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2009
RESOURCE GUIDE
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2. Local and State Resources: Last updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:23 AM |
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CHILD
ABUSE PREVENTION
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Agency
Name
& Address |
Contact
Information |
Program
Description |
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Asian
Perinatal Advocates (APA) |
Tel:(415) 616-9797 |
APA is a child abuse and domestic violence prevention program specifically for immigrant Asian families with children 0-5 years of age. APA provides bi-weekly/monthly in-home support programs, psycho-social assessment and early intervention, counseling, support groups and family support services to monolingual Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian and Filipino families in SF. |
| E-mail: apa@apasfgh.org Web site:www.apasfgh.org/ | ||
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Prevent Child Abuse California |
Tel:(916) 244-1900 |
The California Consortium works to prevent child abuse and neglect through advocacy, information & referrals, and training and technical assistance. |
| E-mail: Web site:http://pca-ca.org/ | ||
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Child
Abuse Hotline
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Tel:
(888) 649-6905
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24 hour hot-line takes telephone and written reports of suspected abuse/neglect of minor living in or court-dependent of, San Francisco. Also provides information and referral during daytime hours. |
| E-mail: info@thechildabusehotline.com Web site:www.thechildabusehotline.com/ | ||
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Child
and Adolescent Sexual Abuse Resource Center (CASARC) |
Tel:
(415) 206-8386 |
Forensic and mental health services that specialize in investigating, assessing and treating the affects of sexual abuse and conditions that lead to sexual acting out and sexualized behavior of children and adolescents. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site:www.casarc.org/ | ||
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Children's
Protective Services |
Tel:
(800) 856-5553 |
Call CPS to report emergency and suspected cases of child abuse and neglect -- including sexual abuse. Provides immediate response 24-hours/day, 7 days/week to allegations of child abuse, neglect and sexual exploitation. Emergency Response Services offers crisis intervention and counseling services for families. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A | ||
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Children's
Psychological Trauma
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Tel:
(415) 292-7119
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Provides treatment, research and professional education to help catastrophically stressed children. Provides clinical services for children who have been witness to domestic violence, who have had the wrongful death of a parent, or whose parents have been murdered. Provides psychiatric forensic services for children who have been traumatized through wrongful death of a parent, institutional child abuse, extremely high conflict, divorce, or personal injury. |
| E-mail: gil.kliman@cphc-sf.org Web site:www.cphc-sf.org/ | ||
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Comprehensive
Child Crisis Service |
Tel:
(415) 970-3800 |
Child Crisis is a 24-hour/7 day-a-week mental health agency which provides emergency/crisis psychiatric services to youth under age 18 in SF County. Agency provides evaluations for involuntary hospitalization and short-term therapy, consultation to agencies, schools, community services. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A | ||
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Family
Support Services - Family Preservation Program |
Tel:
(415) 861-4060 |
Intensive in-home services to families at risk of removal of child due to abuse or neglect. Services include parenting skills, household management, referrals to resources. Referrals from Children's Protective Services (CPS) only. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A | ||
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Office
of Child Abuse Prevention |
Tel:
(916) 651-6960
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The Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP) has been committed to improving the quality of life for California's children and families since 1977. To prevent child abuse and neglect, OCAP funds and coordinates local services that help strengthen and preserve families. OCAP also develops and distributes information to individuals and organizations. |
| E-mail: N/A Web site: www.cdss.ca.gov | ||
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Child Abuse Council 1757 Waller St. San Francisco , CA 94117 |
Tel:
(415) 668-0494 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 386-0959 |
The Child Abuse Council provides education and training; coordination; Information and referral; public awareness and advocacy for abused children and their families. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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The resource list above is for your information; it is not necessarily comprehensive and is not an endorsement of the services offered. If you find that any of the information is incorrect, if you would like to offer any feedback, or if you know of additional resources that may be helpful to include in the future, please let us know. You can call us at (415) 469-4518, e-mail us at info@supportforfamilies.org or write to us c/o Open Gate, 2601 Mission St. #300, San Francisco, CA 94110. Thank you to all the agencies who completed our Request for Information form and thank you as well to community resource databases such as Helplink and the San Francisco Public Library Community Connection for lending valuable assistance. |