Available starting 5/18/2020
Call (415) 324-1011, Monday – Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Through the Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants (DRAI) Project, California is providing state-funded disaster relief assistance to undocumented adults who are ineligible for other forms of assistance, including assistance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and pandemic unemployment benefits, because of their immigration status. This state funding is expected to reach about 150,000 undocumented adults. An undocumented adult who qualifies can receive $500 in direct assistance, with a maximum of $1,000 in assistance per household.
Applications for disaster relief assistance services will be available starting Monday, May 18, 2020, and will be processed through Catholic Charities of the East Bay for Bay Area counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara).
If you tried to call the toll-free number for DRAI the last two days and couldn’t get through, please note the phone number has changed and the hours have been expanded. As of 5/20/20, the new number to apply is (415) 324-1011, Monday – Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
If you are currently living in another county in California, please refer to the list of organizations disbursing funds throughout California here(link is external).