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FAMILY LIFE & SUPPORT NORTH STATE PARENT FAMILY RESOURCE GUIDE SPRING/SUMMER 2025
Chico: 2577 California Park Dr. (530)893- 1614.
Redding: 2770 Pioneer Dr. (530)365-9197.
Youth for Change Specialty Services; Butte and Shasta Counties. Offers home- less youth programs, foster family agency, school-based counseling, adoptions, wrap-around programs (parenting services, therapy services and more), parenting workshops and more for the entire family. youth4change.org.
Butte County: 260 Cohasset Rd., Suite 120. (530)877-1965.
Shasta County: 2400 Washington Ave., Suite 102. (530)877-1965.
BUTTE COUNTY
Butte College Foster Kinship Care Ed- ucation Program; Oroville. Butte County (neighboring counties welcome). Ongoing trainings, parenting classes and workshops. Family enrichment training. Open and free to all. butte.edu/fosterkinship. 3536 Butte Campus Dr. (530)895-2511 or (530)895-2284. Butte County Adoption Services; Oroville. Facilitates adoptions of abused or neglect- ed children in foster care when family re- unification efforts fail. Requires dependen- cy court involvement. Prospective adoptive parents can be single or partnered. Home ownership is not required. buttecounty. net/433/Butte-County-Adoptions. 202 Mira Loma Dr. (530)538-5119.
SHASTA COUNTY
Krista Foster Homes. A nonprofit Christian agency serving children and families in Shasta County. Foster parents are desperately needed. Be the one to make a difference in a child’s life today. KristaFosterHomes.org. 1135 Pine St., Suite 21, Redding. (530)246-1259. Ready for Life Foster Family Agency; Redding. Partners with families in Northern California to approve, train and equip them to take foster children into their homes. Experienced, dedicated and friendly staff work closely with families to ensure the success of foster placements, whether the child needs standard or intensive level care and no matter the length of stay. readyfor- life.net. 962 Maraglia St. (530)222-1826. Shasta County HHSA Resource Family Approval; Redding. Adoption and foster care agency. shastacountycaresforkids. com. 1313 Yuba St. Resource family approv- al and adoptions. (530)225-5791.
SISKIYOU COUNTY
Court Appointed Special Advocates Association (CASA); Yreka. Serves Siskiyou County. Recruits, screens and trains com- munity volunteer advocates. Mission is to monitor foster children’s progress through court proceedings, assess and inform the court of the children’s needs and progress and work toward permanent and safe placement of each child in a timely man- ner. yesiskiyou.org/casa. (530)841-0844.
TEHAMA COUNTY
Tehama County Department of Social Services; Red Bluff. Connects children in difficult circumstances with loving foster families. Provides services for young adults who have aged out of the foster system but still need support. Also offers parent education classes and child abuse hotline. tcdss.org. 310 S. Main St. (530)527-1911.
GRIEF SUPPORT
ONLINE
Hospice Foundation of America. Offers information online to help with under- standing challenges that need to be faced when coping with grief. Local hospice programs often offer grief support. hos- picefoundation.org. (800)854-3402.
OTHER AREAS
Dougy Center; Portland, OR. The National Grief Center for Children & Families. Provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults and families who are grieving can share their experiences before and after death. Offers training locally, nationally, internation- ally, grief education and training, community support and response, grief support, podcast and bookstore. dougy.org. (503)775-5683.
Return Home; Auburn, WA. Natural end-of- life termination service gently transforms human remains into rich, fertile soil to return to the earth. Provides at-need death care. returnhome.com. 4146 B PI NW. (206)539- 1665.
Green Burial Council. Burial with mini-
mal environmental impact that aids in the conservation of natural resources, reduction of carbon emissions, protection of worker health and the restoration/preservation of habitat. Greenburialcouncil.org. (888)966- 1330.
Conservation Burial Alliance: conserva- tionburialalliance.org.
National Home Funeral Alliance: homefu- neralalliance.org.
The Forest: theforestconservationburial.org. BUTTE COUNTY
Camp Okizu; Oroville. Annual weekend bereavement camps for families and siblings who have lost a child/sibling to childhood cancer. okizu.org/programs/be- reavement-programs. (415)382-9083.
SHASTA COUNTY
Kids Grief Explorers Club; Redding. In-per- son grief group for kids. Meet in Caldwell Park. Littles Ages 6 – 8, Sept. 4 – Oct. 23, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:45pm. Middles Ages 9 – 12, Sept. 5 – Oct. 24, Thursdays, 5:30 - 6:45 pm. Visit ReddingRecreation.org and click "Register Online" to enroll your child today. The Instagram @Kids_Grief_Explorers_Club will be used to update families on future sessions and events, activities, grief resourc- es for children and families and to answer questions.
SISKIYOU COUNTY
Madrone Hospice; Yreka. Grief support and counseling services for those who have lost a loved one. All ages. madrone- hospice.org. 255 Collier Circle. (530)842- 3160.
Mercy Hospice; Mount Shasta. Serves South Siskiyou County. Grief support groups and one-on-one support for any- one who is grieving. mercymtshasta.org. 914 Pine St. (877)958-0539.
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
MULTIPLE COUNTIES
Law Help California Website. Helps people of low and moderate incomes find free legal aid programs in their communi- ties. Helps find answers to questions about legal rights and forms to help with legal problems. LawHelpCa.org.
Legal Services of Northern California. Serves all upper CA counties. Offers legal resources and research tools and provides civil representation to low-income clients. Assists with tenant, public benefits and unemployment issues. Helps grandparents raising grandchildren with guardianships, Calfresh, CAlworks, natural disaster, post conviction relief, in-home support services, name and gender change petitions, edu- cation issues. Has many programs to assist
Stable Moments; Redding. A 10-month weekly mentorship program where foster
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