Services in Palo Alto and Surrounding Areas
for Spanish Speakers 
Adolescent Counseling Services
4000 Middlefield Road, Room F-H
(650) 424-0852
Services include youth referral services; on campus counseling program for individual, family and groups for 6th-12th graders enrolled in PAUSD and their families; Caravan House provides a group home for emotionally disturbed girls; and an outpatient substance abuse program for youth age 12-18 and their families.
Adult and Child Guidance Center
950 W. Julian St., San Jose
(408) 292-9353
Individual, group, and family counseling with special therapies for abuse. Adolescent independent living skills.
Adult Independence Development Center
1601 Civic Center Dr., #100, Santa Clara
(408) 985-1243
Assistance in employment, counseling, benefits, housing and legal Issues.
AIDS Hotline: (800) FOR-AIDS
Al-Anon
1 West Campbell Ave, Room Q-82, Campbell
(408) 379-1051
Provides a support group for the families and friends of alcoholics.
ALLIANCE for Community Care
206 California Avenue
(650) 617-8340
Mental health services for adults affected by psychiatric problems and the homeless mentally ill.
American Red Cross
400 Mitchell Lane
(650) 688-0415
Casework services including crisis counseling and rental assistance.
Arbor Free Clinic
795 Willow Road, Menlo Park
(650) 493-5000 ext. 22844
Primary health care, free medication, health screening, and physicals for job applications. The clinic is open every Sunday from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.
ARIS of Santa Clara County
1550 The Alameda, #100, San Jose
(408) 293-2747
Companionship and practical support services for people with HIV/AIDS.
Ascent Employment Program
4900 Mitty Way, San Jose
(408) 257-8302
Assistance with resume preparation, transportation, clothing for interviews, and job referrals to persons just released form jail or drug and alcohol recovery programs as well as the general public. Job listings cover the entire range of employment from labor services to the professional level.
Asian Social Assistance Center (ASAC)
4030 Moorpark, Suite 211, San Jose
(408) 975-2730
Workshops, seminars, and counseling on immigration and resettlement issues.
Atypical Infant Motivation, Inc.
4115 Jacksol Dr., San Jose
(408) 559-1400
Provides an educational and physical stimulation program for developmentally disabled infants, age 36 months or under in home or school setting.
Avenidas (formerly SCC)
450 Bryant Street
(650) 326-5362
Electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and general maintenance repairs for homeowners age 60 or over.
Bay Area Adoption Service
465 Fairchild Dr., Suite 215, Mountain View
(650) 964-3800
This parent led licensed adoption agency performs home studies for adults who whish to adopt children from foreign countries.
Better Business Bureau of Santa Clara County
1530 Meridian Avenue, Suite 100, San Jose
(408) 445-3000
Information about local businesses and charitable organizations as well as mediation services.
Big Brothers- Big Sisters
1011 S. Winchester Blvd., #0-280, San Jose
(408)244-1911
Matches volunteers with children and youth in need of an adult role model. Other programs include a career mentoring program for teen mothers age 12-19 and for low-income youth, an a program for academically at-risk youth. http://www.infopoint.com/scv/orgs/bbbs
Bill Wilson Center
3490 The Alameda, San Jose
(408) 243-0222
Shelter and crisis counseling for runaways and homeless youth, counseling for families.
Boy Scouts of America
P.O. Box 51538
(650) 341-563
Provides a citizenship training and character development program including community service, camping, hiking and seamanship. Programs for physically disabled persons available.
California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing
111 N. Market St., #300, San Jose
(408) 277-1286
Licenses family child care homes and child care centers; handles complaints about these facilities.
California State Department of Youth Authority (CYA)
118 W. Taylor St., San Jose
(408) 277-1221
Supervises juvenile and young adult parolees from California Youth Authority Institutions. Parole Agents perform casework and short term counseling and make referrals to other agencies for long-term counseling or for other long term programs such as job training.
California State Employment Development Department (EDD) San Jose Disability Insurance Office
297 West Hedding, San Jose
(408) 277-9499
Provides cash payment of disability benefits to eligible workers.
