Have questions about benefits? Need support with public assistance programs? Come to the Library to meet one-to-one with Berkeley?s Homeless Action Center (HAC) Benefits Outreach Attorney.
Have questions about benefits? Need support with public assistance programs? Come to the Library to meet one-to-one with Berkeley’s Homeless Action Center (HAC) Benefits Outreach Attorney. The attorney is here to help you with some of the following and possibly more:
• Applying for Benefits (Submitting applications for General Assistance, Food Stamps, Calworks, Medi-Cal.
• Provide information about how to get represented for SSI/SSDI, and Cash Aid Program for Immigrants.
• Obtaining Identity documents (ID, Birth Certificate, Social Security Card). HAC can provide free ID vouchers for people who are homeless, or reduced fee vouchers for people eligible for Medi-Cal or food stamps. For birth certificates, the attorney will need to set up an appointment with HAC’s notary to complete the documents.
• Getting referrals for resources that are beyond HAC’s scope (Housing, Immigration, Eviction, Emergency Resources, Recovery, Medical Services, Personal Injury, Criminal Issues, etc).
Call the Library, in advance, to make a 30-minute appointment or walk-in and add your name to the waitlist on that day.
Call 510-981-6240 for appointment assistance today.
(Services will take place on the 1st floor near the main entrance)
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Social Services |
Today's hours
We're open 10:00AM to 8:00PM
| Mon, Jan 20 | Closed |
| (Martin Luter King Jr. Day) | |
| Tue, Jan 21 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, Jan 22 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Thu, Jan 23 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Jan 24 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Jan 25 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Jan 26 | Closed |
1955 / 91 min. / NR
?Professor? Marcus (Alec Guinness) plans a huge heist in King?s Cross, London. Posing as a string quintet, his gang rents rooms in the ramshackle home of an unsuspecting woman named Mrs. Wilberforce. Also with Peter Sellers. Thursday, October 10 Knives Out
2019 / 130 min. / PG13
After the murder of its patriarch, an eccentric British family hires a detective (Daniel Craig) to find his killer. Also with Jamie Lee Curtis, Ana de Armas, Don Johnson and several others. Thursday October 17 In Bruges
2008 / 108 min. / R
Crime boss Harry sends two fledgling Irish hitmen to hide in Bruges, Belgium after they bungle a hit on an Irish priest. Roger Ebert says it is an ?endlessly surprising, very dark, human comedy, with a a plot that cannot be foreseen but only relished.? With Colin Ferrell and Brendan Gleason.
Thursday, October 24 Some Like It Hot
1959 / 121 min. / NR
Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) are jazz musicians who witness one crime boss?s slaughter of another?s gang. Terrified, they flee Chicago by train, disguised as members of Sweet Sue?s Society Syncopators. Ladies? man Joe immediately falls for Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), the band?s singer, which kicks off a cascade of side-splitting situations. Widely considered among the best films of all time. Co-written, produced and directed by Billy Wilder.
Thursday, October 31 Young Frankenstein
1974 / 105 min. / PG
Playing the American grandson of Dr. Frankenstein, Gene Wilder leads a cast of superb comic actors, They all bring another dead body to life as the Frankenstein monster. Directed by Mel Brooks.
Super Cinema, November 2024The Many Faces of Love Thursday, Nov. 7 Places in the Heart. 1984 / 111 min. / PGIn North Texas in 1935, a newly widowed woman with two small children (Sally Field) tries to save her 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder John Malkovich) and an itinerant Black handyman (Danny Glover). The film is very moving, dramatically rich and visually lush. Sally Field won her second Best Actress Academy Award for the role.
Thursday Nov. 14. The Iron Giant. 1999 / 86 min. / PGIn this cleverly animated feature a Maine boy named Hogarth discovers a giant robot in the woods near his house The problem is that a demented government agent is trying to destroy the Giant at all costs. Hogarth finds a clever hiding place for his friend, and the plot thickens. Voice actors include Harry Connick Jr., Cloris Leachman and Jennifer Anniston. Based on a novel called The Iron Man by the English poet Ted Hughes. He wrote it to comfort his children after the death by suicide of their mother, American poet Sylvia Plath. Directed by Brad Bird.
