Organization |
Phone Number |
Advocacy & Planning Groups for Families & Children |
Birth Network |
425-3373 |
General Information - Referrals to Resources |
Mountain - San Lorenzo
Valley Resource Center
|
336-2553 |
Salud para la Gente |
728-0222 |
Familia Center |
423-5747 |
Live Oak Resource Center |
476-7284 |
La Manzana Family Resource Center |
724-2997
763-3106
|
Davenport Resource Center |
425-8115 |
Child Development Resource Center |
Main: 479-5282
Watsonville: 763-8725
Switchboard: 476-8585
Emeline: 454-4213 |
Early Childhood Education (ECE) |
Main Campus: 479-6354
Watsonville Campus: 477-5100 |
Special Connections Resource Center |
464-0669 |
Public Health Nurse Line |
454-4339 |
Parent Information and Referral Center |
1-800-690-2282 |
CRISIS HOTLINES |
Child Protective Services (CPS) |
454-4222
763-8850 |
| Food Bank Community Hotline
|
662-0991 |
Shelter and Referral Hotline/Community Action Board |
457-0511
728-4634 |
Parental Center Hotline |
426-7322
724-2879 |
California Poison Control System |
1-800-876-4766 |
Alcoholics Anonymous Hotline (& other 12 step prog.) |
475-5782 |
Suicide Crisis Support |
458-5300
1-877-663-5433
(1-877-ONE LIFE) |
Women’s Crisis Support/Defensa de Mujeres |
429-1478
685-3737 |
BREASTFEEDING |
Nursing Mothers Counsel
|
688-3954 |
La Leche League |
425-3088 |
Sutter Lactation Center |
477-2229 |
Women, Infants, Children (WIC) Nutrition Program |
426-3911 |
CAR SEAT INFORMATION |
Health Education (S.C. County Health Services Agency) |
454-4141 |
CHILD CARE |
Child Care Switchboard |
476-8585
763-8725 |
CPR AND INFANT SAFETY |
Red Cross - Santa Cruz County Chapter Main
|
462-2881
|
PEP Program, Dominican Hospital |
462-7709 |
La Manzana Community Program (Adult Literacy) |
763-3106 |
Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center - Lactaion Center |
477-2229 |
Community Education, Watsonville Hospital |
761-5618 |
COUNSELING |
Family Service Agency of the Central Coast
|
423-9444 |
Family Service Association of Pajaro Valley |
724-7123 |
Parents Center |
426-7322 724-2879 |
Marriage & Family Therapist Referral Line |
429-7786 |
Children’s Mental Health |
454-4900 |
CRISIS SUPPORT |
Families in Transition
|
458-7124 |
CalWORKS (formerly TANF or AFDC) |
454-4010
763-8583 |
HEAP (Home Energy Assistance Program) |
Watsonville: 1-888-728-3637 |
Legal Aid |
688-6535
724-2253 |
Lawyer Referral Service |
425-4755
688-8448 |
New Life Community Services (Drug & Alcohol Treatment) |
427-1007 |
Janus (Drug & Alcohol Treatment) |
462-1060 |
Mondanaro-Baskin Ctr. (Perinatal Drug & Alcohol Treatment) |
423-9015 |
Fenix Services (Drug & Alcohol Treatment) |
722-5914 |
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (for crisis support
see CRISIS HOTLINES) |
Women’s Crisis Support/Defensa de Mujeres
|
477-4244
722-4532 |
Walnut Avenue Women’s Center |
426-3062 |
FAMILY PLANNING |
Planned Parenthood
|
Westside Santa Cruz: 426-5550
Watsonville: 724-7525 |
Salud para la Gente |
728-0222 |
| Family Planning Clinic (Santa Cruz County) |
427-3500 |
FOOD CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION |
Food Stamps Program (Santa Cruz County) |
454-4004
763-8583 |
CSC of the Seventh Day Adventist Church |
429-1442 |
Women, Infants, Children (WIC) Nutrition Program |
426-3911
722-7121 |
Food Bank Community Hotline |
662-0991 |
Salvation Army |
426-8365
724-3922 |
St. Vincent De Paul Society |
423-0878
722-3250 |
HEALTH CARE ACCESS |
Medi-Cal
|
454-4131 763-8583 |
Health Families (low-cost health insurance for eligible children) |
1-888-747-1222 |
California Children’s Services |
763-8900 |
Main line for CCS and CHDP |
454-2560
763-8900 |
HEALTH CARE |
Santa Cruz Health Center (SC County HSA)
|
454-4100 |
Watsonville Health Center (SC County HSA) |
763-8400 |
Planned Parenthood |
426-5550
724-7525 |
Salud para la Gente |
728-0222 |
Women’s Health Center |
427-3500 |
Clinica del Valle |
761-1588 |
Dientes (dental care) |
464-5409 |
IMMUNIZATION |
Santa Cruz County Health Services
|
454-4100
763-8400 |
Mountain Community Resource Center |
336-2553 |
Clinica del Valle |
761-1588 |
Salud para la Gente |
728-0222 |
Women’s Health Center |
427-3500 |
Planned Parenthood |
426-5550
724-7525 |
IN-HOME PARENT SUPPORT |
Public Health and Emergency Unite /
Salud publica y unidad de emergencias
|
454-4339 |
Together for Families (Mountain Community Resource Center) |
336-1721 |
Together for Families (Parents Center, Santa Cruz) |
426-7322 |
Together for Families (Parents Center, Watsonville) |
724-2879 |
POST-PARTUM SUPPORT |
Visiting Nurses Association
|
479-6620 |
High Risk Infant Program (SC County HSA-for premature & drug exposed infants) |
