Contact the Office of Response, Recovery & Resilience to discover resources to help you prepare for emergencies and sign up for alerts, or to learn more about CZU recovery and sustainability and climate change issues.

Nearly one-third of county residents depend on public assistance. Click here to see if you or your family are eligible for medical, food or cash assistance, or to report changes to your status.

Learn more about what Santa Cruz County is doing on behalf of residents concerned about their ability to access critical health care or social safety net services.

The County is hiring! County jobs offer competitive pay, good benefits and career development opportunities. Visit our online employment center today to learn more about current openings.

Our Broadband Master Plan provides a blueprint for high-speed internet services throughout the county, identifies opportunities for improvement and allows residents to provide additional input. Click to learn more.

Santa Cruz County helps parents establish, enforce, and modify child support orders—partnering with families to make the process easier and more successful.

The County is creating a new program to build ADUs, with free project management, permitting support, design coordination and feasibility assessments for qualified homeowners. Sign up to learn more today!

Grow your family by adopting a pet in need of a forever home. Access other services including spay/neuter care, pay for licenses, report animal abuse and more.

Get preliminary results from the 2022 General Election. Vote and turnout totals are preliminary until voting has been certified. A certified Statement of the Vote will be delivered to the Board of Supervisors by Dec. 8. 2022.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact us. Learn more about accessing testing, vaccines and therapeutics, as well as community indicators across numerous demographics and geographies.