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Annie Folger
Executive Director
Mid-Peninsula Community Media Center
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Melinda Wing
Supervisor
Palo Alto Children's Library
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Scott Glissmeyer
Executive Director
YMCA of the
Mid-Peninsula
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Highlighted Commnunity Resources Websites

City of Palo Alto, http://www.cityofpaloalto.org

Palo Alto Online (Online community information about classes and places to go) http://www.PaloAltoOnline .com

Avenidas (Senior services) http://www.avenidas.org

Hands on Bay Area (formerly Community Impact)
(Volunteer opportunities) http://www.co mmunityimpact.org

Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County http://www.legalaidsociety.org

YMCA of the Mid-Peninusla http://www.ymcamidpen.org

Highlighted Community Resources
Browse the Basic Needs Highlights listed below for a sampling of our database. Click on the agency name for more information about their services and programs.	Begin your own search for additional resources.

City of Palo Alto Resources
Arts and Culture Division	650-329-2227
Child and Family Resources	650-329-2221
Children's Theatre	650-463-4930
Cubberley Community Center & Human Services Division	650-329-2375
Family Resources	650-329-2221
Junior Museum & Zoo	650-329-2111
Library Services Department	650-329-2516
Lucie Stern Community Center	650-463-4900
Palo Alto Art Center	650-329-2366

Legal Services
Mid-Peninsula Citizens for Fair Housing	650-327-1718
Palo Alto Area Bar Association	650-326-8322
Pro Bono Project of Santa Clara County	408-998-5298
Senior Adults Legal Assistance (SALA)	650-969-8656

Consumer Services
Better Business Bureau of Santa Clara County (BBB)	408-278-7400
Federal Citizen Information Center	800-333-4636 (FED-INFO)
Kids In Danger	312-595-0649 (product safety)
Palo Alto Mediation Program	650-856-4062

Discrimination
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU)	415-621-2488
California State Department of Fair Employment and Housing	800-884-1684
Mid-Peninsula Citizens for Fair Housing	650-327-1718
Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition	650-356-2900
Palo Alto Mediation Program	650-856-4062
Project Sentinel	650-321-6291

Fair Housing & Mediation
California State Department of Fair Employment and Housing	800-884-1684
Mid-Peninsula Citizens for Fair Housing	650-327-1718
Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition	650-356-2900
Palo Alto Mediation Program	650-856-4062
Project Sentinel	650-321-6291

Immigration/ Naturalization
Centro Bilingue	650-325-3161
U.S. Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services	800-375-5283

Family Life

Adoption
Bay Area Adoption Services	650-964-3800
FAIR (Families Adopting in Response)	650-856-3513

Foster Care
Bill Wilson Center	408-243-0222
Child Advocates of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties	408-416-0400
Families First	408-369-2220

Family Law
Family and Children Services (formerly Family Service Mid-Peninsula, and Adult and Child Guidance Center)	650-326-6576

Family Violence
Adult Protective Services (APS)	408-928-3860
Al-Anon	408-379-9375
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)	408-374-8511 408-297-
Bill Wilson Center	408-243-0222
Child Abuse Prevention Center (formerly Child Advocacy Council)	650-688-1900
Child Abuse Reporting	650-493-1186
Child Advocates of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties	408-416-0400
Elder Adult Protective Services Reporting Center, Santa Clara Social Services Agency	408-928-3860
Family and Children Services (formerly Family Service Mid-Peninsula, and Adult and Child Guidance Center)	650-326-6576
InnVision (CMA) Clara-Mateo Alliance	650-326-9898, 650-326-2983, 650-326-1986
Santa Clara Social Advocates for Youth (SAY)	650-961-2622

Parent Resources
AchieveKids (formerly PCC/ Zonta)	650-494-1200
Child Abuse Prevention Center (formerly Child Advocacy Council)	650-688-1900
Children's Health Council (CHC), The	650-617-3815
Jewish Family and Children's Services Parents Place on the Peninsula	650-688-3040
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Family Resource Center	650-497-8102
Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD)	650-329-3700
Parents Helping Parents, Inc. (PHP)	408-727-5775
Stanford University	650-723-2660

Recreational & Leisure Instruction
Avenidas	650-289-5400
City of Palo Alto, Arts and Culture Division	650-329-2366
YMCA	650-328-9622
YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula	650-856-9622

Senior Services
Adult Protective Services (APS)	408-928-3860
Avenidas	650-289-5400
California State Franchise Tax Board	800-338-0505
Chinese Community Center of the Peninsula	650-324-4786
El Camino Hospital Auxiliary	650-940-7214
Jewish Family and Children's Service	650-688-3000
North Valley Workforce Board	408-730-7240
OUTREACH and ESCORT	408-436-2865
Senior Adults Legal Assistance (SALA)	650-969-8656

Support Services

Group Residences
ALLIANCE for Community Care	650-617-8340
Bill Wilson Center	408-243-0222
Green Pastures, Inc.	650-965-2333
La Selva Residential Treatment Program	650-323-1401
Santa Clara Social Advocates for Youth (SAY)	650-961-2622

Respite Care, In-Home Assistance
Green Pastures, Inc.	650-965-2333
Pathways Private Duty (formerly MidPeninsula Continuous Care)	408-730-1500

Support Groups
Al-Anon	408-379-9375
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)	408-374-8511 408-297-
ALLIANCE for Community Care	650-617-8340
Ecumenical Hunger Program	650-323-7781
FAIR (Families Adopting in Response)	650-856-3513
Family and Children Services (formerly Family Service Mid-Peninsula, and Adult and Child Guidance Center)	650-326-6576
Greater Opportunities for the Developmentally Disabled	408-248-4464
Jewish Family and Children's Services Parents Place on the Peninsula	650-688-3040
Kara	650-321-5272
Parents Helping Parents, Inc. (PHP)	408-727-5775
Santa Clara County Social Services Agency	408-491-6750

Telephone Reassurance
El Camino Hospital Auxiliary	650-940-7214

Volunteering, Community Service
Avenidas	650-289-5400
Canopy: Trees for Palo Alto	650-964-6110
Career Closet, Santa Clara County	408-451-1200
Child Abuse Prevention Center (formerly Child Advocacy Council)	650-688-1900
Children's Health Council (CHC), The	650-617-3815
Chinese Community Center of the Peninsula	650-324-4786
City of Palo Alto	650-329-2111
Committee for Green Foothills	650-968-7243
Community Breast Health Project	650-326-6686
Crisis Line for the Handicapped	408-264-3066 800-426-4263
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Family Resource Center	650-497-8102
Menlo Park Public Library	650-330-2525
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto	650-321-3891
Partners in Learning	650-369-1411
Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired	650-858-0202
Pro Bono Project of Santa Clara County	408-998-5298
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Northern California Unit	650-493-3717
Suicide and Crisis Line (SACS), North County	650-494-8420

Information Services, Community Groups
City of Palo Alto	650-329-2221
Midpeninsula Community Media Center, the "Media Center"	650-494-8686
Palo Alto Daily News	650-327-9090
Palo Alto Online	650-326-8210
Palo Alto Weekly	650-326-8210