Organizations in Northern California
Support Groups and Information Referral Services

Parent Support Services

African-American Parent Center
P.O. Box 5607, Oakland, CA 94605
510-562-1283

Friends To Parents
2525 Wexford Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080
650-588-8212

Toughlove Parent Support Group
1195 S. Locust St., Visalia, CA 93291

Women’s Center, CSUC
402 W. 1st Avenue, Chico, CA 95926
530-898-5724

Family Service Agency of San Francisco
1010 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
415-474-7310

RAINBOW Regional Family Support Resource Center
P.O. Box 787, Susanville, CA 96130
1-800-537-TALK

Visitation Valley Family Support Center
251 Schwerin Street, San Francisco, CA 94134
415-469-2120

Wu Yee Resource & Referral
777 Stockton Street # 202, San Francisco, CA 94108
415-391-8993

Mountain Family Service Agency
1001 Broadway # 204, Jackson, CA 95642
209-223-1624

Mountain Family Service Agency
P.O. Box 919, 584 W. Street Charles, San Andreas, CA
209-754-1075

Family Stress Center
2086 Commerce Avenue, Concord, CA 94520
925-827-0212

Grandparent Support Services
BANANAS Work Shop, Grandparents as Parents
5232 Claremont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94605
510-658-7101

Grandparents Support Group, Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church
1188 12th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
510-530-3696

Grandparents Warmline, Grandparents and Relatives as Second Parents
510-568-7786

Grandparents Who Care
1 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
415-865-3000

Nurses in Action, Grandparent Caregiver Project
1600 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
510-834-6817

Raising Your Grandchild?, Project FOCYS
1710 S. Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 216, San Mateo, CA 94402
650-349-7969

Childcare Services
Edgewood Children’s Center, Kinship Care Program
1801 Vicente Street, San Francisco, CA 94116
415-681-3211 ext. 311

West Coast Children’s Center
545 Ashbury Avenue, El Cerrito, CA 94530
510-527-7249

Apple Family Center
70 Skyview Terrace, San Rafael, CA 94903
415-492-0720

ARC, First Step Day Care Program at Tilden School
4655 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619
510-482-5801

ARC Associates
310 Eighth Street # 220, Oakland, CA 94607
510-548-1229

Girls, Inc.
1724 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
510-521-1743
Serves school sites:

• Earhart Activity, 400 Packet Landing Road
• Bayfam, 200 Aughinbaugh Way
• Edison Activity, 2700 Buena Vista Avenue
• Payden, 444 Central Avenue
• Lum Activity, 1801 Sandcreek Way
• Otis Activity, 3010 Fillmore Street
• Washington Activity, 825 Taylor Avenue

BANANAS
5232 Claremont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618
510-658-7101

Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement, Centro VIDA
1000 Camelia Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

BAHIA School-Age Program
1718 Eighth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
510-524-7300

Berkeley/Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA 94709
510-848-0237

Cambridge Community Center, Child Care
1148 Lacey Lane, Concord, CA 94520
925-827-4906

Child Care Coordinating Council, 4C’s of Alameda County
1036 A Street, 3rd Floor, Hayward, CA 94541
510-582-2189

Child Care Coordinating Council, 4C’s of Alameda County
37553 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94536
510-790-0655

Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo
700 S. Claremont # 107, San Mateo, CA 94402
650-696-8787

Child Development Resource Center
809 H. Bay Avenue, Capitola, CA 95010
831-479-5282

Children’s Council of S.F/Child Care Switchboard Offices
2601 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
415-920-7282

Children’s Council of S.F/Child Care Switchboard Offices
2481 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA
415-474-6365

Contra Costa Child Care Council Offices

• 2450 Stanwell Drive # 110, Concord, CA 94520
  925-676-5442
• 3020 Grant Street, Concord, CA 94520
  925-676-KIDS
• San Ramon, CA
  925-830-0506
• Antioch, CA
  925-778-5437
• 3727 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94805
  510-233-KIDS

Eden Youth Center
680 W. Tennyson Road, Hayward, CA 94544
510-887-1146

Fairfax-San Anselmo Children’s Center
199 Porteous Avenue, Fairfax, CA 94930
415-454-1811

Family Council of Half Moon Bay, Children’s Center
490 Miramontes Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
650-726-7413

Family Service of the East Bay
Ashbury Methodist Church Child Care Center
4743 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550

Kennedy Tract Parent Child Center
3001Chapman Street, Oakland, CA 94601
510-261-4993

Marin Child Care Council
555 Northgate Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903
415-479-2273

Mission Neighborhood Center
362 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
415-642-2883

RISA (Representatives of Infant Services in Alameda County)
Family Resource Network
5232 Claremont Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618
510-547-7322

Rose Street Community Child Care Center
1226 Rose Street, Berkeley, CA 94702
510-524-4271

Saint Patrick’s Day Care
366 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
415-391-0388

Saint Vincent’s Day Home
1086 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA 94607
510-832-8324

San Francisco Community Children’s Nursery
1105 Quintara Street, San Francisco, CA 94116
415-665-1880

Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda
1900 Fruitvale Avenue # 2A, Oakland, CA 94601
510-534-7764

YMCA, Mt. Diablo Region
710 S. Broadway # 208, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
510-935-9622

Choices for Children
150 Old Pony Express Way, Markleeville, CA 96120
916-694-2129

Butte County Children’s World
882 Lindo Lane, Chico, CA 95926
530-343-9349

Calvary Lutheran Children’s Center
10 Concordia Lane, Oroville, CA 95965
530-534-7082

Chico Community Children’s Center
2218 Elm Street, Chico, CA 95928
530-345-3493

Chico Nursery School
530-891-1723

Head Start Paradise
2269 Del Oro Avenue, Oroville, CA 95965
530-538-7719

First United Methodist State Preschool
45 Acacia, Oroville, CA 95965
530-533-7321

Palermo Children’s Center
5737 Autrey Lane, Oroville, CA 95965
530-533-1560

St. Timothy’s Preschool & Community Day Care
410 Jackson Street, Gridley, CA 95948
530-846-4020

Valley Oak Children’s Services
287 Rio Lindo Avenue, Chico, CA 95926
530-895-3572

Children’s Services Colusa County
345 Fifth Street, Suite C, Colusa, CA 95932
916-458-7711

Del Norte Child Care Council
343 G Street, Crescent City, CA 95531
707-464-8311

Choices for Children
1029 Takela Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
530-541-5848

Choices for Children
4260 Mother Lode Drive, Shingle Springs, CA 95682
530-676-0707

Gleen County Office of Education
708 4th Street, Orlando, CA 95963

408 Pacific Avenue, Willow, CA 95988

Valley Oak Children’s Services
629 First Street, Orlando, CA 95963
916-865-5625

Humbolt Child Care Council
805 7th Street, Eureka, CA 95501
707-444-8293

Head Start Program in Lake County
707-263-8213
707-275-2721
707-994-3572
Call for locations and requirements.

NCO Rural Communities Child Care Offices
P.O. Box 6629, 14893 Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake, CA 95422
707-994-4647

934 S. Forbes, Lakeport, CA 95453
707-263-4688