Social Service Agency

333 West Julian

San Jose, CA 95110

(408) 755-7100

Mon-Fri (8:00AM - 5:00PM)

          This is the County of Santa Clara's Social Service Agency. This is one of the most visible ways that the U.S.  "promotes the general welfare" and "provide domestic tranquility." This place offers a broad range of services from child protection to financial assistance, medical assistance, and senior assistance, basically offering aide to all things socially included, and by all things socially included, I mean people. This is one of those places where the government and the common people get to interact directly. It is a moderately busy place, everyone here are quite professional, and probably have a hatred for a group of teenagers. There was a crabby lady who wouldn't let me and my group take pictures of the building under the pretense that "You can't take pictures of a federal building." It was a profound experience, and I learned that we can't take pictures of federal buildings. She was probably just wary of our group....I mean who wouldn't be......five laughing talking loitering teenagers spells no good in the adult world.

          Whatever first-hand experiences I had doesn't change the fact that this is a very important place, and offers invaluable services. In time of needs, one could always look to the Social Service Agency, and if you're too far away, you can look at it on a computer with a working internet. They have an up-to-date website http://www.sccgov.org/sites/ssa/Pages/County-of-Santa-Clara-Social-Services-Agency.aspx where you can look at services they offer, and how to contact them. I feel that this place is one we should all know about, and is one of the more "visible" government centers.