Surviving Parenthood Guide On-Line

Parent Support Groups

Bay Point Works
(925) 427-8393 or (925) 427-8392
Job Support Hotline: (877) LUV-A-JOB
Located at the Ambrose Recreation Center in Bay Point, the Community Career Center offers job seekers access to computers, telephones, fax machines and copy machines. The center also offers information on child care, housing, transportation and other resources in Bay Point. Daily updated job announcements. Resume writing assistance. Telephone message center for clients without reliable phone service. Referral to employment workshops. Open Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesdays until 8:00 p.m. Spanish services available.

First 5 Center, Antioch
315 G Street, Antioch CA 94509
(925) 757-5303
We are a friendly, welcoming place where parents and young children can gather to take classes and get support. All of our programs are FREE and for children 0 to 5 years old and their parents.

First 5 Center, Bay Point
1985 Willow Pass Road, Bay Point CA 94565
(925) 709-2023
We are a friendly, welcoming place where parents and young children can gather to take classes and get support. All of our programs are FREE and for children 0 to 5 years old and their parents.

First 5 Center, Delta
760 First Street, Brentwood CA 94513
(925) 516-3880
http://www.deltafirst5@mdrymca.org
We are a friendly, welcoming place where parents and young children can gather to take classes and get support. All of our programs are FREE and for children 0 to 5 years old and their parents.

First 5 Center, Monument Community
1736 Clayton Road, Concord CA 94520
(925) 671-3268
We are a friendly, welcoming place where parents and young children can gather to take classes and get support. All of our programs are FREE and for children 0 to 5 years old and their parents.

First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission
(925) 335-9991
http:// www.firstfivecc.org
We are a friendly, welcoming place where parents and young children can gather to take classes and get support. All of our programs are FREE and for children 0 to 5 years old and their parents. Our programs help parents nurture and support their children so they grow up healthy, happy and learning.
We have programs on:
• Parent Education
• Early Learning
• Family Literacy
• Tobacco Education
Our centers are located throughout Contra Costa County and are listed in the Surviving Parenthood Resource Directory

John Muir/Mt. Diablo Health System
http://www.johnmuirmtdiablo.com
Parent Support Groups
(925) 941-7900
Drop in “new parents support group” held weekly, six week playgroups, small interactive group, learning about transitions and celebrations experienced in parenting. 4 week infant massage class.
Prenatal/Postpartum Stress Support Group.

Kaiser Permanente: Health Education Department
Antioch: (925) 779-5147
Martinez: (925) 372-1198
Park Shadelands: (925) 906-2190
Richmond: (510) 307-2210
Walnut Creek: (925) 295-4410
Various health education classes including parenting, prenatal and parent/infant classes. Teen pregnancy classes and resources. Mental health support groups. Some open to non-members. Set fees. Call for information and class schedules.

Mother's Club
San Ramon Valley: (925) 927-2444
Lamorinda: (925) 941-4714
Concord & East County: (925) 988-3383
Support for mothers with children from birth to five years old, including children's playgroups, social activities and outings for mothers as well as children.

Baby-sitting cooperative (San Ramon Valley). Monthly newsletter and meetings (Lamorinda). Annual dues.


Mt. Diablo Adult Education
Parent Education Program
(925) 685-7340, ext. 2771
Provides parenting classes for families with children of all ages. Sponsors a Parent Conference at Concord High School. Offers early childhood parent
participation classes for infants to preschool children; parenting classes on elementary, middle and high school campuses throughout the Mt. Diablo Unified School District; Saturday workshops for parents and teens: conflict, drug and alcohol, and tobacco; a Speakers' Bureau, court referred parenting classes; Family Anger Management classes.

Mt. Diablo Peace Center
(925) 933-7850
http://www.peacehost.net/mdpc
Raising Peaceful Children, a workshop format for parents and educators of preschool children. Race Awareness Program (RAP), a 10-week after school,
high school program to raise race awareness issues.

Parents Without Partners, Inc.
(925) 988-3514
Meetings and activities for single parents. Discussion groups. Members receive monthly bulletin listing dates, times and locations of all activities. Annual membership fee.

The Pittsburg Preschool and Community Council
(925) 439-2061
http://www.ppscc.org
Community based organization offering the following programs: Childcare, Preschool, and After School Programs, Education and Job Training, Family and
Youth Services (including a kinship program), Health Education and Outreach, HIV Education and Support, other supportive services.

Safe Families for Children

www.safefamiliesbayarea.org

(925) 566-8050

(925) 566-8530 FAX

Safe Families for Children is a national movement of compassion that gives hope to families in crisis. Safe loving homes are provided where parents may voluntarily have their children cared for while they seek to restore stability in their lives.  Our dedication to family support, stabilization, and child abuse prevention is driven by responsibility for the well-being of children in our  communities.  Founded in 2002, Safe Families for children has partnered with local community agencies, churches, and volunteer families, as well as government organizations in more that a dozen states.  the Safe Families for Children network has provided essential extended-family relationships to nearly one thousand children and families annually. 

Strengthening Family Ties at the Center For Human Development
Pleasant Hill:(925) 687-8844
Antioch, Richmond - call Pleasant Hill phone number.
Parenting skills workshops for parents of late elementary age children. Promotes healthy, drug-free behavior, self esteem, and support for positive
discipline and anger management.
Call for information. Spanish services available.

Therapy Group for Adult Men and Women
(925) 798-9240
Offered through John F. Kennedy University Community Counseling Center in Pleasant Hill. Focusing on communication and interpersonal relationships.