Kinship Caregiver Websites
Agency Website
OBTAINING NEEDED PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS
To obtain birth certificates http://lacounty.info
INFORMATION AND REFERRAL
Community Coalition-Prevention Network www.ccsapt.org
Department of Aging www.lacity.org/DOA
Family Development Network www.lacity.org/cdd
INFO-Line www.infoline-la.org
Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging www.co.la.ca.us/AAA/AAA.htm
KINSHIP SPECIFIC SERVICES
Children’s Institute International Grandma’s House www.childrensinstitute.org
Institute for Black Parenting www.instituteforblackparenting.com
TIPS FOR ORGANIZING A GRANDPARENT SUPPORT GROUP
Grandma’s Angeles www.Grandmasangels.org
Loving your Disabled Child www.lydc.org
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Department of Public Social Services County of Los Angeles www.ladpss.org
Earned Income Tax Credit www.eitc-la.com or www.irs.gov
Emergency Services, Catholic Charities www.catholiccharitiesla.org
In-Home Supportive Services www.dss.cahwnet.gov
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program www.csd.ca.gov
Medicare www.medicare.gov
Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov
Supplemental Security Income www.ssa.gov
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) State of California www.phfewic.org
WorkSource, California, CDD City of Los Angeles www.cityofla.org/wib
CHILD CARE
ADESTE Child Care Program www.CatholicCharitiesLA.org
Becky’s Place, Bienvenidos Village for Children www.bienvenidos.org
Child and Family Services www.cfsla.org
Child Care Services Department of Rec. & Parks City of Los Angeles
www.laparks.org or www.lacity.org
Connections for Children Child Care, Information and Referral www.cfc-ca.org
Crystal Stairs (Child Care) www.crystalstairs.org
Early Childhood Education Division LAUSD www.lausd.k12.ca.us
KidCare After School Program LAUSD www.lausd.k12.ca.us
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation www.maof.org
HOUSING
Handyworker Program City of Los Angeles Housing Department www.lacity.org/lahd
Home Buyer Assistance, City of Los Angeles Housing Department www.lacity.org/lahd
Homeowner Assistance and Renter Assistance Franchise Tax Board, State of California
www.ftb.ca.gov
Home Secure www.jfsla.org (Click on senior services then Home Secure)
LEGAL SERVICES
Bet Tzedek Legal Services www.bettzedek.org
Legal aid Foundation of Los Angeles www.lafla.org
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice www.laclj.org
Public Counsel www.publiccounsel.org
PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES
Alliance for Children’s Rights www.kids-alliance.org
Center for Health Care Rights, HICAP www.healthcarerights.org
Child Health and Disability Prevention Program www.lapublichealth.org
Los Angeles Free Clinic www.lafreeclinic.org
Free and Los-Cost Health Services www.dhs.co.la.ca.us
Healthy Families, State of California www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov
QueensCare (Healthcare) www.queenscare.org
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Countywide Older Adult Programs, Department of Mental Health www.dmh.co.la.ca.us
Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center www.didihirsch.org
Elder Abuse Prevention Program www.wiseseniorservices.org
Los Angeles County Department of Mental health www.dmh.co.la.ca.us
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) www.nami.org
DISABILITY
Protection and Advocacy, Inc (People with Disabilities) www.pai-ca.org
Regional Center Services (Disability, Social Services) www.lanterman.org
SOCIAL SERVICES
Bienvenidos Family Services (Respite) www.bienvenidos.org
Department of Children and Family Services www.dcfs.co.la.ca.us
RECREATION
Barnsdall Art Center and Park www.culturela.org
Department of Parks and Recreation http://parks.co.la.ca.us
Department of Recreation and parks www.laparks.org
Teen’Scape City of Los Angeles Public Library http://www.lapl.org/teenscape/index.html
TRANSPORTATION
Access Services www.asila.org
GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN
AARP-Grandparent Information Center :(202) 434-2296 or
http://www.aarp.org/confacts/programs/gic.html
Generations United: (202) 638-1263 or http://www.gu.org
Grandparents United for Children's Rights: (608) 238-8751 or
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6866/
Washington State's Relatives as Parents Program:
http://parenting.wsu.edu/relative/index.htm
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