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There is no Family Empowerment Center for this County.

The intent of the legislation that created Family Empowerment Centers was to establish 32 Centers. As of this date, funding has been allocated to fund fourteen of these Centers. Since there is not currently a Family Empowerment Center that serves your county, the following contacts are provided.

Early Start
Family Resource Centers
(ESFRC)
47 statewide		 Family Voices of California(FVCA)
10 Statewide		 Federally Funded Parent CentersParent Training & Information Centers (PTI) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRC)
Contact Information www.frcnca.org www.familyvoicesofca.org www.taalliance.org
Population Served Ages 0-3
Focus on families of infants and toddlers at risk of or with developmental delays and disabilities		 No age limit
Focus on children with special health care needs		 Ages 0-26
Focus on children with education needs.
Services Provided Supports families of children with disabilities, special healthcare needs, and those at risk of developmental delays in every California county. ESFRCs offer parent-to-parent support, information and referral, public awareness, family professional collaborations and transition assistance when the child is approaching age three.Many ESFRCs offer services to families of children over the age of three. Seeks to improve the lives of children with special health care needs by improving policies and systems of care for children with special health care needs, providing information and education to families and professionals regarding health care for children with special health care needs, promoting family centered, culturally competent, community based coordination, and quality of care for children with special health care needs and developing family and professional partnerships. The eight Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and six Community Parent Resource Centers(CPRCs) provide training and information to parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and to professionals who work with children. This assistance helps parents to participate more effectively with professionals in meeting the educational needs of children and youth with disabilities. The Parent Centers work to improve educational outcomes for children and youth with all disabilities (emotional, learning, mental, and physical). Community Parent Resource Centers focus on underserved populations.