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2009
RESOURCE GUIDE
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2. Local and State Resources: (Last updated: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:57 AM ) |
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RESPITE
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Agency
Name
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Contact
Information |
Program
Description |
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Bay Area Crisis Nursery |
Tel: (925) 685-8052 |
Provides crisis respite for families with children ages 0-5. Accepts children with disabilities, except those who need medical care |
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E-mail: N/A Web site:www.bacn.info |
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Camp Costanoan |
Tel: (408) 243-7861 |
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. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: www.viaservices.org |
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Camp Harmon |
Tel: (831) 684-2380 |
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. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Children's Council of San Francisco |
Tel: (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. |
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E-mail: rr@childrenscouncil.org Web site: www.childrenscouncil.org |
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Golden Gate Regional Center |
Tel: (415) 546-9222 |
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. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: www.ggrc.org |
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In-Home Support Services (IHSS) |
Tel: (415) 243-4477 |
Maintains a registry of available in-home care workers. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: www.sfihsspa.org |
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Kinship Support |
Tel: (415) 865-3000 |
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. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Raji House |
Tel: (650) 344-3652 |
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. |
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E-mail: Web site: www.parca.org |
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The Janet Pomeroy Center (formerly RCH) |
Tel: (415) 665-4100 |
Offers recreational and respite programs for children with disabilities. |
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E-mail: info@janetpomeroy.org Web site:www.janetpomeroy.org |
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Staff Builders Home Health |
Tel: (925) 932-3656 |
Private registry of home health care workers. |
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E-mail: N/A Web site: N/A |
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Sutter (VNA) Visiting Nurses & Hospice |
Tel: (415) 600-0444 |
Provides care and support to terminally ill patients and their families in the patient's own home. |
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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) 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. |