Child And Family Services
A Change of Faces
44709 North Date Ave, Suite B
Lancaster, CA 93534
(661) 948-5312
Parenting classes, individual and family counseling, life coaching, empower groups for adults.
Adult Protective Services Center
(213) 351-5401
(800) 992-1660 (Emergency line)
3175 W. 6th Street, Room # 400
Los Angeles, CA 90020
Antelope Valley Best Babies Collaborative
(661) 942-4719
815 W. Lancaster Boulevard Lancaster, CA 93534
www.avph.org
The Antelope Valley Best Babies Collaborative (AVBBC) is a five-year project funded by First 5 LA Commission to improve poor birth outcomes for high-risk pregnant women living in the Antelope Valley. With AVPH as the lead agency, it represents a partnership between community-based agencies, local providers and the Los Angeles County Public Health in an effort to improve outcomes for all pregnant women and their families to reduce subsequent poor birth outcomes which will optimize each child’s potential for a full and healthy life in the Antelope Valley region.
Antelope Valley Youth & Family Services (AVYFS)
(661) 949-1069
44815 Fig Avenue Suite #101 Lancaster CA 93534
www.avys.av.org/parenting
Antelope Valley Youth and Family Services offers a ten week program that teaches parents effective tools to create a healthy, safe and loving relationship with their children, regardless of their age. The topics covered are: adolescence, concept of consequences, divorce & children, family violence, parenting styles, setting limits and more. Classes are ongoing, offered in the morning or evening, and a Spanish class is available. AVYFS also accepts cases that involve
Black Infant Health of Antelope Valley
(661) 945-0650
1122 West Avenue L-12, Suite 102
Lancaster, CA 93534
www.picf.org
The mission of the Black Infant Health program (BIH) is to eliminate disproportionate infant mortality and low birth weight, and improve related health outcomes among African American communities in Antelope Valley. BIH has responded to this challenging mission since 2002 through its community-based prenatal access, innovative and culturally competent outreach and education and high-impact public awareness campaigns followed by the provision of pre- and post- natal services and care coordination. There is a strong emphasis on prevention of subsequent unplanned pregnancies through family planning education and counseling.
Catholic Charities
(818) 883-6015
6933 Remmet Avenue
Canoga Park, CA 91303
www.catholiccharitiesla.org
The programs of Catholic Charities focus on empowerment and seek to enact long-term, positive change in individuals, families and communities. As a nonprofit, public benefit corporation, the agency is built on the principles of dignity and inclusion, providing services irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender or religious belief.
Child & Family Center
(661) 259-9439
The Child & Family Center has been providing quality mental health, behavioral and educational services for children and families in Santa Clarita since 1976. Dedicated to helping children, adults and families reach their full potential for becoming caring, responsible individual
www.childfamilycenter.org
Child & Family Guidance Center
(818) 830-0200
(661) 265-8627
www.childguidance.org
The Child & Family Guidance Center has been making a difference in the lives of children, teens and families since 1962. We offer an array of mental health treatments and related services that are considered among the best in the nation. Serving the San Fernando and Antelope Valleys, the Center strives to provide innovative, clinically sound, strength-based programs that are sensitive to each family’s unique needs.
Childhelp® USA/Hotline
(800) 422-4453
www.childhelp.org
Founded in 1959, Childhelp® is a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect.
El Nido Family Centers
(818) 896-7776
www.elnidofamilycenters.org
The mission of El Nido Family Centers is to empower disadvantaged or at-risk children, youth and families through educational and social services offered from neighborhood centers throughout Los Angeles County.
Friends of the Family
(818) 988-4430
15350 Sherman Way, Suite 140
Van Nuys, CA 91406
www.fofca.org
Friends of the Family provides a range of programs designed to strengthen family members at all ages and stages of life. Individual families, children and youth have access to a wide range of services, activities, resources and supports.
Grandparents as Parents
(818) 264-0880
22048 Sherman Way, Suite 217
Canoga Park, CA 91303
www.grandparentsasparents.com
Grandparents as Parents provides programs and services to meet the urgent and ongoing needs of grandparents and other relative caregivers raising at-risk children.
