Adoption Assistance

• Adopt a Special Kid - Provides education and support services to adoptive and foster families and children.

Basic Needs

• Alameda County Community Food Bank - Weekend healthy food for more than 800 children.

• Bay Area Crisis Nursery - Temporary shelter for over 1,000 East Bay children whose families are in crisis.

Child Abuse Prevention and Support Services

• Family Stress Center - Respite Nursery in Concord for children ages 0-5 at risk of neglect or abuse.

• CALICO Center - Oakland and San Leandro Facilities provide a supportive interview environment for child victims of sexual abuse.

• Child Abuse Prevention of Contra Costa - Teaches parenting skills to low-income, Spanish-speaking new mothers.

• Community Violence Solutions - Psychotherapy for child victims of sexual assault and family violence.

Children with Special Needs

• We Care Services for Children - Summer camp program to assist families and their child with autism.

Counseling Services

• Ann Martin Center - Grief counseling and emotional support to families facing a tragic death or life-threatening illness.

Domestic Violence Counseling and Services

• A Safe Place - An Oakland facility offering shelter and counseling for child victims of domestic violence.

• Building Futures with Women and Children -– Emergency services, including access to health care, tutoring, and counseling for children at three Alameda County domestic violence shelters, and subsidized housing.

• Family Violence Law Center - Counsels young children in Oakland who have witnessed home violence.

• STAND! Against Domestic Violence - Educates and counsels Contra Costa teens about the cycle of violence.

Educational Support and Enrichment

• Campfire USA - After-school programs for at-risk children at a housing project in West Oakland.

• Center for Human Development - After-school programs for elementary school students in North Richmond

• Write to Read Youth Literacy Program - Runs libraries in two juvenile halls in Oakland.

Family Support

• Family Support Services of the Bay Area - A summer program for low-income children living with relatives.

• Through the Looking Glass - Crisis intervention services for families with a severely disabled child.

Homeless Services

• Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency - Academic support for children living in a shelter and transitional housing in Berkeley.

• Emergency Shelter Program - Provides shelter, support and education to women and children who are victims of domestic violence or homelessness.

• Oakland Elizabeth House - – On-going programs for children whose families are in transition from homelessness to self sufficiency.

• Shelter, Inc. - Education for children residing in transitional housing in Antioch.

• Sophia Project - Two Oakland locations providing education, childcare and other support for children and families at risk of recurring homelessness.

• Women's Daytime Drop-In Center - Services in Berkeley for homeless children and their mothers.

Mental Health Services for Trauma and Illness

• EBAC Circle of Care - Counseling for children coping with life-threatening illnesses of family members.

• Hospice and Palliative Care of Contra Costa; Comfort for Kids - Provides in-home medical, emotional, spiritual, and practical care for terminally ill children and their siblings in Northern California.

Teen Support/Outreach

• Youth ALIVE! - Recruits and trains teens for peer violence prevention program in East Oakland.

• Youth Movement Records - Involves youth through music, mentoring and entrepreneurship in order to reduce violence, develop skills and create community change.

Donations to Children's Support League, along with proceeds from our annual Kitchen and Home Tour, help us provide funds to these very worthy organizations. If you would like to help, please see Donation Information.