The People's Guide

36th Edition 2015

Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/431369

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 2 of 71

3 The People's Guide 2015 Income, Jobs, & Training: CalWorks ..................4 Cash and other aid for families with children under 19 Job & Career Training ...... 14 Worker's Rights and Unemployment .........15 Unemployment, worker's rights, and aid if you're temporarily disabled Tax Credits ..............19 Extra money for workers and renters Child Care & Education ......20 Assistance for working parents Foster Care ..............22 Social Security, SSI and CAPI ...........23 Veterans ..................27 General Relief ..........27 Cash aid for single adults Transportation .........30 Bus passes, affordable car insurance, help for cyclists Food: CalFresh (Food Stamps)....32 Assistance to buy more food. Free & Low Cost Food .....36 Food pantries, meals for seniors, community gardens WIC .........................38 Nutrition assistance for mothers, infants and children Child Nutrition .........39 Free meals for children Health Care: Your New Health Care Rights ................. 40 Medi-Cal .................41 Medical assistance for families, seniors, the disabled Health Care for Children...48 Free & Low Cost Health Care ....................................49 Health care you can get if you don't qualify for Medi-Cal: plus, mental health, regional centers, In Home Supportive Services, and long term care Medicare .................53 Health care for retirees, their depen- dents, and people with disabilities Housing and Utilities: Utilities and Phone ......54 Help with utility bills and special phone equipment for the disabled Housing ...................57 Low cost housing , renter assis- tance for seniors, renter's rights Guides for Further Help: Guide for Non-Citizens......62 Hearings and Complaints...66 How to get the benefits you are entitled to Good Advice ............68 Legal Aid and crisis resources Welfare Offices .......70 Contents Contents LA FAMILY SOURCE CENTERS The City of Los Angeles has Family Source Centers (FSC) where you can apply for programs such as the ones in this book and get other help including child care service, job placement and tutoring, mentoring and arts instruction for youth: Boyle Heights: Lucille Becerra Roybal FSC (323) 526-3033 TDD/TTY (323) 526-3822 El Centro de Ayuda Corporation (323) 265-9228 Cypress Park: Cypress Park FSC (323) 226-1682 TDD/TTY (323) 276-3017 Echo Park: El Centro del Pueblo (213) 483-6335 Hollywood: Youth Policy Institute (323) 836-0055 Lincoln Heights: Barrio Action Youth & Family Center (323) 221-0779 San Fernando Valley: New Economics for Women Canoga Park(818) 887-3872 Van Nuys(818) 786-4098 El Nido Family Centers Pacoima (818) 896-7779 Pacoima FSC Pacoima(818) 896-7776 TDD/TTY (818) 834-2639 South LA: Tom Bradley FSC (323) 692-0669 The Children's Collective, Inc. (213) 747-4046 Coalition of Mental Health Profession- als, Inc. (323) 777-3120 Southwest LA: 1736 Family Crisis Center (323) 737-3900 Community Build (323) 789-9950 Watts:Bradley Milken FSC (213) 473-3607 TDD/TTY (213) 473-3788 Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC) (323) 249-7552 West LA: Latino Resource Org., Inc. (310) 391-3457 Westlake/Pico Union: Central City Neighborhood Partners (213) 482-8618 Wilmington/San Pedro: Toberman Neighborhood Center San Pedro (310) 832-1145 x106 Wilshire: Children's Bureau 3910 Oakwood Avenue (323) 953-7356

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of The People's Guide - 36th Edition 2015