Healthy Homes
(661) 726-6456
38350 40th Street East, # 210
Palmdale, CA 93550
www.avhospital.org
Healthy Homes is a home visitation program aimed at strengthening at-risk families, during pregnancy or at time of birth, by helping them gain the skills to create and sustain safe, healthy, nurturing homes, thereby, preventing child abuse and neglect. Parents learn to care for their newborn, ensure a safe home and good nutrition, facilitate their child(ren) growth and development so they reach their fullest potential and are ready for school, learn positive parenting, child discipline, and relationship skills, gain access to timely medical and other services, gain life skills, such as coping, stress reduction, and problem solving to see them through crisis and difficult life decisions, and to gain knowledge and skills to access resources to meet their needs and to work toward self-sufficiency.
Lancaster School District Head Start & Preschool Programs
(661) 940-6672
1331 East Avenue J-8
Lancaster, CA 93535
http://www.lancaster.k12.ca.us
Free preschool for eligible parents, full and half day programs, special needs/disabled children, TAFFIE Early Intervention Program 0-3 Years old for Low Intervention Disabilities.
Niños Latinos Unidos
(661)272-2373
38424 10th Street Palmdale, CA 93550
44709 North Date Ave, Suite B
Lancaster, CA 93534
(661) 948-5312
Parenting classes, individual and family counseling, life coaching, empower groups for adults.
Adult Protective Services Center
(213) 351-5401
(800) 992-1660 (Emergency line)
3175 W. 6th Street, Room # 400
Los Angeles, CA 90020
Antelope Valley Best Babies Collaborative
(661) 942-4719
815 W. Lancaster Boulevard Lancaster, CA 93534
www.avph.org
The Antelope Valley Best Babies Collaborative (AVBBC) is a five-year project funded by First 5 LA Commission to improve poor birth outcomes for high-risk pregnant women living in the Antelope Valley. With AVPH as the lead agency, it represents a partnership between community-based agencies, local providers and the Los Angeles County Public Health in an effort to improve outcomes for all pregnant women and their families to reduce subsequent poor birth outcomes which will optimize each child’s potential for a full and healthy life in the Antelope Valley region.
Antelope Valley Youth & Family Services (AVYFS)
(661) 949-1069
44815 Fig Avenue Suite #101 Lancaster CA 93534
www.avys.av.org/parenting
Antelope Valley Youth and Family Services offers a ten week program that teaches parents effective tools to create a healthy, safe and loving relationship with their children, regardless of their age. The topics covered are: adolescence, concept of consequences, divorce & children, family violence, parenting styles, setting limits and more. Classes are ongoing, offered in the morning or evening, and a Spanish class is available. AVYFS also accepts cases that involve
Black Infant Health of Antelope Valley
(661) 945-0650
1122 West Avenue L-12, Suite 102
Lancaster, CA 93534
www.picf.org
The mission of the Black Infant Health program (BIH) is to eliminate disproportionate infant mortality and low birth weight, and improve related health outcomes among African American communities in Antelope Valley. BIH has responded to this challenging mission since 2002 through its community-based prenatal access, innovative and culturally competent outreach and education and high-impact public awareness campaigns followed by the provision of pre- and post- natal services and care coordination. There is a strong emphasis on prevention of subsequent unplanned pregnancies through family planning education and counseling.
Catholic Charities
(818) 883-6015
6933 Remmet Avenue
Canoga Park, CA 91303
www.catholiccharitiesla.org
The programs of Catholic Charities focus on empowerment and seek to enact long-term, positive change in individuals, families and communities. As a nonprofit, public benefit corporation, the agency is built on the principles of dignity and inclusion, providing services irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender or religious belief.
