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Provides tools, from conversation guides to tips, about mental health and suicide prevention. Website has extensive information.

Provides talk tools, teen blogs, and stories to end discrimination surrounding mental health. Website has more information.

Offers suicide prevention research, educational materials and public awareness events. Hosts the Out of Darkness Walks and other events and activities for the Bay Area. Website has extensive information.

Provides HIV presentations, information videos, and brochures; referrals to community prevention activities and court-ordered reduction and risk-reduction services.

Offers website which includes education material, research results, and free resources for providers, caregivers, and parents. Website has extensive information and printed materials including screening and developmental guides, demo videos, resource library and learning activities. Information available in English and Spanish.

Provides educational materials, services and consultation to individuals, agencies and organizations on lung disease, smoking cessation, pollution, asthma, emphysema, tuberculosis, lung cancer, and other issues related to the lungs. Offers fundraising events such as runs, walks and climb-the-stairs.

Supports families of individuals with mental illnesses, educates families and the public about mental illness, advocates for improved treatment and treatment facilities, fight stigma and discrimination, supports legislation that helps those with neurobiological brain disorders, improves private and public sector policies, increases outreach to people with mental illnesses and their families. Refers clients to local support groups provided through other organizations or local churches.

Provides a variety of services for the deaf and hard of hearing including legal resources, education, advocacy, interpreter program, assists with relay programming, assistive devices, captioning programs, and more related to deafness from infants to seniors. Website contains extensive information and resources. Administers the Captioned Media Program.

Provides domestic violence intervention which consists of crisis and peer counseling, risk assessment, safety planning, domestic violence education, court accompaniment, legal advocacy and referrals, peer support groups and other related support resources for the clients and their family. STAND! has offices in Central, East and West counties, as well as services and shelters at confidential locations. Volunteers are used extensively.

Provides education and outreach on programs and services for older adults.

Provides information, written materials and technical assistance to businesses, the disabled community, state and local governments, and individuals interested in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Offers problem-solving assistance and referrals for implementing the ADA. Conducts community outreach, coordinates and conducts conferences, workshops, training's and presentations. Coordinates the provision of on-site technical assistance. Maintains a technical assistance library. Provides a quarterly newsletter and disseminates ADA materials. Website has extensive resources.

Offers free professional advice in commercial agriculture, home landscape, vegetable gardening, pest management, wildfire protection, range management, nutrition, food safety and youth development. Publishes several newsletters related to these topics. Training programs for volunteers include Master Gardener. Free informational leaflets available. Administers the 4-H Youth Program for Contra Costa County.

Provides patients with Parkinson's disease and their families with information, free literature and referrals to physicians, physical therapists, home care services and support groups.

Provides information, resources, and printed materials to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury and disability in the United States. Researches and provides information on infectious diseases, food borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and educational information including child's developmental milestones and screenings. Website has extensive information including A-Z topics on current health issues and preparedness.

Offers website with practical resources for parents or caregivers to help them connect with their babies, website supports professionals with knowledge and tools that help professionals support healthy early development. Agency works closely with policymakers in advancing comprehensive and coherent policies that support and strengthen families, caregivers and infant toddler professionals. Website has extensive information including printed materials.

Provides parent-centered services locally and globally to young children with hearing loss. Services include comprehensive pediatric audiological evaluations, a parent-infant program, auditory-verbal therapy services, family and parent support programs, counseling services, worldwide parent education, an auditory verbal preschool, as well as professional education, including a master’s degree program in partnership with Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles.

Provides a variety of programs for children and adults with Down syndrome and their families including a parent support group, THRIVE programs with an educational, developmental, and recreational focus for children from infant through young adult. Provides outreach activities and public awareness.

Answer's a 24-hour consumer hotline that provides support for California's investor-owned energy customers who need assistance identifying support programs to lower utility bills, or guidance on identifying assistance programs that help with outstanding balances. Help's customers who are facing issues with their utility company and need support in their advocacy to resolve issues related to their utility service. Works at the intersection of regulatory and legislative policy ensuring that customers of California's major investor-owned utilities receive quality affordable energy, phone and broadband. Agency does not provide direct financial assistance.

Develops and implements education, programs, public policy and research on shaken baby syndrome, establishes networks, supports and trains families, caregivers and professionals. Works to bring public awareness to shaken baby syndrome and presents national and international conferences on shaken baby syndrome. Website has extensive information on SBS for parents, legal professionals, caregivers, investigators, and educators. Developed the Period of PURPLE Crying with a DVD and coloring book to help parents and professionals dealing with SBS.

Works to improve and expand services to people with developmental disabilities and their families. Major Council activities include: identifying unmet needs and gaps in services, and working to develop services to meet these needs, providing opportunities for coordination of efforts and services, providing information about community resources and making referrals to appropriate agencies, identifying priorities, offering consultation, technical assistance, and training to agencies, professionals, parents, and the general public, liaison with legislative and governmental entities, publishing bulletins, newsletters, informational & education materials; and serving as an advocate for persons with developmental disabilities and their families.

Provides a variety of publications on health issues in both English and Spanish, an extensive list of clinical trials, information on Alzheimer's disease, and a comprehensive list of health and aging organizations. Also has grant and training information.

Provides a source of information and support for people with MS, their families, friends and professionals involved in their care. Conducts educational programs for professionals, has peer counselors who provide information and emotional support and maintains a lending library. Also has a network of support groups throughout the chapter territory, provides grants for respite, and participates in government advocacy. Call or check website for active support groups in Contra Costa County.

Provides information, referral to resources, education, and support for caregivers and individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Services include online and phone-based support groups for caregivers and people in the early stages of dementia, care planning by phone, and online education and training for family caregivers.

Works in partnership with the emergency management agencies of Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada, as well as the territories of American Samoa and Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.

Offers a centralized system that provides community resource navigation and referral for children with potential developmental, learning or behavioral concerns. Offers early identification and detection of at-risk children and helps families find resources to support their needs and development. Provides information regarding child growth and learning, as well as developmental milestones of each age.