{"id":392625,"date":"2026-07-09T22:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392625\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T22:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:38:42","slug":"community-solutions-named-district-28-nonprofit-of-the-year-sanbenito-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392625\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Solutions named District 28 Nonprofit of the Year – SanBenito.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Community Solutions Vice President of Workforce and Business Development Melissa Santos, President & CEO Rachel Montoya and Assemblymember Gail Pellerin are pictured celebrating the South Valley nonprofit\u2019s selection as District 28\u2019s Nonprofit of the Year. Contributed photo.<\/p>\n

Community Solutions\u2014which provides critical human services for individuals and families who have experienced trauma and are living at risk of financial emotional or physical instability or harm in South Valley\u2014was named a 2026 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity Solutions has shown up for underserved Santa Clara County residents facing some of life\u2019s hardest moments for over 50 years,\u201d said Pellerin, who represents District 28 in the State Assembly. \u201cWith suicide being the second leading cause of death for youth aged 10-14, the free, preventative care they bring directly into our public schools is critically important in identifying and treating mental health challenges before they become crises.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir partnership with Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services has quietly strengthened our entire public health system, and I\u2019m proud to recognize them as my 2026 California Nonprofit of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Community Solutions\u2014which has offices in Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Hollister and San Jose\u2014is one of more than 100 nonprofits honored by state senators and assemblymembers for their contributions to the communities they serve, says a press release from Community Solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Services offered by the local nonprofit include mental health, substance use treatment and gender-based violence services, with additional supports like legal advocacy and housing services.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply honored to be recognized as a 2026 Nonprofit of the Year,\u201d said Rachel Montoya, Community Solutions President and CEO. \u201cThis recognition reflects the unwavering dedication of our mission-driven staff, the strength and resilience of the clients we serve and the meaningful partnerships that make our work possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are sincerely grateful to Assemblymember Pellerin for acknowledging Community Solutions and the collective impact of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now in its eleventh year, the California Nonprofit of the Year initiative provides the opportunity for each California state legislator to recognize a nonprofit organization doing outstanding work in their district, says the press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful for the work of Community Solutions and want to extend our congratulations on this well-deserved recognition,\u201d said Geoff Green, CEO of the California Association of Nonprofits, which sponsors the initiative. \u201cNonprofits are among our country\u2019s most trusted organizations and an integral part of civil society. There\u2019s likely never been a more important time to lift up the contributions nonprofits make within the communities they serve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Community Solutions Vice President of Workforce and Business Development Melissa Santos, President & CEO Rachel Montoya and Assemblymember…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[5552,7,157934,146685,34709,5466,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-392625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-assembly","tag-california","tag-community-solutions","tag-gail-pellerin","tag-hollister","tag-nonprofits","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}