211 Alameda County
Phone: 211
A free, non-emergency, 24/7, multilingual, confidential, 3-digit phone number and
service that provides easy access to housing information, and critical health and
human services.
A Better Way
3200 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
Phone: (510) 601-0203
Comprehensive foster and adoption services agency, providing adoption, community training,
parent advocacy, and behavioral health services to children and families at risk or
involved with the foster care system. Provides housing for youth aged 18-21 in extended
foster care, offering remote site and host family housing models.
Alameda County Independent Living Program
675 Hegenberger Road, Suite 100,
Oakland, CA 94621
Phone: (510) 667-7696
Offers skills training and support for youth transitioning from foster care.
Aspiranet
619 Woodworth Avenue, #201
Clovis CA 93612
Phone: (650) 866.4080
Provides all the necessities required for a young adult to start their independent
life.
B.A.L.L.E.R.S.
1236 2nd Ave
Oakland, CA 94606
Phone: (510) 706-6863
Email: ballersemail@gmail.com
Brothers and Ladies Leading for Enrichment, Righteousness, and Success (B.A.L.L.E.R.S.)
mission is to support youth in foster care and the reentry population in re-engaging
into the community while ending poverty and reducing their recidivism.
Bonita House
1919 Addison Street, Ste. 204
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (510) 899-7445
Offers services to adults with serious psychiatric challenges, and specializes in
treatment for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
1918 University Ave, Ste. 2A
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (510) 649-1930
Email: info@self-sufficiency.org
Provides various housing and other support services for re-entry, foster youth, and
other community members navigating basic needs resources.
Beyond Emancipation
675 Hegenberger Road, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 667-7694
Provides a range of supportive programs designed to help former foster and probation
youth of Alameda County make healthy, successful transitions to adulthood and independent
living.
California Coalition for Youth
Phone: (916) 514-4464
Email: info@calyouth.org
Supporting disconnected, runaway, and homeless youth to transition into successful
adulthood.
California's Extended Foster Care (EFC) Program
Allows eligible youth in the child welfare and probation systems to remain in foster
care until age 21.
Chafee Education and Training Vouchers
744 P Street, MS 8-13-551,
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-7465
Email: CFSChafeeETV@dss.ca.gov
Offers up to $5,000 per year for education to current or former foster youth in care
between ages 16 and 18 attending institutions of higher education.
Contra Costa Employment and Human Services
Service Center Phone: (866) 663-3225
Emergency Response Hotline: (877) 881-1116
Social services agency of Contra Costa County. Locations listed below.
Workforce Services and Aging & Adult Services
400 Ellinwood Way
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Home Energy Assistance Program and Stage II
1470 Civic Court, Ste 200
Concord, CA 94520
Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP)
1875 Arnold Drive, Ste 200
Martinez, CA 94553
George Miller Children’s Center
3068 Grant Street
Concord, CA 94520
Workforce Development Board (WDB) – One Stop
4071 Port Chicago Highway Rd.
Concord, CA 94520
In Home Support Services (IHSS) Public Authority
500 Ellinwood Way
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Martinez Early Childhood Center
615 Arch Street
Martinez, CA 94553
We Care Children’s Center
2191 Kirker Pass Road
Concord, CA 94521
Crossroads High School (CChildcare partner)
2701 Willow Pass Road
Concord, CA 94519
EA Family Services
628 N. Central
Tracy CA 95376<
Phone: (209) 839-8021
Provides a wide range of services, including; counseling, crisis intervention, medical
and dental support, substance use programming, and independent living preparation,
adoption and foster care support and preparation services.
FindHelp
FindHelp is a Social Care Network that connects people and programs to make it easy
for people to find social services in their communities. You can search resources
by your zip code and then narrow it down by category (e.g., food).
First Place for Youth
426 17th Street, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 272-0979
Email: info@firstplaceforyouth.org
Offers housing for youth in foster care, with both remote site and host family housing
models.
Fred Finch Youth Center
Email: info@fredfinch.org
Offers support to children, youth, young adults, and their families facing intricate
challenges. Mental health services, housing options, young adult services, residential
treatment, and educational support. For general inquiries or information about our
programs and services, please reach out to our friendly staff through the provided
contact details based on your local office location.
Alameda
3800 Coolidge Ave.
Oakland, CA 94602-3311
Phone: (510) 482-2244, ext. 5200
Contra Costa
126 West 25th Ave, Ste 200
San Mateo, CA 94403-2208
Phone: (650) 286-2090, ext. 237
Holly's Place
21573 Foothill Blvd., #210,
Hayward, CA 94541
Phone: (510) 733.6800
Email: info@hollysplace.org
Offers housing for youth transitioning out of foster care, using a remote site housing
model.
Independent Living Program
675 Hegenberger Road, Suite 100
Oakland, CA 94621
510-667-7696
Provides eligible youth in care with independent living skills training to assist
in the transition to a successful and independent lifestyle.
John Burton Advocates for Youth
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 1142
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 348-0011
Works to improve the quality of life for California's foster, former foster, and homeless
youth.
La Familia - Education and Employment Services
24301 Southland Drive, Suite 300
Hayward, CA 94545
Phone: (510) 300-3500
Employment programs for youth ages 14-24 facing barriers like probation, low income,
etc.
Las Positas College NextUp Program
3000 Campus Hill Drive, Suite 1668
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 424-1590
Provides a range of supportive services for current and former foster youth who were
in care at least one day since age 13 and under 26 years old at the start of the academic
year.
LSS Youth Education & Employment Initiative
1465 Civic Court, Bldg. D, Ste 810
Concord, CA 94520
Phone: (925) 825-1060
LSS serves about 150 transition-age youth ages 18-24 in supportive housing programs
in Contra Costa County.
Our Space
Phone: (415) 457-3200
Email: contactus@sidebysideyouth.org
A safe space for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 in Alameda County. Provides transitional housing,
mental health support, behavior and special education resources.
Parents By Choice
306 East Main Street, Suite 300
Phone: (209) 478-4554
Email: info@parentsbychoice.net
A central hub for foster care, transitional housing, workforce development, and mental
health services.
S.T.E.P.S
11 Embarcadero W, Suite 136
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 467-4250
Email: larry.hickman@questprograms.org
A therapeutic Transitional Housing Placement Program for Non-Minor Dependents (THP-NMD)
providing housing and behavioral health services to AB 12 youth, ages 18-21.