California State Franchise Tax Board- Information Center for the Deaf
Sacramento
TTY (800) 822-6268
This center has a teletypewriter (TTY) equipment to respond directly to deaf persons who have questions and need information about California State offices and services.
California State Franchise Tax Board- Homeowner and Renter Assistance Programs
P.O. Box 651, Sacramento
(800) 852-5711
Processes property tax reimbursement for low-income homeowners or renters who are elderly or disabled.
Career Action Center
10420 Bubb Road, # 100, Cupertino
(408) 253-3200
Employment information and counseling, workshops, and a resource library.
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County
2526 Zanker Road San Jose
(408) 468-0100
Offers a variety of human services to senior citizens, low-income individuals and immigrants in Santa Clara County, regardless of religion.
Center for Family Development
650 N. Winchester Blvd., Suite 3
(408) 248-9188, Ext. 2
Provides counseling for children, teens, adults, couples and families. Parent education classes are offered for parents of infants through adolescents. Works in Elementary schools offering on-site counseling, conflict resolution training, collaboration with teachers and small groups for children.
Center for Employment Training
701 Vine St., San Jose
(408) 533-2519
Vocational training, job placement, ESL, GED and remedial education.
Centro Bilingue
2450 Ralmar Avenue, #15, East Palo Alto
(650) 325-3161
Holds regular information sessions in Spanish for anyone with questions regarding immigration.
Child Abuse Prevention Center
350 Cambridge Avenue, Suite 50
(650) 327-8120
Child abuse information, education and prevention.
Child Quest International, Inc.
1625 The Alameda, Suite 400, San Jose
(408) 287-HOPE
Searches worldwide for missing children. Search and Support Team provides volunteers and employees who are available to search for a missing child. A Search and Safety Van, fully equipped with fax, computer and a copier, is used on site for immediate posters and media information.
Children's Health Council
700 Sand Hill Road
(650) 326-5530
A diagnostic and treatment center for children age 21 or under with emotional problems, learning disabilities, or neurologic problems.
Choices for Children
307 Orchard City Drive, #107, Campbell
(408) 374-2232
Provides child care referral to employees of certain companies and financial assistance for child care.
City of Palo Alto, Office of Human Services
4000 Middlefield Road, T2
(650) 329-2375
Human Services provides assistance to people in need through funding grants to non-profit organizations; working with commissions, task forces and committees; providing facilities for school age child care; and producing a variety of publications and special events. Funding is currently in the areas of senior services, child care services, mediation services, violence prevention services, disability services, family services and youth services. Human Services produces publications such as The Human Services Guide and The Tenant Guide. www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/humanservices
City of Palo Alto, Child Care and Family Services
4000 Middlefield Road, T2
(650) 329-2375
Administration of 12 school age child care programs located on-site at PAUSD elementary schools; information and referral to licensed child care centers and homes in Palo Alto; staff to Child Care Advisory Committee which focuses on child care land use issues. www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/childcare
City Team Ministries
2302 Zanker Road, San Jose
(408) 288-2153
City Team Rescue Mission/ Recovery Center provides food, shelter, clothing and services for homeless men.
Columbia San Jose Medical Center, Center for Rehabilitation
675 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose
(408) 977-4418
Rehabilitative services for patients recovering from head trauma or other brain injuries.
Community Association for Rehabilitation, Inc.
525 East Charleston Road
(650) 494-0550
A variety of programs serving infants, children and adults who are developmentally disabled. The agency provides information and referral to other programs for the disabled and serves as an advocacy group to the disabled.
Community Coordinated Child Development Council of Santa Clara County
798 North 1st Street, San Jose
(800) 675-6668
Child care referral to employees of certain companies and financial assistance for child care.
Community Housing Developers
255 North Market, #290, San Jose
(408) 279-7676
Rental housing for low-income households, shared senior housing, and below-market rate purchasing.
Community Technology Alliance
P.O. Box 1306, San Jose
(800) 7-SHELTER
Toll free access, 24 hours a day, to information regarding available shelter beds in the county.
