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# Senior Advocates of the Desert

Advocate for Seniors in the Coachella Valley

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://saotd.org/blog/)

## Pages

- [Home](https://saotd.org/) - Advocate for low-income seniors in the Coachella Valley. PH 760-202-1024 EMAIL US How we can help We are Coachella Valley's only non-profit social service organization dedicated exclusively to helping low-income seniors obtain the government benefits to which they are entitled but have been unable to access on their own. Senior Advocates of the Desert envisions
- [Contact](https://saotd.org/contact/) - Contact us We are here to work for you. Please contact us for a free consultation. Senior Advocates of the DesertP.O. Box 2827Cathedral City, CA 92235-2827 Phone +1 760 202 1024 Email chrisohanlon@verizon.net
- [Donate](https://saotd.org/donate/) - Join our Community of Supporters To Donate by Check: Please make check payable to Senior Advocates of the Desert and mail to: Senior Advocates of the DesertP.O. Box 2827Cathedral City, CA 92235-2827 To Donate Stock: Please call Chris O'Hanlon at 1-760-202-1024 and he can help initiate the transfer. For PayPal, Venmo, Credit or Debit Card
- [Donors and Supporters](https://saotd.org/donors-and-supporters/) - Donors and Supporters Thank you to our donors and supporters. Special thanks to the foundations, corporations, organizations and local businesses who support us and the many low-income seniors we serve. Senior Advocates of the Desert exists only because of the generosity of its many loyal donors and supporters. Become a Supporter
- [Success Stories](https://saotd.org/success-stories/) - Success Stories James We were able to win an Appeal Hearing and secure In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) as well as qualify for the 250% Working Disabled Medi-Cal Program. James was 63 and was on Social Security Disability. His disability meant he needed In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) to help him remain safely at home. We determined that
- [Real Dollar Value of Services](https://saotd.org/real-dollar-value-of-services/) - Real Dollar Value SAOTD Provides for Clients While the work Senior Advocates does for our clients is completely free of charge, one can put an estimate on the TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE of the services we provide to many clients. --- One of the most transformational services we provide is getting a deserving client signed up for
- [What we do](https://saotd.org/what-we-do/) - What We Do Benefit Advocacy Many of our clients live alone and have little family and social support. They are not aware of programs they may be eligible for or if they are, they have tried to apply on their own, but have been turned down because of onerous government bureaucracy. As a result, many
- [About](https://saotd.org/about/) - About Us Senior Advocates of the Desert was founded so that low-income seniors can make one phone call and be provided the information, assistance, and advocacy they need to navigate through the government benefits application process. Too often, seniors make a phone call to a government agency and they get the runaround, whether it’s not
- [Resources](https://saotd.org/resources/) - Resources Are you in crisis or despair? Suicide Prevention https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Riverside County Mental Health Services https://www.rcdmh.org/ Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/ Mental Health Urgent Care – Palm Springs https://riinternational.com/listing/mental-health-urgent-care-mhuc-palm-springs/ Veterans Crisis Line https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/ Do you need food assistance? Cathedral City Senior Center Food Bank https://theccsc.org Joslyn Center Community Food Bank https://joslyncenter.org/community-food-bank AIDS Assistance Program (AAP) https://www.aidsassistance.org/ Community Food Bank at The Center https://thecenterps.org/ FIND
- [Benefits advocacy](https://saotd.org/benefits-advocacy/) - We advocate for seniors in the Coachella Valley. Many of our clients live alone and have little family and social support. They are not aware of programs they may be eligible for or if they are, they have tried to apply on their own, but have been turned down because of onerous government bureaucracy. As
- [who We Help](https://saotd.org/who-we-help/) - Who We Help Senior Advocates of the Desert serves low-income seniors age 60 and older who live in the Coachella Valley. No clients are denied assistance on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, religion, or disability. In the event a client needs emergency financial assistance, the client
- [Privacy Policy](https://saotd.org/privacy-policy/) - Privacy Policy Who we are Our website address is: https://saotd.org. Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may