Annual Reports

Past Annual Reports

Facts about Poverty in Contra Costa County:

10% of Contra Costa’s 1,670,000 residents live below the federal poverty line, over 167,000 people.
13% of children in Contra Costa live below the national poverty level.
14% of working, adult residents do not have health insurance.
Unemployment in CCC increased from 4.2% in 2004 to 8.2% in 2012. But unemployment in certain areas, like Bay Point (16.2%), Pittsburg (13.1%), and Antioch, (9.3%), is significantly higher than the county as a whole.
The national poverty level for a family of four is $22,000 per year. This is not adjusted for high cost of living in places like Contra Costa County where the median monthly rent is $1,425 or $15,000 annually.
MIT living wage calculator estimates that the minimum annual income necessary for a family of four in Contra Costa County is $47,000. Any family making less is struggling to provide adequate food, housing, clothing, or childcare for their family.

Sources: census.gov, workingeastbay.org, CCHealth.org, LivingWage.MIT.edu, countyhealthrankings.org, edd.ca.gov

At St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County:

81,000 people served in the last fiscal year, in both direct and in-kind services
Over 70,000 volunteer hours per year
Over $970,000 of direct financial assistance provided, mostly rental assistance
Over $1.5 million of in-kind assistance, mostly food and medical care
29 conferences throughout the county providing direct, volunteer services to those in need
Over 870 individual volunteers, (770 Vincentians and over 100 general volunteers)
Partnerships with over 30 local agencies including other non-profits, churches, and for-profit corporations