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ResourcesLegal ResourcesWhile the Fatherhood Collaborative does not provide legal services, we are aware of a number of legal resources that might be helpful, especially in family law matters. We are including contact information for local resources and, in some cases, particularly helpful websites.
Family Law Facilitator San Mateo Superior Court 400 County Center, 2nd Floor Redwood City Tel: 650-363-4590
Lawyer Referral Service of the S.M. County Bar Association – 650-369-4149 Palo Alto Area Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service – 650-326-8322 Legal Aid Society of San Mateo –650- 558-0915 Bay Area Legal - Legal Assistance Line (LAL): 650- 472-2666
(This is an abbreviated version of the listing -- the full listing is located at the Law Library)
San Mateo County Law Library
710 Hamilton Street Redwood City, CA 94063
Helpful websites http://www.sanmateocourt.org/ -- click on Self-Help Center http://www.sanmateocourt.org/fcs/index.html -- Family Court Services (includes a video)
Other Legal Resources (non family law) Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto - 650-326-6440
Stanford Law Clinic (East Palo Alto) - 650-475-0560
San Mateo County Law Library 710 Hamilton Street, Redwood City, CA 94063 650- 363-4913 http://www.smcll.org/about.html
Parenting Classes for Dads (and Moms and Other Caregivers)In addition to questions about legal services, we often get requests for information about parenting classes. Recognizing that many San Mateo fathers (and their partners) may find it difficult to get to parenting classes during the day, and some may have limited resources to pay for them, we have researched organizations that provide evening and weekend parenting classes without charge, or on a sliding scale. Listed below are the names of organizations that offer night and/or weekend parenting classes, free of charge, or on a sliding scale. We include, where available, a class title, agency name, website, and contact information, so you can call and find out what classes are being offered and when. Many of these organizations offer more than one class, and not all are offered all the time.
We recognize this list may be very incomplete. If you offer a class, or know of an organization we haven’t listed, please let us know.
We hope this is helpful.
New! Free Parenting Classes at the San Mateo County Library for 2010
Click here for a listing of classes and locations.
Agency: Family Service Agency of San Mateo County
Website: www.familyserviceagency.org
Contact: Meghan Murphy 650-403-4300 x 4544
Class: Positive Parenting
Agency: Daly City Youth Health Center
Website: www.dalycityyouth.org
Contact: Jane T. Hipe – 650-985-7018
Class: Setting Healthy Limits
Agency: Our Second Home
Website: www.oursecondhome.org
Contact: Sharon Issurdatt – 650-301-3303
Agency: Prenatal to Three (San Mateo Health Department)
Website: none
Contact: Kristine Averilla – 650-573-2629
Class: Raising Teenagers in the 2000’s
Agency: Dept of Mental Health and San Mateo Sheriff’s Office
Website: none
Contact: Kimberly Kang – 650-312-5361
Class: Parent Child Connection (for foster and kinship parents)
Agency: Help One Child
Website: www.helponechild.org
Contact: Judy Holmes – 650-917-1209
Class: (for Spanish speakers)
Agency: Samaritan House
Website: www.samaritanhouse.com
Contact: Leticia Smiell – 650-347-3648 x 12
Class: “Effective Black Parenting” (for families)
Class: Reclaiming Fatherhood Groups (for fathers only)
Agency: Prenatal Advantage Black Infant Health Project
(San Mateo Health Department)
Website: www.smhealth.org/bih
Contact: 650-363-7850Class: Parenting Young Children Through Separation & Divorce and many other parenting classes
Agency: Parents Place (A Program of Jewish Family & Children's Services)
website: www.ParentsPlaceOnline.org
contact: 650-931-1840 (San Mateo) or 650-688-3040 (Palo Alto)
ALSO, click here for the Parenting Education Resource List, from the San Mateo County Human Services Agency, organized by geographical region.
Articles, Research and Tips
From time to time we find articles or publications, and research studies, with valuable advice, suggestions or insights for dads, and we provide links to them here. Check back from time to time to find out what's new. Engaging Fathers 2010 Conference Presentations: Involving Dads -- Philip Cowan, Ph.D., and Carolyn Cowan, Ph.D. -- morning keynote Fathers Who've Never Had Dads -- Carlos Bravo, MA Attachment Theory for Fathers -- Natalia Estassi, Ph.D. Scholarly Research Study -- a recent study on the effects of father involvement on children's developmental outcomes.
President Obama's Letter to his Daughters -- published in Parade Magazine, January 2009.
President Elect Obama's Fathers' Day speech -- read the speech urging black fathers to be more engaged in raising their children.
So You Want to be More Involved -- handy tips from the experts about ways to be involved with your children, from Infants & Toddlers through High School & College. Ways to be Involved in Parenting -- A comprehensive list of ways to show your interest and to stay involved with your kids -- including many things you already do, but didn't think of as 'parenting'.
Tips for Dads -- Helpful hints for fathers from the Department of Health & Human Services. Just for Dad -- The March of Dimes has information just for Dads. Each of our collaborating agencies provides specialized services, resources and information for fathers. Please see the WHO WE ARE page for links to those agencies. Other resources that might be helpful for fathers include:
Santa Clara County Resources: Foundation of Family Values Web-based Resources:
If you are aware of an organization that should be listed here, click here to send us an email. Note: The Fatherhood Collaborative does not endorse the content of any of the sites listed above. They are collected for the sole purpose of helping those who are in need of more diverse information or resources than those contained on the FC site. |
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