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Support
for Families of Children with Disabilities actively collaborates
with a variety of government agencies, nonprofit, and service providers
to help develop more coordinated, family-friendly services.
Our partnerships include:
Open
Gate Family Resource Center:
A one-stop, family resource and information center. Support for
Families is the lead program agency. Members include: the San Francisco
Unified School District Special Education Intake Unit, Community
Mental Health, United Cerebral Palsy, Community Alliance for Special
Education (CASE), Community Advisory Committee for Special Education,
and the KIDS Project. For more information on Open Gate collaboration
and services, click here.
Family Voices of California:
Support for Families is the California Coordinator of 14 Family
Resource Centers promoting family-centered health care access for
children with special health needs. Family Voices of California
is part of the national Family Voices organization. For more information,
email fvca@supportforfamilies.org.
High
Risk Infant Interagency Council:
HRIIC is a San Francisco parent/professional body with the mission
to ensure that all children with special needs ages birth to three
receive services in a timely and coordinated way through interagency
collaboration.
HRIIC
members include representatives of public and private organizations,
including Regional Center, CCS, School District, Human Services,
early intervention providers, community agencies, and parents of
young children with special needs. For more information, email hriic@supportforfamilies.org.
Child
Care Inclusion Challenge Project:
A collaboration with the Department of Human Services, the Children's
Council, Wu Yee Children's Services and Support for Families to
increase access to appropriate inclusive childcare for children
with disabilities whose parents are making transition from welfare
to work.
Healthcare
Access Project: A collaboration among the Volunteer Legal
Services Program, Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Glide Memorial United
Methodist Church, and Support for Families to improve the health
of homeless and low-income children and adults with disabilities
in San Francisco.
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