Child & Family Center
(661) 259-9439
The Child & Family Center has been providing quality mental health, behavioral and educational services for children and families in Santa Clarita since 1976. Dedicated to helping children, adults and families reach their full potential for becoming caring, responsible individual
www.childfamilycenter.org
Child & Family Guidance Center
(818) 830-0200
(661) 265-8627
www.childguidance.org
The Child & Family Guidance Center has been making a difference in the lives of children, teens and families since 1962. We offer an array of mental health treatments and related services that are considered among the best in the nation. Serving the San Fernando and Antelope Valleys, the Center strives to provide innovative, clinically sound, strength-based programs that are sensitive to each family’s unique needs.
Childhelp® USA/Hotline
(800) 422-4453
www.childhelp.org
Founded in 1959, Childhelp® is a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect.
El Nido Family Centers
(818) 896-7776
www.elnidofamilycenters.org
The mission of El Nido Family Centers is to empower disadvantaged or at-risk children, youth and families through educational and social services offered from neighborhood centers throughout Los Angeles County.
Friends of the Family
(818) 988-4430
15350 Sherman Way, Suite 140
Van Nuys, CA 91406
www.fofca.org
Friends of the Family provides a range of programs designed to strengthen family members at all ages and stages of life. Individual families, children and youth have access to a wide range of services, activities, resources and supports.
Grandparents as Parents
(818) 264-0880
22048 Sherman Way, Suite 217
Canoga Park, CA 91303
www.grandparentsasparents.com
Grandparents as Parents provides programs and services to meet the urgent and ongoing needs of grandparents and other relative caregivers raising at-risk children.
Healthy Homes
(661) 726-6456
38350 40th Street East, # 210
Palmdale, CA 93550
www.avhospital.org
Healthy Homes is a home visitation program aimed at strengthening at-risk families, during pregnancy or at time of birth, by helping them gain the skills to create and sustain safe, healthy, nurturing homes, thereby, preventing child abuse and neglect. Parents learn to care for their newborn, ensure a safe home and good nutrition, facilitate their child(ren) growth and development so they reach their fullest potential and are ready for school, learn positive parenting, child discipline, and relationship skills, gain access to timely medical and other services, gain life skills, such as coping, stress reduction, and problem solving to see them through crisis and difficult life decisions, and to gain knowledge and skills to access resources to meet their needs and to work toward self-sufficiency.
Lancaster School District Head Start & Preschool Programs
(661) 940-6672
1331 East Avenue J-8
Lancaster, CA 93535
http://www.lancaster.k12.ca.us
Free preschool for eligible parents, full and half day programs, special needs/disabled children, TAFFIE Early Intervention Program 0-3 Years old for Low Intervention Disabilities.
Niños Latinos Unidos
(661)272-2373
38424 10th Street Palmdale, CA 93550
www.nlu.org
Niños Latinos Unidos is a private non-profit organization that recruits and trains Spanish speaking foster parents, and places Latino foster children in their homes, while monitoring their general welfare and attending to their many and varied bio-psycho-social needs, all under the guidance and supervision of the agency's multi-disciplinary professional staff.
Project Fatherhood
7143 Baird Avenue
Reseda, CA 91335
(818) 705-3140
www.projectfatherhood.org
To address the problem of absentee fathers, Dr. Hershel Swinger created Project Fatherhood to re-engage low-income fathers, particularly in urban settings, in the care and upbringing of their children. Through therapy, support, parenting education, and other services fathers learn to be more loving, responsible parents and active participants in their children’s lives.
Niños Latinos Unidos is a private non-profit organization that recruits and trains Spanish speaking foster parents, and places Latino foster children in their homes, while monitoring their general welfare and attending to their many and varied bio-psycho-social needs, all under the guidance and supervision of the agency's multi-disciplinary professional staff.
Project Fatherhood
7143 Baird Avenue
Reseda, CA 91335
(818) 705-3140
www.projectfatherhood.org
To address the problem of absentee fathers, Dr. Hershel Swinger created Project Fatherhood to re-engage low-income fathers, particularly in urban settings, in the care and upbringing of their children. Through therapy, support, parenting education, and other services fathers learn to be more loving, responsible parents and active participants in their children’s lives.
