Directory of California Parent Organizations
Serving Families of Young Children with Disabilities
This directory is provided to assist families of young children who have, or are at risk of, disabilities or special healthcare needs in finding organizations that offer services and support.
This directory was compiled in March 2008 by the Desired Results access Project. To update any information included here, please contact the Project at info@draccess.org or (707) 227-5963.
The Desired Results access Project is a special project of the Napa County Office of Education, funded by the California Department of Education, Special Education Division. Please visit www.draccess.org to learn more about the Desired Results Assessment System and to explore additional resources for families.
Definitions
CPRC – Community Parent Resource Center
Community Parent Resource Centers provide underserved parents of children with disabilities—including low-income parents, parents of limited English proficient children, and parents with disabilities—in targeted communities, with the training and information they need to enable them to participate more effectively in helping their children. www.taalliance.org
PTI – Parent Training and Information
Parent Training and Information Centers are parent-directed, non-profit organizations funded by the U.S. Department of Education—authorized under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)—as well as private sources. PTIs serve families of children and young adults from birth to age 22 with all disabilities: physical, cognitive, emotional, and learning. They help families obtain appropriate education and services for their children with disabilities, work to improve education results, train and inform parents and professionals, resolve problems between families and schools or other agencies, and connect children with disabilities to community resources that address their needs. www.dredf.org/programs/pti.shtml
FRC – Family Resource Center
Family Resource Centers are funded through the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) – Infants and Toddlers Part C, which mandates states to implement a comprehensive early intervention service system for all infants and toddlers with disabilities or at risk, and their families. The FRCs are part of the Early Start Program and are staffed by families of children with special needs. FRCs offer parent-to-parent support and help parents, families, and children locate and use needed services. www.frcnca.org
FEC – Family Empowerment Center
Family Empowerment Centers provide education and empowerment for families of 3 to 22 year-olds with disabilities, to help families navigate the educational system and ensure that each child is receiving an appropriate education. The California Association of Family Empowerment Centers provides information, resources, and technical assistance for a statewide network of local Family Empowerment Centers. www.cafec.org
FVCA – Family Voices of California
A statewide network of agencies, Family Voices of California is a clearinghouse for information and education about ways to assure and improve health care for children with disabilities and chronic conditions. FVCA was established through the linkage of Family Voices National (a national network of families and friends speaking on behalf of children with special health care needs) and the FRC Network of California. www.familyvoicesofca.org
Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara
4501 Cathedral Oaks Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Phone: 805 683-2145; 877 414-6227
Fax: 805 967-3647
www.alphasb.org
info@alphasb.org
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC x FVCA
Serving Santa Barbara county
CARE Parent Network
1340 Arnold Drive
Suite 115
Martinez, CA 94553
Phone: 925 313-0999 x 102; 800 281-3023
Fax: 925 370-8651
www.contracostaarc.com
CAREofARC@aol.com
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Carolyn Kordich FRC
1135 West 257th Street
Harbor City, CA 90710-3506
Phone: 310 325-7288
Fax: 310 325-7288
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Serving Los Angeles Harbor
Challenged FRC
827 W 20th Street
Merced, CA 95340
Phone: 209 385-5314
Fax: 209 385-5317
www.challengedfrc.com
bdye@mcoe.org
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled
P.O. Box 2884
San Gabriel, CA 91778-2884
Phone: 626 307-3837
x CPRC PTI FRC FEC FVCA
Serving Los Angeles and Orange counties
Clovis Unified FRC
965 N Sunnyside, #24
Clovis, CA 93611
Phone: 559 327-8455
Fax: 559 327-8493
www.cusd.com
carinjackson@cusd.com
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Serving Fresno and Kings counties
Colusa County FRC
946 Fremont St
Colusa, CA 95932
Phone: 530 458-8891 x 10818
Fax: 530 458-5764
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Comfort Connection FRC
801 Civic Center Dr
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: 714 796-5299
Fax: 714 542-5634
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund - DREDF
2212 Sixth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: 800 466-4232; 510 644-2555 V/TTY
Fax: 510 841-8645
CPRC x PTI FRC FEC FVCA
Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, and Yolo counties
Early Start Connections
472 7th St
Crescent City, CA 95531
Phone: 707 464-5500 x 120
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Early Start FRN