Concern for the Poor, San Jose Family Shelter
1590 Las Plumas, San Jose
(408) 926-8885
Shelter for families, with meals, job and housing counseling, child care, and benefits information.
Consumer Credit Counseling Service for Santa Clara County
1852 De La Cruz, #204, Santa Clara
(408) 988-7881
CONTACT - Santa Clara County
P.O. Box 8021, San Jose
(408) 279-8228
24-hour telephone crisis intervention counseling for parental stress.
Council on Aging of Santa Clara County, Inc.
2115 The Alameda, San Jose
(408) 296-8290
Palo Alto (650) 329-0888
Designated by the State of California as the official agency to plan for needs of seniors and to administer allocations of the Federal Older American Act, Title III funds. Planning and coordination include developing leadership, advocacy, determining needs, establishing objectives, conducting evaluations, holding public hearings and providing technical assistance and coordination. Funded services include congregate and home-delivered meals, legal aid, transportation, in-home nursing and homemaker care, adult day and adult day health care and case management services.
Cross Cultural Community Services Ctr.
2268-A Quimby Road, San Jose
(408) 223-6681
Naturalization test services
California Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Contractor's State License Board
100 Paseo de San Antonio, #319, San Jose
(408) 277-1244
Investigates complaints against licensed or unlicensed contractors.
California Dept. of Rehabilitation
100 Paseo of San Antonio, San Jose
(408) 277-1355
Assists vocationally disabled persons enter or return to work and live more independently.
Crisis Line for the Handicapped
P.O. box 24791, San Jose
(800) 426-4263
24-hour hotline for the physically and mentally disabled and their families.
Deaf Counseling Advocacy and Referral Agency (DCARA)
540 Bird Avenue, San Jose
(408) 298-6770
(408) 298-5443 (TDD)
Sign language information, independent living skills training, peer counseling, job-seeking skills training.
Eastfield Ming Quong
251 Llewellyn Avenue, Campbell
(408) 379-3796
Residential and intensive in-home treatment for children who are in emotional or behavioral crisis, counseling for families.
Emergency Housing Consortium
P.O. Box 2346, San Jose
(408) 291-5440
Operates several emergency and transitional housing facilities for families with children or couples in crisis.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
901 Market St. San Francisco
(800) USA-EEOC
The federal government (EEOC) also investigates cases of employment discrimination because of race or national origin, sex, religion, pregnancy, age discrimination for persons age 40-70, or physical condition.
Family Caregiver Alliance- Bay Area Caregiver Resource Center
425 Bush Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco
(415) 434-3388
Offers a comprehensive range of services for families, friends, and those concerned with and caring for a brain-impaired adult. Goals are to provide emotional support, education, consultation, advice and promote appropriate support services including respite assistance for families. www.caregiver.org
Family Service Association of Santa Clara Valley
278 Hope Street, Suite D, Mountain View
(650) 968-3371
A variety of counseling services dealing with individual and/or family issues, drug use, problems of aging, and other stress-causing issues.
Family Service Mid- Peninsula
375 Cambridge Avenue
(650) 326-6576
Counseling, support groups, single parent services, and telephone hotlines for parents and teenagers.
Friends Outside
551 Stockton Avenue, San Jose
(408) 295-6033
Services for families of incarcerated persons.
Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County
(650) 968-8396
Good Samaritan Charitable Trust Visiting Nurse Association
2025 Gateway Place, Suite 205, San Jose
(408) 452-1380
AIDS Project provides nurse and social work case management for individuals with AIDS/HIV. Programs include: Community Wellness Program, Health Ministries Programs, Homemaker Services and Meals on Wheels.
Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara County
1080 North 7th Street, San Jose
(408) 998-5774
(408) 294-5561 (TDD)
Vocational evaluation and education for disabled or economically disadvantaged adults.
Greater Opportunities for the Developmentally Disabled
3550 Stevens Creek Blvd., #230, San Jose
(408) 248-4464
Independent living centers, comprehensive family services, supported living, and independent-living skills training for developmentally disabled adults.
