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2009 RESOURCE GUIDE
Section 2. Local and State Resources:
(Last updated: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:57 AM )
RESPITE
Agency Name
& Address
Contact
Information
Program
Description

Bay Area Crisis Nursery
1506 Mendoclno Dr.
Concord, CA 94521

Tel: (925) 685-8052
TDD: N/A
Fax: (925) 689-5815

Provides crisis respite for families with children ages 0-5. Accepts children with disabilities, except those who need medical care

E-mail: N/A                 Web site:www.bacn.info

Camp Costanoan
2851 Park Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95050

Tel: (408) 243-7861
TDD: N/A
Fax: N/A

Camp Costanoan is a non-profit, residential and recreational camp for children and adults (age 5 and older) with developmental and physical disabilities. Also offers weekend respite camp, one weekend per month from October-April.

E-mail: N/A                 Web site: www.viaservices.org

Camp Harmon
9010 Soquel Dr.
Aptos, CA 95003

Tel: (831) 684-2380
TDD: N/A
Fax: (831) 684-1018

Full camp program (arts &crafts, swimming, sports and games, nature hikes, camp fires) sponsored by Easter Seal Society of Central California. Staffed by college-age counselors, RN on duty. Provides summer residential and weekend respite camp for children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities.

E-mail: N/A                 Web site: N/A

Children's Council of San Francisco
445 Church Street
San Francisco, CA 94114

Tel: (415) 343-3300
TDD:
Fax:

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     Web site: www.childrenscouncil.org

Golden Gate Regional Center
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 (GGRC) disabilities ages birth to death in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties. GGRC can assist families with respite resources.

E-mail: N/A                Web site: www.ggrc.org

In-Home Support Services (IHSS)
Public Authority of San Francisco
832 Folsom Street, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107

Tel: (415) 243-4477
TDD: (415) 243-4430
Fax: (415) 243-4407

Maintains a registry of available in-home care workers.

E-mail: N/A                 Web site: www.sfihsspa.org

Kinship Support
Network - Grandparents Who Care
101 15th St
San Francisco, CA 94110

Tel: (415) 865-3000
TDD: N/A
Fax: (415) 865-3099

The Kinship Support Network, a program of Edgewood Center, is a comprehensive public/private collaboration designed to fill the gaps in public social services to relative caregivers and the children they are raising. This program is only offered to relative caregivers in San Francisco at this time.

E-mail: N/A                 Web site: N/A

Raji House
(See also PARCA)
1401 Palm Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010

Tel: (650) 344-3652
TDD: N/A
Fax: (650) 312-0730

Provides temporary, out-of-home respite care from Friday at 5pm to Sunday at 5pm. Recreational and social activities, including games, arts& crafts, dramatic play and other developmental projects. Raji House is a PARCA program.

E-mail:                 Web site: www.parca.org

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.

E-mail: info@janetpomeroy.org                 Web site:www.janetpomeroy.org

Staff Builders Home Health
877 Ygnacio Valley Rd.
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Tel: (925) 932-3656
TDD: N/A
Fax: N/A

Private registry of home health care workers.

E-mail: N/A                 Web site: N/A

Sutter (VNA) Visiting Nurses & Hospice
1625 Van Ness Ave, 4th Flr
San Francisco, CA 94109

Tel: (415) 600-0444
TDD:
Fax:

Provides care and support to terminally ill patients and their families in the patient's own home.

E-mail: N/A                 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.
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