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> Helpline Youth Counseling
> Intercommunity Child Guidance
Center
> L.A. Center for
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
> Red Cross – Rio Hondo Chapter
> Whittier Meals on Wheals
> Southeast Area Social
Services Funding Authority
> The Retired & Senior
Volunteer Program
> Southern California Rehabilitation
Services
> Southern California Alcohol and
Drug Programs
> We Tip
> Women’s and
Children’s Crisis Shelter
 Catholic
Charities of Los Angeles
Since 1919, the organization has assisted people in need,
especially the poor. More than 20 programs staffed by
professionals and volunteers serve 200,000 people every year.
Services range from assistance for families living in poverty
to help for families making the transition from welfare dependency.
Services: after-school care for children, assistance to refuges
and immigrants, food programs for homeless, elderly and youth,
spiritual support, temporary shelter, psychological counseling
and welfare transition assistance.
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(562) 591-1351 |
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 Community
Advocates for People’s Choice
CAPC, Inc. is a nonprofit social service agency serving adult
disabled Pico Rivera residents. We provide supported employment,
supported living, independent living, and community inclusion
services. We have been providing services since 1984, are
a member of the Pico Rivera Chamber of Commerce, and receive
financial support from the City of Pico Rivera Community.
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 Consolidated
Youth Services Network
CYSN has since 1976 provided no-cost crisis intervention and
crime prevention services to youth under the age of 18 and
their families who meet certain income requirements.
Professionally –trained and licensed counselors offer
help with substance abuse, addictions, psychotherapy and intervention.
Services: Youth and family counseling, substance abuse
assistance anger management, psychological counseling, tutorial
services, parenting skills training, crisis intervention and
crime prevention training.
| Consolidated
Youth Services Network |
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(562) 630-1445 |
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Helpline Youth Counseling
Founded in 1971, the community-based youth and family service
organization provides comprehensive prevention and early intervention
counseling services to help reduce juvenile delinquency, child
abuse and neglect. HYC’s Youth services Division
offers specialized individual family and on-campus training
and workshops.
Services: Comprehensive prevention and early intervention
counseling, life-skills training, individual, group and family
counseling, parenting education and on-campus programs offered
to area schools.
| Helpline Youth Counseling |
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(562) 864-3722 |
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 Intercommunity
Child Guidance Center
ICGC provides children, adolescents and families in the community
with affordable, culturally-sensitive, and professional mental
health services. For 42 years, ICGC has offered child
abuse prevention services, free parenting education in English
and Spanish, anger management classes, and substance abuse
help and counseling for teens.
Services: Crisis intervention, parenting education, child
abuse prevention, mental health services, student training,
substance abuse treatment, foster care assessment, psychological
counseling and medication management.
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 L.A.
Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
L.A. CADA provides programs to help clients stop using drugs
and alcohol. The agency offers both outpatient and in-home
services to more than 4,500 people annually. Substance
abuse rehabilitation and educational programs are available,
along with individual and family counseling and anger management
training.
Services: Drug and alcohol rehabilitation for teens and adults,
live-in rug rehabilitation for mothers, parenting classes,
drug awareness education, HIV/AIDS awareness and HIV outreach
programs, counseling and family reunification.
| L.A. Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse |
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(562) 906-2676 |
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 Red
Cross Rio Hondo Chapter
The Rio Hondo Chapter of the American Red Cross helps prevent,
prepare for and respond to emergency situations. The
local chapter offers a variety of specialized training in
first-aid, disaster management, emergency response, pet first-aide,
CPR and lifesaving skills. Fire prevention, earthquake
preparedness and programs for seniors also are available.
Services: Emergency shelters, assistance for individuals and
families displaced by fire, flood or other disasters, immunizations,
lifesaving skills, CPR training, first-aid, emergency preparedness
planning, programs designed especially for elderly and home
safety training.
| Red Cross Rio Hondo Chapter |
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(562) 945-3944 |
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 Whittier
Meals on Wheals
The volunteer organization delivers meals to provide nourishing
food during a period of need and assuring a friendly interest
and helping hand so that people can remain self-sufficient
in their own homes. Since 1973, the agency has averaged 120
deliveries per day. Meals are delivered 5 days per week
by volunteers who donate there time and vehicles.
Services: Deliver meals to homebound disabled, aged, chronically
or terminally ill qualified persons.
| Whittier
Meals on Wheals |
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(562) 698-2750 |
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Southeast
Area Social Services Funding Authority
SASSFA is a public joint powers agency created in 1979 to
provide social programs for the elderly, the economically
disadvantaged and residents with special needs. From
respite care to in-home assessments, employment assistance
to youth programs, SASSFA assists people of all ages and backgrounds. SASSFA serves the cities of Pico Rivera, La Mirada, Los Nietos,
Santa Fe Springs and Whittier.
Services: Job search assistance, career planning, educational
training and peer counseling for youth, job retraining for
older adults, welfare-to-work program, care management, counseling,
telephone reassurance, prescription intervention and volunteer
opportunities.
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(562) 699-3231 |
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The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
RSVP helps people 55 years and older, retired or not, utilize
their skills by volunteering to help others based on their
skills, abilities and interests, and the needs of the community.
Volunteers are compensated for transportation expenses.
Services: Matches Senior citizens, with volunteer opportunities.
Services include grocery shopping for the frail and elderly,
literacy programs, and the Senior Volunteer Police Force.
| The
Retired & Senior Volunteer Program |
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(562) 907-6545 |
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 Southern
California Rehabilitation Services
SCRS provides independent-living services to clients in 17
cities throughout Southeast Los Angles County. Founded
in 1979, the agency offers a wide variety of programs to help
disabled persons lead productive, independent lives. All services
are offered free of charge.
Services: Housing assistance, personal care referral, cross
disability peer counseling, independent living skills training,
computer training, disability/sensitivity training, benefits
counseling, emergency bus and rail transportation, job search
and grocery shopping assistance.
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(562) 862-6531 |
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 Southern
California Alcohol and Drug Programs
Established in 1972, SCADP offers residential recovery programs
for men and women, as well as outpatient programs for youth,
adults and families. All services are offered in both
English and Spanish based on a sliding fee scale. Addiction
treatment is also available in sign language. The agency
also operates special programs for persons with AIDS or HIV,
the homeless and victims of domestic violence.
Services: Recovery and treatment programs for youth and adults
to overcome substance abuse, programs designed for Spanish-speaking
clients and families, victims of domestic violence and the
homeless, services for people living with AIDS or HIV, treatment
programs offered in Spanish and sign language.
| Southern
California Alcohol and Drug Programs |
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(562) 923-4545 |
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 We
Tip
We Tip accepts tips from anywhere in the United States, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands. The agency provides a hotline
24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All claims remain absolutely
anonymous. In 27 years of operation, no informant has
ever been identified, subpoenaed or called to testify.
Services: Provides nationwide hotlines answered by live operators
for callers to report crimes anonymously. Tips are immediately
forwarded to law enforcement agencies. Rewards are paid
anonymously through postmasters using a fictitious code name
and case number.
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(909) 987-5005 |
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 Women’s
and Children’s Crisis Shelter
WCCS provides emergency assistance and protection, including
shelter, food, clothing and financial aid, to battered women
and children. The agency also offers support and intervention
services to educate and assist victims. Programs are
available in English and Spanish.
Services: Emergency shelter, food, clothing and other
essentials for battered women and children, legal referrals,
financial aid, support counseling, housing placement assistance,
life skills training, transportation to and from appointments,
parenting classes and outreach services.
| Women’s and Children’s Crisis Shelter |
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(562) 945-3937 |
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