Health Education and Training Center
105 North 14th Street, San Jose
(408) 881-0230
Provides culturally sensitive health education to individuals and health care professionals. Advocates for increased access to health care. Also offers diversity management assessment, technical assistance, program development, and conflict resolution. El Pueblo Against AIDS is a multi-cultural approach to HIV education. Pro-Latino provides support and recreational services to gay, lesbian and bisexual Latinos.
Hope Rehabilitation Services
4351 Lafayette Street, Santa Clara
(408) 748-2850
Employment preparation, supported living and life skills training for adults; supportive services for parents of developmentally disabled children.
Housing Authority
505 W. Julian St., San Jose
(408) 275-8770
(408) 993-3041 (TDD)
Administers HUD-funded rent assistance program.
Inn Vision
974 Willow Street, San Jose
(408) 292-4286
Offers comprehensive services to needy, homeless and disadvantaged persons in Santa Clara County.
Jewish Family and Children's Services
480 California Avenue, Suite 303
(650) 326-6696
Provides adult, child, marital and family counseling, senior outreach and home care services for the elderly and disabled. Offers information on and referrals to related resources.
Jewish Family Services of Santa Clara County
4855 Oka Road, #3
(408) 356-7576
Provides a variety of services to individuals in Santa Clara County, regardless of religion, race or sex. Provides individual, group, and family counseling, family life education groups and consultation services. ESL, vocational retraining and citizenship preparation classes are offered. Provides casework and outreach services for seniors and their families.
Kara
457 Kingsley Avenue
(650) 321-5272
Emotional support and counseling for anyone coping with a life-threatening illness or death.
Legal Aid Society
480 North 1st Street, San Jose
(408) 283-1540
Information on tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities, subsidized housing, affordable housing, mediation of disputes, and mortgage and foreclosure matters.
Lion's Blind Center of the Santa Clara Valley
101 North Bascom Avenue
(408) 295-4016
Provides educational and recreational classes for blind and visually impaired persons, with monthly field trips available. Computer instructor for totally blind and low-vision clients, one-on-one by appointment only. A complete listing of classes and activities is available in large print, braille and on cassette tape.
Loaves and Fishes Family Kitchen
389 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose
(408) 293-4505
Located at St. Patrick's, provides a hot, evening meal on Sunday, 3p.m., for everyone and Monday and Thursday, 4p.m., for seniors and single women, 4:30p.m., for families. Activities provided for children before and after meals.
La Comida de California- Senior Center of Palo Alto
450 Bryant Street
(650) 322-3742
A hot, three-course meal served in the company of others age 60 or over. Weekdays, 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Reservations recommended. Donation $1.00.
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
725 Welch Road
(650) 497-8470
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is dedicated to the health and well-being of children. Through its 162-bed inpatient units and more than 40 specialty clinics, the hospital provides comprehensive services. Its staff and programs are an accessible resource for parents, health professionals, educators and others committed to better lives for our children. http://www-med.stanford.edu/lpch
MayView Community Health Center
270 Grant Avenue
(650) 327-8717
General non-emergency medical clinic
Mental Research Institute
555 Middlefield Road
(650) 321-3055 Mental health services for individuals, couples, and families, including clinic services for Spanish-speaking clients.
Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing
457 Kingsley Avenue
(650) 327-1718
Investigates reports of housing discrimination
MidPeninsula Continuous Care Services, Inc.
550 California Avenue, Suite 101
(650) 354-1674
MidPeninsula Continuous Care is a state-licensed provider of in-home private-duty nursing and attendant care. Caregivers are available on a 2 to 24 hour basis, seven days a week, short-term or long-term, skilled or custodial. Caregivers include registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, home health aides, certified nurse assistants and live-ins.
MidPeninsula Homecare and Hospice Services (MPHCH)
201 San Antonio Circle, Suite 135, Mountain View
(650) 949-3029
State-licensed, Medicare-certified home health agency providing skilled, intermittent home health and hospice services at home. MidPeninsula Home Care and Hospice is part of a family of home care services affiliated with El Camino Hospital and Sequoia Hospital. The goal is to provide comprehensive, high-quality services while making access to services easy for patients and families as well as physicians and others coordinating their care.