Thursday, Nov. 21. Planes, Trains & Automobiles. 1987 / 86 min. / PGAdvertising executive Neal (Steve Martin) and shower curtain rings salesman Del (John Candy) have meet several days before Thanksgiving, Each is trying to get from New York City to Chicago. A series of transportation screw-ups force them to team up, but every conveyance they try falters. The comic chemistry between these two actors has made the film a favorite film for Thanksgiving. Directed by John Hughes.
Thursday, November 28 THANKSGIVING DAY No film, Library Closed
1955 / 91 min. / NR
?Professor? Marcus (Alec Guinness) plans a huge heist in King?s Cross, London. Posing as a string quintet, his gang rents rooms in the ramshackle home of an unsuspecting woman named Mrs. Wilberforce. Also with Peter Sellers. Thursday, October 10 Knives Out
2019 / 130 min. / PG13
After the murder of its patriarch, an eccentric British family hires a detective (Daniel Craig) to find his killer. Also with Jamie Lee Curtis, Ana de Armas, Don Johnson and several others. Thursday October 17 In Bruges
2008 / 108 min. / R
Crime boss Harry sends two fledgling Irish hitmen to hide in Bruges, Belgium after they bungle a hit on an Irish priest. Roger Ebert says it is an ?endlessly surprising, very dark, human comedy, with a a plot that cannot be foreseen but only relished.? With Colin Ferrell and Brendan Gleason.
Thursday, October 24 Some Like It Hot
1959 / 121 min. / NR
Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) are jazz musicians who witness one crime boss?s slaughter of another?s gang. Terrified, they flee Chicago by train, disguised as members of Sweet Sue?s Society Syncopators. Ladies? man Joe immediately falls for Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), the band?s singer, which kicks off a cascade of side-splitting situations. Widely considered among the best films of all time. Co-written, produced and directed by Billy Wilder.
Thursday, October 31 Young Frankenstein
1974 / 105 min. / PG
Playing the American grandson of Dr. Frankenstein, Gene Wilder leads a cast of superb comic actors, They all bring another dead body to life as the Frankenstein monster. Directed by Mel Brooks.
Super Cinema, November 2024The Many Faces of Love Thursday, Nov. 7 Places in the Heart. 1984 / 111 min. / PGIn North Texas in 1935, a newly widowed woman with two small children (Sally Field) tries to save her 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder John Malkovich) and an itinerant Black handyman (Danny Glover). The film is very moving, dramatically rich and visually lush. Sally Field won her second Best Actress Academy Award for the role.
Thursday Nov. 14. The Iron Giant. 1999 / 86 min. / PGIn this cleverly animated feature a Maine boy named Hogarth discovers a giant robot in the woods near his house The problem is that a demented government agent is trying to destroy the Giant at all costs. Hogarth finds a clever hiding place for his friend, and the plot thickens. Voice actors include Harry Connick Jr., Cloris Leachman and Jennifer Anniston. Based on a novel called The Iron Man by the English poet Ted Hughes. He wrote it to comfort his children after the death by suicide of their mother, American poet Sylvia Plath. Directed by Brad Bird.
Thursday, Nov. 21. Planes, Trains & Automobiles. 1987 / 86 min. / PGAdvertising executive Neal (Steve Martin) and shower curtain rings salesman Del (John Candy) have meet several days before Thanksgiving, Each is trying to get from New York City to Chicago. A series of transportation screw-ups force them to team up, but every conveyance they try falters. The comic chemistry between these two actors has made the film a favorite film for Thanksgiving. Directed by John Hughes.
Thursday, November 28 THANKSGIVING DAY No film, Library Closed