PO Box 6127
San Bernardino, CA 92412
Phone: 800 515-2229
www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/Home.cfm
earlystart@dds.ca.gov
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Exceptional Family Resource Center
9245 Sky Park Court
Suite 130
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 619 594-7416; 800 284-8252
Fax: 858 268-4275
www.efrconline.org
efrc@projects.sdsu.edu
CPRC PTI x FRC x FEC x FVCA
Serving San Diego county
Exceptional Parents Unlimited
4440 North First Street
Fresno, CA 93726
Phone: 559 229-2000; 559 225-6059 TTY
Fax: 559 229-2956
www.exceptionalparents.org
info@exceptionalparents.org
CPRC x PTI x FRC x FEC x FVCA
Serving Central California
Extra Special Parents FRC
117 West Durham
Madera, CA 93637
Phone: 559 674-0915 x 464
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Family Focus Resource & Empowerment Center
College of Education, Room 109-I
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
Phone: 818 677-5575
Fax: 818 677-5574
www.csun.edu/~ffrc/
family.focus@csun.edu
CPRC PTI FRC x FEC FVCA
Family Focus Resource Center - San Fernando
18111 Nordhoff Street
Room ED 109
Northridge, CA 91330-8265
Phone: 818 677-5575 0-3 Age Info; 818 677-6854 3-22 Age Info
Fax: 818 677-5574
www.csunfamilyfocus.com
family.focus@csun.edu
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Family Focus Resource Center – Antelope Valley
38733 9th Street East
Suite R
Palmdale, CA 93550
Phone: 661 225-9598
Fax: 661 225-9647
www.csunfamilyfocus.com
family.focus.av@csun.edu
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Family Focus Resource Center – Santa Clarita
c/o Rio Vista Elementary School
20417 Cedarcreek Street, Room 46
Canyon Country, CA 91351
Phone: 661 250-3943
Fax: 661 250-4832
www.csunfamilyfocus.com
family.focus.scv@csun.edu
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Family Resource Center at Community Gatepath
1764 Marco Polo Way
Burlingame, CA 94010
Phone: 650 259-0189
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Family Resource Library & Assistive Technology Center
1000 S. Fremont Ave
Suite 6050, Unit 35
Alhambra, CA 91830
Phone: 626 300-9171; 562 906-1141
Fax: 626 300-9164
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Family Resource Network
5250 Claremont Avenue
Suite 239
Stockton, CA 95207
Phone: 209 472-3674; 800 847-3030
Fax: 209 472-3673
www.frcn.org
frnfamilies@aol.com
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Family Resource Network of Alameda County
5232 Claremont Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
Phone: 510 547-7322
Fax: 510 658-8354
www.frnoakland.org
info@frnoakland.org
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC x FVCA
Serving Alameda county
Family SOUP
1650 Sierra Avenue
Suite 106
Yuba City, CA 95993
Phone: 530 751-1925
Fax: 530 751-1925
www.familysoup.org
familysoup@familysoup.org
CPRC PTI x FRC x FEC FVCA
Fiesta Educativa
163 South Avenue 24
Suite 201
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Phone: 323 221-6696
Fax: 323 221-6699
www.fiestaeducativa.org
info@fiestaeducativa.org
x CPRC PTI FRC FEC FVCA
Serving Orange and Los Angeles counties
Foster Children with Disabilities Resource Center
2212 Sixth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: 510 644-2555
www.dredf.org
wbyrnes@dredf.org
x CPRC PTI FRC FEC FVCA
Serving Alameda county
H.E.A.R.T.S. Connection Family Resource Center
3101 North Sillect Avenue
Suite 115
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Phone: 661 328-9055; 800 210-7633
Fax: 661 328-9940
www.heartsfrc.org
heartsfrc@igalaxy
CPRC PTI x FRC x FEC FVCA
Harbor Regional Center Resource Center
21231 Hawthorne Boulevard
Torrance, CA 90503
Phone: 310 792-4575
www.harborrc.org
nancy@hddf.com
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Heart to Hand FRC
Box 2784
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
Phone: 760 935-4602
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Kings County FRC
606 West Sixth Street
Hanford, CA 93230
Phone: 559 584-1551
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Koch-Young Resource Center
3303 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: 213 383-1300
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Long Beach FRC
Long Beach Memorial FRC @ Miller Children’s Hospital
2801 Atlantic Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90806
Phone: 562 933-8050
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Loving Your Disabled Child
3407 7th Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90018
Phone: 323 373-0323; 323 299-2925
Fax: 323 373-1213
www.lydc.org
lydc3407@yahoo.com
x CPRC PTI FRC FEC FVCA
Serving Los Angeles County
Mariposa FRC -Early Start Connections
PO Box 2117
Mariposa, CA 95338
Phone: 209 966-6299
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Matrix Parent Network & Resource Center MARIN
94 Galli Drive
Suite C
Novato, CA 94949
Phone: 800 578-2592; 415 884-3535
Fax: 415 884-3555
www.matrixparents.org
info@matrixparents.org
CPRC x PTI x FRC x FEC FVCA
Serving Northern California with PHP
Matrix Parent Network & Resource Center SOLANO
1615 W. Texas Street
Suite 4
Fairfield, CA 94533
Phone: 800 578-2592; 707 423-2545
Fax: 707 425-4585
www.matrixparents.org
norat@matrixparents.org
CPRC x PTI x FRC x FEC FVCA
Serving Northern California with PHP
Parenting Network, Inc.