Mid-Peninsula Speech and Language Clinic
445 E. Charleston Road
(650) 493-8111
Provides evaluation, therapy and follow-up to persons of any age who have speech, language or learning disorders.
Next Door, Solutions to Domestic Violence
1181 North 4th Street, Suite A
(408) 279-7550
24-hour hotline: (408) 279-2962
Offers programs for victims of domestic violence including shelter, individual crisis counseling and therapy, legal advice, temporary restraining order assistance, support groups, and information and referral. The shelter is a 19-bed residential facility for women and children in immediate danger in which residents can stay up to 30 days. A counselor will plan with residents for income and housing.
North Valley Private Industry Council
505 W. Olive Avenue, #550, Sunnyvale
(408) 730-7232
(408) 730-7501 (TDD)
Vocational and on-the-job training, counseling, support services, job referrals and placement for youth, seniors and unemployed, laid-off workers.
OUTREACH
97 East Brokaw Road, Suite 140, San Jose
(408) 436-2865
Transportation, outreach and a money management service for seniors.
PACE
(800) 541-9922
Child care subsidies in Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Community Child Care
3990 Ventura Court
(650) 493-2361
Licensed child care programs for infant/ toddlers, preschoolers, and school age children. Subsidy programs available. http://www.paccc.com/
Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
2470 El Camino Real, Suite 107
(650) 858-0202
Information, job readiness training, mobility training, low vision optometric clinic
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
The Clinic provides a full range of primary care, specialty and sub-specialty medical services, including state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging technologies. More than 130 physicians and 600 support staff serve patients in the main clinic. http://www.pamf.org
Palo Alto Cultural Center
1313 Newell Road
(650) 329-2366
The Cultural Center has an art facility with three exhibition galleries. Classes and master workshops for adults and children in fine art are offered. There is also a dance studio and a ceramics studio available for drop in use.
Palo Alto Housing Corporation
540 Cowper Street, Suite 201
(650) 321-4341
Fosters, develops, acquires, rehabilitates and operates affordable housing benefiting low- and moderate-income families, seniors and the disabled in Palo Alto. Maintains a waiting list for Palo Alto residents or workers for Below Market Rate (BMR) housing purchase program. Provides information on local housing services including federally subsidized housing developments on the Mid-Peninsula.
Parent Talk/ Mid-Peninsula Access Corporation
Parents helping Parents- The Resource Center
3041 Olcott Street, Santa Clara
(408) 727-5775
Provides information, education and training for parents and professionals, support, infant gift bonding program, information and referral to community resources and case management or service coordination assistance.
Pathway Society
1659 Scott Blvd., #30, Santa Clara
(408) 244-1834
Individual, family and group counseling
PCC/ Zonta
3860 Middlefield Road
(650) 494-1220
A year-round day treatment and special education program for children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, developmental, or learning handicaps.
Portuguese Organization for Social Services Opportunities, Portuguese Community Center
1115 East Santa Clara St, San Jose
(408) 293-0877
Provides recreational activities, legal aid, escort for seniors, information and referral to related resources, interpretation ad translation. Also provides English as a Second Language (ESL) and citizenship classes. Brown bag food distribution on Wednesdays and a nutrition lunch program is offered on Tuesdays an Thursdays.
Pre-School Family- PAUSD
4120 Middlefield Road
(650) 856-0833
This parent education program helps parents learn about child development and parenting. Children from birth through age four meet in morning sessions. Each child's mother and/or father attends once a week with the child. In addition, parents meet two or three times a month for discussion classes.
Pro Bono Project
P.O. Box 103, San Jose
(408) 998-5298
Free legal services for low-income people.
Project Match
555 Meridian Avenue, San Jose
(408) 287-7121
The Housing Match Program provides matches for shared housing arrangements for seniors and low-income adults.
Project Sentinel
430 Sherman Avenue, #308
(650) 321-6291
Provides complaint investigation for cases of housing discrimination (race, children, handicap, religion, national origin, etc.) and also provides information and referrals for all of northern California through the state-funded Housing discrimination Hotline, 650- HOUSING.
