Financial Assistance

2009 RESOURCE GUIDE
Section 2. Local and State Resources: (Last updated: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:33 PM )
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Agency Name & Address	Contact Information	Program Description
Avery-Fuller-Welch Children's Foundation 1660 Bush Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94102	Tel: (415) 561-6540 TDD: Fax:	Provides grants to individual children in need of educational, psychological and physical therapy, residing in counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo only. Grants are to be used to pay for remedial education, special schooling, psychotherapy, physical and occupational therapy and appliances.
E-mail: N/A Web site: www.pfs-llc.net
Italian-American Community Services Agency 678 Green St., 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94133	Tel: (415) 362-6423 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 362-3565	This agency provides services to Italians and Italian-Americans free of charge. Services include emergency financial assistance, home visits, case management, volunteer companionship, special events and cultural activities, information and referrals.
E-mail: agency@italiancommunityservices.org Web site: http://italiancommunityservices.org
Lions Eye Foundation of California-Nevada 482 Molimo Drive San Francisco, CA 94127	Tel: (415) 923-3936 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 923-3949	Surgical care provided to individuals with no insurance and low income. Lions does not provide glasses, contact lenses.
E-mail: Submit online form here Web site: www.lionseyeca-nv.org
Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Greater Bay Area 235 Pine Street, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104	Tel: (415) 982-9474 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 982-0444	A wish-granting organization for children with terminal or life-threatening illnesses.
E-mail: info@makewish.org Web site: www.makewish.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) 1375 Sutter Street, #300 San Francisco, CA 94109	Tel: (415) 673-7500 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 673-7501	MDA provides services for children and adults that suffer from one of 40+ different neurological diseases. One of the world's leading voluntary health agencies fostering research and medical care, including a no-fee clinic, financial help toward purchase and repair of wheelchairs and leg-braces, a summer camp for kids and national literature and newsletters.
E-mail: Web site: www.mda.org
Native Daughters of the Golden West Children's Foundation 543 Baker St. San Francisco, CA 94117	Tel: (415) 563-9091 TDD: N/A Fax: (415) 563-5230	Provides financial assistance to children birth-18 who need medical care and who are not eligible for any other assistance.
E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A
Social Security Administration: Supplemental Security Income (SSI)	Tel: (800) 772-1213 TDD: (800) 325-0778 Fax: N/A	SSI is a federal program that provides monthly cash stipends and access to Medi-Cal for children with specific disabilities/chronic illnesses.
E-mail: N/A Web site: www.socialsecurity.gov
Volunteer Legal Services Program: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Kids	1360 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Tel: (415) 255-3520 Fax:	VLSP helps families with the often complicated process of getting SSI for children with specific disabilities/chronic illnesses.
E-mail: Web site: www.sfbar.org
Sunset Lion's Club District 4-C4 135 Balceta Ave. San Francisco, CA 94127	Tel: (415) 661-6009 TDD: N/A Fax: N/A	Financial assistance for medical care and sponsorship of youth activities. Financial assistance to patients who need eye care and cannot afford it. Financial assistance to people in the Sunset District who need hearing aids, eye glasses and eye surgery.
E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A
Variety ~ Children's Charity 582 Market St, #907 San Francisco, CA 94104 Attn: Ellen Goodman, Executive Director	Tel: (415) 781-3894 Fax: (415) 781-4226	Provides grants for children's organizations (and sometimes individuals) in the following areas of interest: Abused children, at-risk youth, homeless children, mobility enhancing services, transportation for children visually impaired children and critically ill children (includes pediatric AIDS/drug addicted infants). Get application
E-mail: ellen@varietync.org Web site: www.varietync.org/

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 . 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.