2378 W. Whitendale
Visalia, CA 93277
Phone: 559 625-0384; 559 967-0544 Cell
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Parents Helping Parents of Santa Clara
3041 Olcott Street
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3222
Phone: 408 727-5775; Voice 408 727-7655 TDD
Fax: 408 727-0182
CPRC x PTI FRC x FEC FVCA
Serving Northern California; San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and San Joaquin counties
Parents Helping Parents of SLO
3620 Sacramento Dr, #201
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone: 805 549-8148
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC x FVCA
Parents of Watts
10828 Lou Dillon Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Phone: 323 566-7556
Fax: 323 569-3982
www.parentsofwattsla.com
sweetalice@parentsofwattsla.org
x CPRC PTI FRC FEC FVCA
Serving Watts with Loving Your Disabled Child
Peaks and Valleys FRC
20 Sherwood Place, #4
Salinas, CA 93906
Phone: 831 755-1450
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Plumas Rural Services
586 Jackson Street
Quincy, CA 95971
Phone: 800 826-0842
www.plumasruralservices.org
prsit@plumasruralservices.org
CPRC PTI FRC x FEC FVCA
RAINBOW Family Support & Resource Network
336 Alexander Avenue
Susanville, CA 96130
Phone: 530 251-2417
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Rainbow Connection
2220 E. Gonzalez Road, #210
Oxnard, CA 93936
Phone: 805 351-3672
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Rowell Family Empowerment of Northern CA
3830 Rancho Road
Redding, CA 96002
Phone: 530 226-5129; 877 227-3471
Fax: 530 226-5141
x CPRC x PTI x FRC x FEC x FVCA
Serving Sacramento, Glen, Tehama, Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou, Del Norte, Humboldt, Butte, Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Plumas, Sierra, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, and Tuolumne counties
Safe Passage FRC
PO Box 1718
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Phone: 707 961-3605
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center
650 West Adams Blvd
Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: 213 744-7000
Fax: 213 744-7068
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Southeast FRC
16337 Bellflower Blvd.
Bellflower, CA 90706
Phone: 562 461-2986
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Southwest SELPA FRC
1401 Inglewood Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Phone: 310 798-2965
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Special Connections FRC
809-H Bay Avenue
Capitola, CA 95010
Phone: 831 464-0669
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Special Needs Connection
805 7th Street
Eureka, CA 95501
Phone: 707 445-1195
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Special Parents Information Network (SPIN)
P.O. Box 2367
Santa Cruz, CA 95063
Phone: 831 722-2800
CPRC PTI FRC x FEC FVCA
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
2601 Mission Street
Suite 606
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415 282-7494
Fax: 415 282-1226
www.supportforfamilies.com
info@supportforfamilies.org
CPRC x PTI x FRC x FEC x FVCA
Serving San Francisco
Sutter County Parent Network
1506 Starr Drive
Suite C
Yuba, CA 95993
Phone: 530 751-1925
Fax: 530 751-1466
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK)
100 Cerritos Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92805
Phone: 714 533-8275 (Anaheim); 619 794-2947 (San Diego)
Fax: 714 533-2533 (Anaheim); 619 794-2984 (San Diego)
www.taskca.org
taskca@yahoo.com
CPRC x PTI FRC x FEC FVCA
Serving Southern California
The Parents’ Place FRC
1500 South Hyacinth Ave
Suite B
West Covina, CA 91791-3824
Phone: 626 919-1091; 800 422-2022
www.parentsplacefrc.com
empower@parentsplacefrc.com
CPRC PTI x FRC x FEC FVCA
Serving Altadena, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bradbury, City of Industry, Claremont, Covina, Diamond Bar, Duarte, El Monte, Glendora, Hacienda Heights, La Puente, La Verne, Monrovia, Pomona, Rowland Heights, San Dimas, Sierra Madre, South El Monte, Temple City, Valinda, Walnut, and West Covina, part of Pasadena and part of Whittier
Vietnamese Parents With Disabled Children Association
7526 Syracuse Avenue
Stanton, CA 90680
Phone: 714 527-9216
Fax: 562 981-2718
www.vpdca.org
hgnguyen@vpdca.org
x CPRC PTI FRC FEC FVCA
WarmLine Family Resource Center
2035 Hurley Way
Suite 290
Sacramento, CA 95825
Phone: 916 922-9276
www.warmlinefrc.org
warmLine@warmLinefrc.com
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC x FVCA
Serving Sacramento county
Westside Family Resource & Empowerment Center
5901 Green Valley Circle
Suite 320
Culver City, CA 90230-6953
Phone: 310 258-4099; 310 258-4218
Fax: 310 338-9664
www.westsiderc.org
family@westsiderc.org
CPRC PTI x FRC x FEC x FVCA
Serving Los Angeles county
Yuba County of Office of Ed FRC
1010 ‘I’ Street
Marysville, CA 95901
Phone: 530 749-3276 x 105
CPRC PTI x FRC FEC FVCA
Service Region Maps Online
Family Voices of California map of council member agencies in California:
http://www.familyvoicesofca.org/planninggroups_map2.html
Family Resource Centers Network of California directory by county and region:
http://www.frcnca.org/directory.html
CA Parent Training and Information Center map:
http://www.dredf.org/programs/PTI_CA_A.pdf
Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers:
http://www.taalliance.org/Centers/index.htm
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