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FAMILY LIFE & SUPPORT NORTH STATE PARENT FAMILY RESOURCE GUIDE FALL/WINTER 2023
Children First Foster Family Agency; Shasta & Siskiyou Counties. Private, non- profit organization dedicated to helping change lives by providing a safe place for children to heal in a culture of love, accep- tance & consistency. childrenfirstffa.com.
Red Bluff. 590 Antelope Blvd. Bldg. B, Ste. 20. (530)443-8775.
Redding. 2608 Victor Ave., Ste. A. (530)364-5264.
Yreka. 544 N. Main St., Ste. 4. (530)684-
5371.
Children’s Hope Foster Family Agency; Gridley. Serves 12 North State counties, including Butte, Glenn & Tehama. Provides a wide variety of services & support to foster parents & children. Mission is to provide hope and nurturing guidance to our resource parents, foster children, and transition age youth through compassion- ate professional services. childrenshopeffa. org. 567 Virginia St. (530)846-4955.
Court Appointed Special Advocates Association (CASA); Redding. Serves Butte, Glenn, Shasta & Tehama Counties. Supports & promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so every abused or neglected child in the United States can be safe, have a permanent home & thrive. Casaforchildren.org for info on the CASA program. nvcss.org/casa/ for info on Butte, Glenn, Shasta & Tehama county programs.
Shasta & Tehama counties 2400 Washing- ton Ave. (530)254-CASA.
Butte, Glenn counties 10 Independence Circle, Chico. (530)521-3171
Environmental Alternatives. 15 counties served. A nonprofit corporation providing a variety of residential services to neglect- ed, abused & delinquent children. Pro- grams include foster care, group homes & transitional housing ea.org. (800)655-8350. Sierra Nevada Connections; Serving all California counties. We are an established non-profit, community-based family services agency that provides foster and adoption services in Chico, California. Our focus is on formulating healthy, stable, and loving relationships between Foster Youth and Resource Families. In addition to Fos- ter Care services, families are also licensed and trained for potential future adoption. Our other services include therapy and behavioral treatment, which are integrated into our program for both families and clients. 2550 Floral Ave Ste. #20, Chico, sierranc.org. (530)895-1110.
The Post Institute; Nationwide. Publisher of love-based, family-centered informa- tion for parents with adopted, foster & diagnosed children. Their approach to managing disruptive behaviors empowers parents of children with trauma histories to create a healing environment in the home. postinstitute.com.
Youth & Family Programs. Serving Butte
& Shasta Counties. Offers a distinctive, fam- ily-centered, team approach to foster care. Provides a full range of support services to children & teens ages 0-21, their birth fami- lies & the agency’s foster parents. ncyfp.org.
Chico 2577 California Park Dr. (530)893- 1614.
Redding 2770 Pioneer Dr. (530)365-9197.
Youth for Change Specialty Services; Butte & Shasta Counties. Offers homeless youth programs, foster family agency, school-based counseling, adoptions, wrap-around programs (parenting ser-
vices, therapy services & more), parenting workshops & more for the entire family. youth4change.org.
Butte County. 260 Cohasset Rd., Ste. 120. (530)877-1965.
Shasta County. 2400 Washington Ave., Ste. 102. (530)877-1965.
BUTTE COUNTY
Butte College Foster Kinship Care Ed- ucation Program; Oroville. Butte County (neighboring counties welcome). Ongoing trainings, parenting classes & workshops. Family enrichment training. Open & free to all. butte.edu/fosterkinship. 3536 Butte Campus Dr. (530)895-2511 530-895-2284.
Butte County Adoption Services; Oroville. Facilitates adoptions of abused
or neglected children in foster care when family reunification efforts fail. Requires dependency court involvement. Prospec- tive adoptive parents can be single or part- nered. Home ownership is not required. buttecounty.net/433/Butte-County-Adop- tions. 202 Mira Loma Dr. (530)538-5119.
SHASTA COUNTY
Krista Foster Homes. A nonprofit Chris- tian agency serving children & 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., Ste. 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 & friendly staff works closely with families to ensure the success
of foster placements, whether the child
needs standard or intensive level care & no matter the length of stay. readyforlife.net. 962 Maraglia St. (530)222-1826.
Shasta County HHSA Resource Family Approval; Redding. Adoption & foster care agency. shastacountycaresforkids.com. 1313 Yuba St. Resource Family Approval and adop- tions. (530)225-5791.
Stable Moments; Redding. A 10-month weekly mentorship program where foster & adopted children work on goals & develop life skills such as emotional awareness, self-regu- lation, anger management, healthy relation- ships, social cues & appropriate boundaries through Equine Assisted activities & learning (EAL). This program seeks to improve the life course of foster & adopted children who have experienced early developmental trauma. roughoutranch.org. 21449 Roughout Rd. (209)256-9640.
SISKIYOU COUNTY
Court Appointed Special Advocates Association (CASA); Yreka. Serves Siskiyou County. Recruits, screens and trains com- munity volunteer advocates. Our mission is to monitor foster children’s progress through court proceedings, assess and in- form the court of the children’s needs and progress and work toward permanent and safe placement of each child in a timely manner. 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 & child abuse hotline. tcdss.org. 310 S. Main St. (530)527-1911.
GRIEF SUPPORT
ONLINE
Hospice Foundation of America. Hospice offers information online to help with understanding challenges that need to be faced when coping with grief. Local hos- pice programs often offer grief support. hospicefoundation.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 & families who are grieving can share their experiences before & after death. Offers training locally, nationally, internation- ally, grief education & training, community support & response, grief support, podcast & bookstore. dougy.org. (503)775-5683.
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!
Learn how you can make a difffference in the life of a child, become a Court Appointed Special Advocate
Call 844-25-4CASA E @NVCSSCASA
A program of Northern Valley Catholic Social Service, serving Butte, Glenn, Shasta & Tehama Counties.
Visit nvcss.org for more information.
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