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SINGLE PARENT RESOURCES NORTH STATE PARENT FAMILY RESOURCE GUIDE FALL/WINTER 2024/2025
CARET-SQUARE-RIGHT HelpforLow-IncomeSingleParents and Families
Community Services & Development (CSD). A department of the California Health and Human Services Agency. Lower income single parents can receive resources to help them achieve and main- tain self-sufficiency, assistance with rent, help with paying home energy bills and aid in finding and residing in housing. csd.ca.gov. (866)675-6623.
Programs offered include:
• Community Services Block Grant (CSBG). Assists low-income single parents and individuals in attaining the knowledge, skills and motivation that is necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. The program provides shelter, food and health care needs to low-income people with im- mediate life necessities.
• Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Pro- gram (LIHEAP), Weatherization Assistance Program, and Reduced Rate Programs. Administered by the California State Department of Community Services & Development. Energy and utility saving programs provide direct help with pay- ing utility and heating bills, help lower energy bills and provide other forms of aid. (866)675-6623.
Child Care Assistance Programs. Eli- gible single parents in California can be provided subsidized child-care services by the three versions of this program; CalWORKs, Alternate Payment, and Child Protective Services. CalWORKs offers help to families that are in transition off cash aid or welfare assistance and grants. While the parents work, attend school
or college, seek work, or while they seek permanent housing in California, the Alternate Payment program helps pay for child support. For children who are in a neglectful household or living situation Child Protective services will pay for child-care. (213)240-5900.
Northern Valley Catholic Services. Free clothes and accessories for work, disaster relief, mental health services, immigration and legal assistance, CalFresh, CalWorks, housing assistance, special needs hous- ing assistance, baby care programs and classes, education and skills training, teen pregnancy programs. nvcss.org. (530) 241-0552, (800) 846-1451.
HELP WITH HOUSING
Section 8 Rent Vouchers. Vouchers
may be offered to eligible single parents. Case management and ongoing rental assistance are other services that are being offered by the federal government HUD program to those that qualify. For in- formation on how to get Housing Choice (Section 8) Vouchers hud.gov/topics/ housing_choice_voucher_program_sec- tion_8. (800)955-2232.
California Homebuyer’s Down Pay- ment Assistance Program (CHDAP). Administered by the California Housing
Finance Agency. Offers low interest rate first mortgage programs and a variety of down payment assistance programs to eligible first-time home buyers. calhfa. ca.gov. (877)922-5432.
California Mortgage Help and Foreclo- sure Aid. Offers single parents assistance to help prevent foreclosures. Offers re- sources for help with mortgage payments. camortgagerelief.org. (888)840-2594.
LOW-COST HEALTH INSURANCE & HEALTH CARE
Operation Access (OA). Provides unin- sured single parents with low income with diagnosis, free evaluation and sur- gical operations. Volunteer doctors and medical staff at participating hospitals perform the medical procedures. opera- tionaccess.org. (415)733-0052.
DEBT REDUCTION
California Dept of Financial Protection and Innovation. Information about
your rights regarding debt collection
and your rights concerning medical debt and charity health care. dfpi.ca.gov/divi- sion-of-consumer-financial-protection. Debt Reduction and Credit Counseling. Non-profit organizations can help single parents and individuals to get back on track with paying off debts and outstand- ing bills. There is no cost attached to many of these debt reduction programs but beware of scam companies that will end up not helping to reduce debt and charge high fees. Contact the National Foundation for Credit Counseling for a list of reputable organizations. nfcc.org. (800)388-2227.
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
California Rural Legal Assistance program. Free legal assistance for single parents and families in California from
the several non-profit law firms located across state. crla.org. (415)777-2752.
Law Help California Website. Helps people of low and moderate incomes find free legal aid programs in their commu- nities. 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-in- come 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, education issues. Has many programs to assist low with issues facing low-income adults and children.
LSNC Health Hotline assists with health care issues. lsnc.net. (916)551-2150.