454-4339 |
PARENTING EDUCATION, INFORMATION & SUPPORT |
Child Development Resource Center
|
479-5282
763-8725 |
Early Childhood Education (ECE) CabrilloCollege |
479-6354
477-5100 |
Special Connections Resource Center |
English: 464-0669
Spanish: 477-5438 |
| Special Parents Information Network(SPIN) |
423-7713
722-2800 |
| Family Partnership Program/Club Hope |
454-4961 |
Live Oak Family Resource Center |
476-7284 |
| Familia Center |
423-5747 |
Mountain - San Lorenzo Resource Center |
336-2553 |
Parents Center |
426-7322
724-2879 |
Walnut Avenue Women’s Center |
426-3062 |
Santa Cruz Adult Education |
429-3966 |
Scotts Valley Recreation |
438-3251 |
Capitola Recreation |
475-5935 |
Santa Cruz County Parks & Recreation |
454-7900 |
Radcliff Center, Watsonville/Aptos Adult School |
728-6330 |
Healthy Start, PVUSD Special Services |
761-6131 |
Personal Enrichment Program (PEP), Dominican Hospital |
462-7709 |
Community Education, Watsonville Hospital |
761-5618 |
Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center - Lactation Center |
477-2229 |
Santa Cruz Mother’s Club |
688-6509 |
Santa Mothers of Twins Club |
688-8541 |
CRADLE Project |
722-1777 |
YMCA Centro Familiar |
761-6297 |
Birth Network |
425-3373 |
Growth & Opportunity, Inc., Migrant Head Start Program |
Fax: 722-3337 |
ESPECIALLY FOR NEW PARENTS |
New Mothers Support Group (Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center)
No-cost group for mothers with babies newborn through 3 months and group for mothers with babies 4 months through 6 months |
477-2229 |
Postpartum Exercise and Support (Dominican Hospital PEP Program) Gentle exercise for new mothers and babies and discussion of parents’ concerns and baby issues |
462-7709 |
Postpartum Support Warm Line
Talk to mothers who have recovered from postpartum distress, including depression and traumatic birth experience |
454-1206 |
Breastfeeding Education & Support Meetings (La Leche League)
Experienced volunteer Leaders facilitate informal monthly meetings to provide support, information, encouragement and education for women who want to breastfeed. Pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers and babies are encouraged to attend |
425-3088 |
PARK AND PLAYGROUP PROGRAMS |
Together in the Park, Santa Cruz (Live Oak Family Resource Center) Parenting support and information along with age appropriate activities. Parents and their children, birth to 5 years, welcome |
476-7284 |
Together in the Park, Watsonville
(CRADLE Project and Watsonville Adult Ed)
Parents and their children, birth to 5 years, welcome. Parenting support and information along with age appropriate activities |
722-1777 |
Friends Together (Mountain - San Lorenzo Resource Center)
Free, drop-in playgroup for parents and their children, birth –5 years (older siblings welcome) |
336-1721 |
PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS |
Together for Families
In-home support for expectant parents and parents with children from birth to 5 years |
San Lorenzo Valley: 339-1721
North Santa Cruz County: 426-7322
South Santa Cruz County: 724-2879 |
SPIN of Santa Cruz County (Special Parents Information Network)
Provide parent-to-parent support, networking, and resource information over the phone for parents of children of all ages with special needs |
423-7713
722-2800 |
Nursing Mothers Counsel
Provide no charge breastfeeding information and support by trained and experienced mother volunteers |
688-3954 |
PARENT SUPPORT GROUPS |
Parent Support Group (Parents Center, Santa Cruz)
This support group is for parents of children 1-12 years of age. No cost. Drop-in welcome. |
426-7322 |
Parent Support Groups (Walnut Avenue Women’s Center)
For women who have experienced abuse in their lives, and their children; for lesbian and bisexual women and their children; for women seeking work (Women’s Work Center); and GirlTalk, a curriculum-based support group for pregnant and parenting teen women. |
426-3062 |
Support Group for Parents of Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs Ongoing support groups include: informal weekly drop-in support groups in English and Spanish, a monthly "Special Feeders" support group, and workshops on parenting issues for families with special needs children |
English: 464-0669
Spanish: 477-4538 |
Support Group for Families/Caretakers of Children in the System of Care For families of children involved with Juvenile Justice, CPS, Children’s Mental Health, and special public school systems |
454-4961 |
Parent Support Group - Special Needs
Meets at Dominican Hospital Education Building - Nancy |
423-7713 |
