Runaway/Homeless Youth Helplines | Family Urgent Response System (FUR) - CDSS
744 P Street, MS 8-13-66, Sacramento, CA 95814
Foster youth or caregivers of foster youth children.
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24 hours daily
Main Number
English only
Call for information and support
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Offers a coordinated statewide, regional, and county-level system designed to provide collaborative and timely state-level phone-based response and county-level in-home, in-person mobile response during situations of instability, to preserve the relationship of the caregiver and the child or youth. Service includes a toll-free hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week staffed with counselors trained in conflict resolution and de-escalation techniques for children and youth impacted by trauma. County Mobile Response System and Stabilization Teams also available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In-home de-escalation, stabilization, conflict resolution, and support services and resources. Ongoing support services beyond the initial mobile response.
California State Department of Social Services
Provides oversight to many social services including Children & Family Services, Child Welfare Services/Case Management System, Community Care Licensing, Continuing Care Retirement Community, Food Stamp Programs, Foster Care Ombudsman, Office of Child Abuse Prevention, Office of Deaf Access, Office of Services to the Blind, Refugee Programs Bureau, Safely Surrendered Baby Law, Welfare to Work Division.