender provides legal defense to indigent clients, consistent with the mandates of the state, of state and federal constitutions, and of the courts.
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 |  | The Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System (SCVH&HS)'s Public Health Department serves all people of Santa Clara County by protecting health; preventing disease, injury, premature death, and disability; promoting healthy lifestyles, behaviors, and environments; providing high quality, cost-effective medical care to all persons - regardless of ability to pay; and responding to disasters, disease outbreaks and epidemics.
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 |  | The department's mission is to maximize the collection of accounts receivable to ensure, whenever possible, that the residents of Santa Clara County are not required to bear the burden of indebtedness that is the legal responsibility of a specific individual.
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 |  | The mission of the Roads and Airports Department is to preserve, operate, and enhance the County's expressways, unincorporated roads, and three general aviation airports in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner to meet the needs of the traveling public.
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 |  | The Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System promotes a healthy community through a planned, integrated health care delivery system which offers prevention, education and treatment programs to all residents of Santa Clara County, regardless of ability to pay.
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 |  | Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) is a public hospital operated by the County of Santa Clara, and whose Open Door Policy ensures high quality, cost-effective healthcare to all residents regardless of ability to pay. SCVMC is affiliated with the Stanford University School of Medicine, and with schools of nursing, allied health professional training and research centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to the primary care level of service, SCVMC provides sophisticated specialty medical programs, many of which are locally available only at SCVMC.
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 |  | The mission and focus of the VMC Foundation was expanded in 1997 to include all of the services under the umbrella of the Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System (SCVHHS). This system was created in 1993 when the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved a merger of Valley Medical Center with other County health programs including Public Health, Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Services, Children's Shelter and Custody Health Services Departments. In the role of a catalyst, The VMC Foundation also conveys to the community and the private sector the diverse extensive medical services of the Health & Hospital System, its indispensable role in the community and its financial needs. All donations and grants received by the Foundation are used for equipment, patient care services and programs that do not duplicate or supplant funds from Santa Clara County or other government entities
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 |  | This web site is designed to share the vast experiences, challenges, and benefits of creating a responsive system of care on school sites.
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 |  | Our mission is to provide high quality, cost efficient, nutritious meals to seniors and to promote the role of nutrition in preventative health and long term care. Continuing education sessions are provided at community centers throughout Santa Clara County to support this promotional effort. All meals are planned to meet one-third of the daily recommended dietary allowances for adults. The meal plans are administered and monitored by a staff of Registered Dietitians.
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 |  | The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Preserves the peace, enforces civil orders, makes arrests, investigates public offenses and prevents unlawful disturbances.
Toll Free: (800) 211-2220
Tel: (408) 808-4900
Fax: (408) 283-0562
Email the Sheriff
http://www.sccsheriff.org
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 |  | The County of Santa Clara encourages the creation of Sister-County affiliations to promote friendship and understanding and to build bridges with countries of origin for various ethnic populations residing in the County. Such relationships enhance the region's international profile; encourage mutual understanding; and foster cultural, educational, technological and business exchanges between people of Santa Clara County and the people of our Sister communities.
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