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Find help with this new Beta website, a free service of the Contra Costa Crisis Center. Users can find extensive, up-to-date information about hundreds of health and social services that are available to residents of Contra Costa County, California. Intake requirements, eligibility, hours of operation, languages spoken, and other information can be found about each service.

Congress has approved and the President has signed new economic recovery legislation, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The IRS is implementing tax-related provisions of this new program as quickly as possible.

This Subject Guide helps to explain and provide background on the current economic climate.