Child and After-School Care

2008 RESOURCE GUIDE
Section 2. Local and State Resources:
CHILD AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE
Agency Name & Address	Contact Information	Program Description
CHILD CARE/AFTER-SCHOOL CARE:
The following agencies have traditionally provided child and after-school care to children with disabilities. Inclusive child-care is often available through family day-care homes, child-care centers, YMCAs. For more information about inclusive child care, call Support for Families of Children with Disabilities @ Open Gate at (415) 920-5040, or refer to the child-care referral agencies listed later in this section.
Audrey L. Smith Developmental Center 1101 Masonic St. San Francisco, CA 94117	Tel: (415) 863-0909 TDD: (415) 346-3268 Fax: N/A	Child-focused early childhood education programs, including mental health component. Provides play therapy, family therapy, support groups, resource and referral services.
E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A
Early Head Start c/o Wu Yee Children’s Services 888 Clay St. San Francisco, CA 94108	Tel: (415) 391-1355 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 391-1074	Provides education, health, mental health, nutrition and social services to pregnant women and children 0-3 years old. Early Head Start offers services through 3 options: Home-Based, Center-Based and Family Childcare.
E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A
Easter Seals of the Bay Area: Child Development Center 75 Hawthorne St. San Francisco, CA 94105	Tel: (415) 744-8754 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 744-8717	Inclusive child care program.
E-mail: N/A Web site:http://bayarea.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=CABY_ChildDevelopmentCenters
The Janet Pomeroy Center (formerly RCH) 207 Skyline Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94132	Tel:(415) 665-4100 TDD: N/A Fax:(415) 665-7543	Offers recreational and respite programs for children with disabilities. Anyone who receives special education services in SF is eligible.
E-mail: info@janetpomeroy.org Web site:www.janetpomeroy.org
San Francisco Head Start 205-13^th St., Suite 3280 San Francisco, CA 94103	Tel: (415) 405-0500 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 551-4354	Head Start is a Federal program for preschool children from low-income families. The contact information included here is for the Early Childhood Disability Services Manager. The central office main line is (415) 405-0500.
E-mail: bdbrown@sfsu.edu Web site:www.sfheadstart.org/
SF Recreation and Park Department: Assisted Services Division Jackson Park, 17th & Arkansas San Francisco, CA 94117	Tel: (415) 554-8920 TDD: (415) 554-8922 Fax: N/A	The Assisted Services Division of SF Recreation and Park Department sponsors programs for adults, teens and children with developmental, emotional and physical disabilities.
E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A
Whitney Young Child Development Center 100 Whitney Young Circle San Francisco, CA 94124	Tel: (415) 821-7550 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 821-0442	Fully integrated preschool program. Teams consisting of classroom teachers and specialists provide special group and individual activities for children falling below developmental age norms. Also provides an extended day program for SFUSD students with disabilities.
E-mail: whitneyyoung@sbcglobal.net Web site:www.whitneyyoungcdc.org
REFERRALS TO CHILD CARE/AFTER-SCHOOL CARE:
Inclusive child-care is often available through family day-care homes, child-care centers, and YMCAs. The following agencies or programs can provide referrals for in-home child care providers for child care or respite, family day-care homes, child-care centers, pre-schools and nursery schools.
Child Care Inclusion Challenge Project (CCICP) 455 Church Street, #115 San Francisco, CA 94114	Tel: (415) 343-3334 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 343-3359	A collaborative whose purpose is to support efforts in providing quality inclusive child care that meets families’ needs.
E-mail: nsalaam@childrenscouncil.org Web site: www.childrenscouncil.org
Children's Council of San Francisco 445 Church Street San Francisco, CA 94114	Tel: (415) 276-2900 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 343-3300	Children's Council provides (1) child care referrals and counseling to parents seeking child care; (2) subsidized child care for qualifying parents; (3) provider training and technical assistance and other related child care services.
E-mail: rr@childrenscouncil.org Website: www.childrenscouncil.org
Open Gate Resource Center 2601 Mission Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94110	Tel: (415) 920-5040 TDD: in process... Fax: (415) 920-5099	Provides services to families of children with disabilities, including information and referral. Drop-in center maintains a childcare referral bulletin board where both families and providers can post notices.
E-mail: info@supportforfamilies.org Web site:www.supportforfamilies.org
Wu Yee Children's Services 888 Clay St. San Francisco, CA 94108	Tel: (415) 391-8993 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 391-4976	Offers child care referrals.
E-mail: FamilyCtr@wuyee.org Web site: www.wuyee.org

OTHER ASSISTANCE WITH CHILD CARE/AFTER-SCHOOL CARE:
Golden Gate Regional Center (GGRC) 875 Stevenson Street - 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103	Tel: (415) 546-9222 TDD: (415) 546-9222 Fax: (415) 546-9203	GGRC is a private, non-profit agency serving people with developmental disabilities ages birth to death in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties. GGRC can assist with the cost of child care, if the child is eligible.
E-mail: N/A Web site: www.ggrc.org
Operation Access c/o San Francisco State University, Recreation and Leisure Studies Department 1600 Holloway, HSS Bldg., Rm 112 San Francisco, CA 94132	Tel:(415) 338-6887 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 338-0543	Provides recreational resource consultation, youth leadership training, training and technical assistance to SF Recreation and Parks Department in order to increase opportunities for persons with disabilities to participate in recreation programs offered at neighborhood recreation parks and playgrounds.
E-mail: opaccess@sfsu.edu Web site: N/A

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) 920-5040, e-mail us at info@supportforfamilies.org or write to us c/o Open Gate, 2601 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, 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.