Special Needs Services

Yolo County Child Care Planning Council understands the importance of Yolo County residents to have access to a variety of resources to assist families who have children with special needs and who might have difficulty gaining access to child care. According to statistics, approximately 8% of the children in Yolo County have special needs.

The ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act) defines a special needs child as one whose physical or mental impairment substantially limits that child, to a degree that is age appropriate, from caring for her/himself, from performing manual tasks, or from any other “major life activity” such as walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing or learning.
It is a goal of the Yolo County Child Care Planning Council to work toward a system of child care that is responsive to diversity: geographic, cultural, type of care, and developmental need.*

*Yolo County Child Care Needs & Strategic Plan 2003

Click here for information about the Yolo County Inclusion Team.

Resources for parents with special needs

WarmLine Family Resource Center - The mission of the WarmLine FRC is to provide information, education, and support to promote and strengthen the foundation of families and children with special needs to face the challenges of the present and create new dreams for the future.  It is a resource and support service for families of infants and young children with special needs.  No referral is necessary and both offices support group meetings, trainings, workshops and family activities.

151 N. Sunrise Ave., Suite 1307 (in the Placer Town and Country Village in Roseville)

916-782-7147 (916-922-1490 Español)

and

2035 Hurley Way, Suite 250 (in Sacramento)

916-922-9276 / 800-660-7995 in Sacramento (916-922-1490 Español)

Yolo County Special Education Local Plan – The goal of the Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) is to deliver high quality special education programs and serve special needs students in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible.

1280 Santa Anita Court, Suite 150
Woodland, Ca 95695

(530) 668-3786

Alta California Regional Center – Service Coordinators provide life-long case management services which may include: Arrange for diagnostic evaluation with staff physician or psychologist, information, counseling for families related to having a child with a developmental disability, advocate for and assist family or client in obtaining community services and quality programs, and referral to other agencies to meet family of individual needs.

Alta California Regional Center
250 West Main Street, Suite 100
Woodland, Ca 95695

530-666-3391 (Staff or answering machine)
916-978-6400 (Emergencies)

American Diabetes Association – Provides information and advocacy services. Offers information and referral. Books and cookbooks are available for purchase. Supports diabetes research.

American Diabetes Association
2720 Gateway Oaks
Sacramento, Ca 95833

888-DIABETES
916-924-3232

CAST Communication Access: Sign and Technology. NorCal Center on Deafness – Sign language interpreting and advocacy service that enables deaf or hard of hearing, who use sign language, to communicate with hearing people in various settings – medical, legal, job interviews, workshops, employment training, mental health and others.

CAST
4708 Roseville Road, Suite 112
North Highlands, Ca 95660

916-962-6055 (After Hours Emergency)
916-349-7500 (General Number, Voice/TDD)
916-349-7525 (Interpreting, Voice/TDD)

Centro Guadalupe, Catholic Social Service Ministry- For individuals whole lives are limited by poverty or by cultural or language barriers, Centro Guadalupe, a central city multipurpose center, offers hope and a hand up. Bilingual/bicultural caseworkers provide information/referral, employment services, advocacy, emergency food, and domestic violence counseling.

Centro Guadalupe, Catholic Social Service Ministry
730 S StreetM Sacramento, Ca 95814
916-443-5367
916-443-5845 (Fax)

Developmental Disabilities Advisory Committee, Yolo County (YCDDAC) – The YCDDAC serves as an advisory committee to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors and to Developmental Disabilities Area Board III. YCDDAC monitors programs and services provided to individuals with developmental disabilities. In addition, the Committee encourages program development and coordination of services, provides individual as well as issue advocacy, and promotes public education.

YCDDAC, Area Board III
1010 Hurley Way, Suite 195
Sacramento, Ca 95825
916-263-1153
530-758-1862

Easter Seals Superior California – Easter Seals Superior California is dedicated to empowering people with disabilities by offering a wide range of services and leadership opportunities designed to encourage maximum independence. Services include early intervention for children 0-3; therapy and support to school-aged children; adult day programs for adults with disabilities; work services; prevention services warm water therapy; support groups, etc.

info@easterseals-superiorca.org

Easter Seals Superior California
3205 Hurley Way
Sacramento, Ca 95864
888-87-SEALS
916-485-6711

Health Rights Hotline – The Health Rights Hotline is a free, independent source of information and assistance for health care consumers in Yolo, Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado Counties. Experienced counselors answer general questions about consumers’ rights in health care and help consumers resolve health care problems. In addition, the Health Rights Hotline provides educational materials to reinforce how consumers can be their own best advocates.

Health Rights Hotline
519 12th Street
Sacramento, Ca 95814
888-354-4474
916-551-2100
916-551-2180 (TDD)

Knights Landing Family Resource Center and Clinic – General medical services, information and referral, WIC, parenting classes, mentoring, health insurance enrollment, youth development, volunteer opportunities and tax return assistance.

Knights Landing Family Resource Center
9586 Mill Street
P.O. Box 216
Knights Landing, Ca 95645
530-735-1776

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Greater Sacramento Area Chapter – Dedicated to finding cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s Disease, and myeloma, and improving quality of life of patients and their families through research, patient financial aid, peer support, support groups, patient education programs, advocacy, and information and referrals.

newman@ca-sac.leukemia-lymphoma.org

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
3105 Fite Circle, Suite 101
Sacramento, Ca 95827
800-410-8170
916-369-0812

Maternal Child and Adolescent Health – Answers questions and provides information and referrals to agencies that provide services for women of childbearing ages, children to age 20 and families.

MCAH

Yolo County Health Department

Maternal Child Adolescent Health

137 N. Cottonwood, Suite 2450

Woodland, CA  95695

(530) 666-8645

(800) 794-6517

National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Northern California Chapter (NMSS) - Promotes education of individuals about multiple sclerosis. Provides self-help support groups, information and referral, client advocacy, peer support program and quarterly newsletter. Also able to loan library books, videos and cassettes.

info@msconnection.org

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
4225 Northgate Blvd., Suite 4
Sacramento, Ca 95834
800-FightMS
916-927-8000

NorCal Center on Deafness – Provides sign language interpreting and real-time captioning services, information and referral assistance, advocacy, employment assistance, independent living skills instruction, peer counseling and community education.

NorCal Center on Deafness
4708 Roseville Road, Suite 112
North Highlands, Ca 95660
916-962-6522 (24-hour emergency/Voice/TTY)
916-349-7500 (Voice/TTY)
916-349-7580 (Fax)

Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (PAI) - Provides legal assistance to people with disabilities, including physical, developmental, and psychiatric disabilities. Services include advocacy over the phone, information and referral to other sources of assistance, peer and self-advocacy training, representation in administrative and judicial proceedings, investigation of abuse and neglect and legislative advocacy.

Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
100 Howe Ave., Suite 23 5N
Sacramento, Ca 95825
800-776-5746
916-488-9950