Community Links
These are just a few of the nearly 900 community resources we have in our extensive and comprehensive database to which we can refer callers and clients. We have resources for childcare, housing, food, justice and legal services, crisis support and more. Call our Parenting Stress Helpline at 800-829-3777 to access these resources.
Click HERE for LGBTQIA-specific resource links in the SF Bay Area which include drop-in services, playgroups, youth groups, summer camps, parent and caregiver resources and groups, and crisis numbers. Many of the organizations not only serve youth, but all ages and provide a plethora of services.
4Cs – Community Child Care Council of Alameda County
www.4c-alameda.org
510-383-3582 – Oakland
510-582-2182 – Hayward
510-713-2557 – Fremont
ACCESS – Alameda County Behavioral Health Plans/Alameda Alliance
www.acbhcs.org
800-491-9099
510-747-4567 – Alameda Alliance
Alameda County Community Food Bank
www.accfb.org/
800-870-3663
Alameda County Family Justice Center
www.acfjc.org/
510-267-8800 – Assist with Domestic Violence, legal and counseling
Alameda County Medi-Cal Resources
https://acbh.my.site.com/ProviderDirectory/s/mhs
- Alameda County Behavioral Health Medical Facilities and Provider Directories (Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese)
- Guide to Medi-Cal Mental Health Services in all threshold languages:
(MHP) خطة الصحة النفسیة دلیل المستفید خدمات الصحة النفسیة المتخصصة (Arabic)
Mental Health Plan (MHP) Beneficiary Handbook (English)
心理健康計劃 (MHP) 受益人手冊 專業心理健康服務 (Chinese Traditional)
心理健康计划 (MHP) 受益人手册 专业心理健康服务 (Chinese Simplified)
(MHP) طرح سلامت روان کتابچھ راھنمای ذینفعان خدمات تخصصی سلامت روان (Farsi)
알라메다 카운티 정신 건강 전문 서비스(MHS) 제공자 명부 (Korean)
Alameda County Resource Families
www.myresourcefamily.org/#about-us/
510-259-3575 – Information for Foster parents/caregivers and Resource Families
Bananas – Child care services
www.bananasbunch.org
510-658-0381 – Oakland
510-658-7353 – General
510-658-0381 – Childcare
Child Care Links – child care services
www.childcarelinks.org
510-568-0306 – Oakland
925-417-8733 – Pleasanton
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County
www.crisissupport.org/
800-309-2131 or (800) 784-2433 – Oakland
800-273-8255 – Crisis Line
800-309-2131 or (510) 420-2460 – Teen For Life line
EDEN I & R
www.211alamedacounty.org
888-886-9660 or 510-727-9560
Family Resource Navigators
http://www.familyresourcenavigators.org/
The Family Resource Navigators (formerly the Family Resource Network) support and encourage the positive development of families of children 0-5 with medical, developmental or social-emotional concerns as well as individuals 0-21 with special health care needs.
510-547-7322
Family Support Services of the Bay Area Respite Program
www.fssba.org
510-834-4766 – direct line for East Bay Respite/Child Care Program
FERC – Family Education and Resource Center
www.askferc.org/
Services for families with members with mental illness.
Toll Free (888) 896-3372 – Warm line
510-746-1700 – Local line
Help Me Grow
www.first5alameda.org/help-me-grow
Developmental screening of children ages 0-5.
888-510-1211- Linkage Line & Developmental Screening
LawHelpCA – California’s official and free legal resource.
Regional Center of the East Bay
http://www.rceb.org/
510-618-6100 – Services for families/children with disabilities
Start Your Recovery – Support for overcoming substance abuse.
https://startyourrecovery.org/
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
www.oaklandlgbtqcenter.org/
510-882-2286- Local services and programs for all ages.
enGender
www.engendernow.org//
510-703-4924 – Support, playgroups and camps in the SF Bay Area.
Pacific Center for Human Growth
pacificcenter.org/
510-548-8283 – in Berkeley, the oldest LGBTQ center in the SF Bay Area.
Gender Spectrum
www.genderspectrum.org/
510-788-4412 – San Leandro
Rainbow Community Center
rainbowcc.org/about-us/
925-692-0090 – Contra Costa County
The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org/
866-488-7386 – National Hotline for Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention for LGBTQ Youth
Text hotline for LGBTQ Youth – text “Trevor” to 202-304-1200.