Research Institute (PAMF)
860 Bryant Street
(650) 326-8120
A facility for basic medical and biological research, clinical research and medical evaluation.
Salvation Army Santa Clara County Social Services Department
P.O. Box 2-D, San Jose
(408) 282-1165
The Social Services Department provides emergency assistance including food, medical assistance, and clothing, rent assistance, back to school, transportation, utility payments and shelter for persons in immediate need. Information on and referrals to related resources. Offers household budget counseling. Coordinates utility payment assistance program (REACH) for PG&E.
San Andreas Regional Center
P.O. Box 50002, San Jose
(408) 374-9960
Provides case management services, diagnosis and evaluation, individual program planning, admission to and discharge from state developmental centers, out-of-home placement, court-ordered evaluation, guardianship services, counseling and advocacy, and the purchase of a wide array of services based on an assessment of the individuals' needs. Offers information and referral to related resources. Community education regarding developmental disabilities available.
San Clara County Bar Association Law Foundation
111 West St. John, #315, San Jose
(408) 293-4790 ext. 419
(408) 294-5667 (TDD)
Legal services, information, and advocacy in the areas of mental health, abused and neglected children, AIDS, and public interest law.
Santa Clara County, Office of Human Relations
70 West Hedding, Lower Level, West Wing, San Jose
(408) 299-2206
Works to eliminate prejudice and discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, cultural background, sex, age, sexual orientation, or physical disability through education, investigation of complaints and mediation. Issues of concern are homelessness, hate crimes, and prejudice reduction and employment/ housing discrimination.
Santa Clara County, Office of the District Attorney
70 West Hedding St, West Wing, San Jose
(408) 299-7400
Prosecutes criminal cases, files civil and criminal consumer fraud complaints, files parental child stealing complaints and represents children in certain juvenile cases.
Santa Clara County Probation Dept. Juvenile Div. Early Intervention, Prevention and Diversion
840 Guadalupe Parkway, San Jose
(408) 435-2262
Programs for predelinquent or troubled youth.
Santa Clara County Social Services Agency, Department of Aging and Adult Services
1725 Technology Drive, San Jose
(408) 441-5666
Adult Protective Services provides casework services to protect elder and dependent adults from neglect, abuse, exploitation or mistreatment. Includes investigation, assessment, counseling, case management and supervision.
Santa Clara County Social Services Agency, Department of Family and Children Services
1725 Technology Drive, San Jose
(408) 441-5656
Emergency response services program is a 24-hour response system for children, who are in danger of abuse, neglect or assault. Risk to children is assessed and short-term services provided as appropriate. Children's Shelter provides temporary emergency residential care, custody, supervision and counseling for abused and neglected children until a decision regarding appropriate placement can be made. Foster Home Adoptions and Licensing Program provides services to license people who are interested in becoming foster parents or adopting a child.
Santa Clara County Social Services Agency, Department of Income Maintenance, Medi-Cal Eligibility Unit
751 South Bascom Avenue, Bldg. H-25
(408) 299-6393
Public assistance program which provides full or partial payment for necessary health care services at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center for low-income residents. Requires proof of income and residency.
Santa Clara County Social Services Agency, Veterans Service Office
1650-A Las Plumas Drive, San Jose
(408) 928-3838
Assists veterans and their dependents in obtaining the maximum benefits for which they are eligible from federal and state agencies.
Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System, Public Health Nursing
660 S. Fairoaks Avenue, Sunnyvale
(408) 732-3720
Health education and counseling, TB and blood pressure screening, and immunizations.
Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System, Public Health Dept. California Children Services
720 Empey Way, San Jose
(408) 299-5891
Coordinates and finances medical care for certain catastrophic and chronic conditions for children and adolescents whose parents are unable to afford treatment.
