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2008
RESOURCE GUIDE
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INDEPENDENT
LIVING
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Agency
Name
& Address |
Contact
Information |
Program
Description |
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APEX Driving
School |
Tel:
(415) 541-4090 |
Provides individuals with disabilities the essential skills for safe driving, and when necessary for safety, assists their transition to a non-driver status. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Arc San
Francisco |
Tel:
(415) 255-7200 |
Provides services to adults with developmental disabilities and their families. Services include employment assessments, training and placement; community training, mobility training; community living services; a senior program; information and referral, education and individual advocacy services. |
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E-mail: info@thearcsanfrancisco.org Web site: www.thearcsanfrancisco.org/ |
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Canine
Companions for Independence |
Tel:
(707) 577-1700 |
Provides trained service, hearing and assisted service dogs as well as continuing support to help serve the needs of people with disabilities. |
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E-mail: info@caninecompanions.org Web site: www.caninecompanions.org |
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Creativity
Explored |
Tel:
(415) 863-2108 |
Creativity Explored is a full-time art center for developmentally disabled adults. Open to the general public during normal operating hours. |
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E-mail: cr8vtyex.@hooked.net Web site: N/A |
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Guide
Dogs for the Blind, Inc. |
Tel:
(415) 499-4000 |
Guide Dogs for the Blind offers blind people enhanced mobility through the unique skills of dogs that are developed, cared for, and trained by a professional staff and nurtured by dedicated youth and adult volunteers. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Independent
Living Resource Center |
Tel:
(415) 543-6222 |
ILRC services include individual and systems change advocacy and independent living skills training (self-advocacy, use of personal care attendant, etc.). |
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E-mail: info@ilrcsf.org Web site:www.ilrcsf.org/ |
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KIDS (Keys
to Introducing Disability in Society) Project |
Tel:
(415) 587-2885 |
KIDS Project is a non-profit training, educational and empowerment organization of people with disabilities. Their projects include workshops (led by disabled adults) for disabled and non-disabled children; leadership training project for selected disabled students; mentor project wherein college students with disabilities work with younger disabled students. |
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E-mail: mlee9854@aol.com Web site: N/A |
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Lighthouse for the Blind |
Tel:
(415) 431-1481 |
Provides rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, and technology training to enable independent home and work management for individuals with visual impairments. |
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E-mail: ir@lighthouse-sf.org Web site: www.lighthouse-sf.org |
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SWITP
(California's School to Work Interagency Transition Partnership) |
Tel:
(916) 327-4214 |
Provides information and referral and produces publications regarding transition in California. |
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E-mail: SWITP@sna.com Web site: N/A |
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United
Cerebral Palsy of the Golden Gate |
Tel: (510) 832-7430 |
Provides programs and services for persons with disabilities and their family members including children's and teen's support groups, employment programs, counseling, advocacy and information and referral. |
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E-mail: info@ucpgg.org Web site:www.ucpgg.org |
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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) 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. |
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