Butte, Glenn and Tehama Counties: 541 Normal Ave., Chico. (530)345-9491 or (800)345-9491.
Shasta & Siskiyou Counties: 1370
West St., Redding. (530)241-3565 or (800)822-9687.
HELP WITH PHONE AND UTILITY BILLS
California LifeLine. Low-income house- holds can receive savings and low-cost phones, either cell or home, from the state of California. The program helps customers save a significant amount of money on their monthly bills. californial- ifeline.com. (866)272-0349.
California Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Provides assistance to eligible low-income house- holds with the goal of managing and meeting their immediate home heating and/or cooling needs. csd.ca.gov/pages/ liheapprogram.aspx. (866)675-6623 or (916)576-7109. TDD: (916)263-1402.
CA Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). Provides financial assistance to low-income Cali- fornians to help manage their residential water utility costs. csd.ca.gov/lihwap. (866)675-6623 or (916)576-7109. TDD: (916)263-1402.
FOOD BANKS
MULTIPLE COUNTIES
Self Help Home Improvement Project:
Redding. Provides free home weath- erization to low-income residents of Tehama and Shasta counties. Administers the LHWAP water payment assistance program. Provides free rehab services to low-income rural residents. shhip.org. 377 Meadowview, #100. (530)378-6900.
BUTTE COUNTY
Catholic Ladies Relief Society; Chico. Gives out food according to number of people in the family, once a month per family. Must provide an ID for everyone in their household. Emergency food given away on an as needed basis as long as food supplies last. Mon–Fri, 9am-12pm. 1386 Longfellow Ave. (530)895-8331. Chico Rescue Mission. Food boxes avail- able every Tue at 10am. chicorescuemis- sion.com. 2612 Esplanade. chicorescue- mission@yahoo.com. (530)343-1935. North State Food Bank; Oroville. Collects and distributes food throughout Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Plumas, Sierra and Tehama Counties. Multiple programs to help low-income families get the food and nu- trition they need each month. buttecaa. com. 2640 S. 5th Ave. (530)712-2600.
CARET-SQUARE-RIGHT ParentingandEnrichmentClasses
CARET-SQUARE-RIGHT ParentandSingleParentSupport
Groups
CARET-SQUARE-RIGHT Playgroups
CARET-SQUARE-RIGHT Separation&Divorce
HELP FOR LOW-INCOME
SINGLE PARENTS AND FAMILIES
ALL COUNTIES
California Department of Social Ser- vices. Numerous grants and assistance programs are offered to single parents by the California Department of Social Services. cdss.ca.gov. (916)651-8848. Some examples of the aid available:
• Cash aid programs for low-income single parents to help them meet their basic needs, employment, education and training programs to help fami-
lies get jobs and get on their way to self-sufficiency. For families in work activities, transportation, child-care, work expenses and counseling are
also made available. For families and caretakers with children, adults, seniors, disabled, children and adults, cash aid is available. (916)651-8848.
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Women Infants and Children (WIC), and the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP) will provide emergency food supplies to low-in- come single parents, can help those with lower income buy the food they need for households and help pregnant mothers and newborns. (800)852-5770 to contact WIC in California.
• CalWorks Child Care is a program that can help single moms transition from immediate, short-term needs to the more stable, long-term child-care. The goal here is to help families leave and remain off state aid. (916)657-1668.
• Cal-Learn is an assistance program
that focuses on helping parenting and pregnant teens attend and graduate from high school or the equivalent. Payments for necessary child-care are also included. For more information call Sutter Teen Programs. (916)262-9141.
• Medi-Cal is the equivalent of Medicaid in California. If both adults and children have limited income and resources, the program can pay for a variety of medi- cal services. (800)300-1506 to apply.
• CalWORKs Program will help single parents in California prepare for em- ployment. Transportation, child-care, and work-related or training-related ex- penses are some of the services offered. (916)657-2128.
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