Dept. of Alcohol & Drug Services/ North County Treatment & Recovery Center
231 Grant Avenue
(650) 328-1441
Stride Program provides a structured early recovery program for adults using or having a problem with drugs. Provides individual, group and family alcohol and drug counseling and outreach services.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara County and San Mateo County
P.O. Box 24595
(408) 356-6711
Distributes surplus and non-marketable food to nonprofit agencies that provide meals or food boxes to low-income families and individuals.
Sensory Access Foundation 385 Sherman Avenue, Suite 2
(650) 329-0430
Provides workplace accommodations that allow employees to successfully perform their jobs, such as specialized hardware/software that allow these employees to receive, send and use information as their fully-sighted associates. Includes job preparation and placement, on the job equipment loan, and information and referral.
Social Security Administration (SSA) District Office
280 South 1st St., #244, San Jose
(800) 772-1213
Administers Retirement, Survivors, Disability Insurance, Medicare, Title II, XVI, and XVIII monies and Supplemental Security Income. Issues Social Security numbers and insures employer cooperation with various laws and regulations of above programs by investigating, mediating and taking legal action when necessary.
Stanford Family Practice
900 Blake Wilbur Drive, #W-2030
(650) 723-6963
Provides a full range of primary medical care including family medical care, medical specialty care (pediatrics, gynecology, obstetrics, adult and geriatric medicine) 24-hour medical coverage, laboratory and pharmacy, and health education.
Stanford Health Services/ Stanford Arthritis Center/ Stanford Patient Education Research Center
1000 Welch Road, Suite 204
(800) 725-9424
The Stanford Patient Education Research Center and the Stanford Arthritis Center conduct patient education and research and provide information on arthritis. Patient education classes offered.
Stanford University Hospital Home Health Care Services
211 Quarry Road, Hoover Pavilion
(650) 723-1600
Provides in-home nursing services and visits by physical, occupational and speech therapists and medical social workers. Home health aides offer personal care and meal preparation. Specialty programs include home infusion therapy, ostomy care, pediatric visits, catheter care, and instruction in self-care techniques and collection of specimens for laboratory tests.
Support Network for Battered Women
444 Castro St., Mountain View
(800) 572-2782
Crisis intervention, counseling and assistance.
Touchstone Support Network
378 Cambridge Avenue, Suite K
(650) 328-4495
Support services for seriously ill children, birth to age 29, and their families and friends affected by the child's chronic or life-threatening illness.
United States Government Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) 3801 Miranda Avenue (182B1 MP)
(650) 493-5000 ext. 62140
Provides medical and social services to homebound veterans. The team is composed of a physician, nurses, social worker, dietitian, pharmacist, and occupational therapist.
Urban Ministries of Palo Alto
P.O. Box 213
(650) 853-8672
Lunch and dinner provided at various churches in Palo Alto and Menlo Park on designated days.
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
333 North 1st St., San Jose
(800) 894-9908
(408) 321-2330 (TTY)
Oversees the public transportation system for Santa Clara Valley, which includes passenger lifts for disabled riders on selected lines. Paratransit service is available for eligible users through a contract with Outreach and Escort. Also administers the light rail service which provides passenger lifts at each station.
Via Rehabilitation Services, Inc.
2851 Park Avenue, Santa Clara
(408) 243-7861
Provides rehabilitation, therapeutic recreation, respite, day care, and education services in four facilities throughout Santa Clara County.
Women and Their Children's Housing (WATCH)
P.O. Box 361358, Milpitas
(408) 942-0209
Provides subsidized transitional housing and a comprehensive support services program to battered women and their children who have resided in a homeless shelter or have received crisis intervention services within the past year. Applicants must have a restraining order and have applied for victim witness assistance before entering program.
Youth and Family Assistance Daybreak Program
639 Douglas Ave., Redwood City
(650) 364-4633
A shelter for homeless teens age 16-19.
YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula
4161 Alma Street
(650) 494-0972
Educational/ heath classes, workshops, and support groups targeted to women and children; English as a Second Language classes; Child Assault Prevention Project (CAPP); Rape Crisis Center; child care for infants & toddlers; Women Entrepreneurs Program (WEP) assists women in starting and maintaining their own businesses; AIDS Prevention Project (APP); and multicultural programs. |
