Getting hired is the middle, not the end.

Supported Employment

Regardless of disability or situation, there is meaningful work for you.

Good Seed believes that regardless of a person's disability or situation in life, there are meaningful, substantive employment opportunities available to them. We know the value of collaboration and partnership, so we work with organizations such as Community Career Development, Inc., the South Bay One-Stop Business & Career Center and America's Job Center to locate positions and provide additional services.

Over recent years we have secured paid employment for youth with the help of many partners — retail positions at Walmart, Macy's and Walgreens; hospitality positions at Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Jamba Juice and Good Seed CDC itself; and roles with DirecTV and Uber. We have found that if you give youth the skills, the support, and a little patience, they can achieve what seemed impossible.

How it works

Housing Navigation Services

Finding the unit is a job too.

Housing Navigation Services help unhoused or housing-insecure clients find and secure stable housing. A Housing Navigator works directly with you to complete a comprehensive housing assessment, build an individualized housing support plan, identify suitable options, assist with applications, and coordinate the move — with case management for six months to a year after you have the keys. Eligibility is on the CalAIM page.

Home Modifications · CalAIM Community Support

A home you can stay in.

Sometimes the thing standing between a person and independence is a step, a bathtub, or a doorway too narrow for a wheelchair. Home Modifications — known in Medi-Cal as Environmental Accessibility Adaptations — pay for the physical changes that make a home safe and livable, so people can recover, age and stay in the place they call home instead of moving to a nursing facility.

What can be covered

• Ramps and handrails
• Grab bars and bathroom modifications, including accessible and roll-in showers
• Widened doorways for wheelchairs and walkers
• Stair lifts
• Electrical and other changes needed for medical equipment in the home

How it works

We start with a conversation and an assessment of the home, build a plan with you, and handle the authorization with your health plan. If you rent, we work with your landlord for permission before any work begins. Then we coordinate the work and check back once it's done.

Medical Alert · part of Home Modifications

Help is one press away.

A safer home isn't only ramps and grab bars. As part of Home Modifications, eligible Medi-Cal members can also receive a personal emergency response system: a small medical alert device that connects you to a live, trained responder 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you fall, feel unwell or simply need help, one press brings someone on the line who can call family, a neighbor or emergency services. For people who live alone, are recovering after a hospital stay, or are managing a chronic condition, it can be the difference between staying home and moving somewhere they don't want to go.

What's included

• The device, setup and delivery
• 24/7 monitoring by trained emergency response agents
• Optional alerts to a family member or caregiver when the button is pressed
• Help learning to use it, and support if anything goes wrong

Day Habilitation · CalAIM Community Support

The everyday skills that make independence stick.

Day Habilitation supports people in acquiring, retaining and improving the self-help, socialization and adaptive skills needed to live successfully and independently in their community. Services are provided in your home or in community settings, using a peer-mentoring approach, with a physical location when that helps.

Services include

• Life-skills training — cooking, shopping, money management, household management
• Learning to use public transportation
• Relationship building, communication and self-advocacy
• Using local services and accessing benefits (SSI, General Relief)
• Selecting and moving into a home; managing landlord relationships
• Recruiting and managing personal attendants; caregiver support and housing set-up
• Coordination with health, mental health and substance use services
• Referrals to ECM, Community Supports and housing programs

Support groups & programs

Support is a strength.

Good Seed offers a variety of support groups and programs, on site and through a strong network of community partners. These spaces are designed to feel welcoming and non-judgmental, where asking for help is encouraged. Clients are connected to services that address the whole person: mental health care, primary healthcare, substance use support, education, and social and recreational opportunities — helping young people build skills, strengthen resilience and reduce barriers on the way to their goals.