VIOLENCE PREVENTION COALITION
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​VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES
Adamika Village Inc 
Description: 
First responders for homicides and missing youth; provides vigil, funeral arrangement, and repass services.

Contact: Daryle Allums
Phone: 510-910-1963
Email: adamikaadamika@gmail.com 

Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency
Description: 
Provides employment and transitional housing services.
Phone:(510) 649-1930
Website: https://self-sufficiency.org/

Global Communication Education and Arts (GCEA)
Description: Translation and immigration support services for African Immigrants.
Contact: Almaz Yhidego
​Phone: 510-560-5520 
Email: info.gcsinc@gmail.com
Website:
 www.globalcommunicationservices.org

Love not Blood Campaign/California’s Families United for Justice
Description: Provides support and services to individual families seeking assistance in getting healing and justice; working to redress the causes of unjustified police shootings.
Contact: Beatrice X Johnson
Phone: 510-480-8187
Email: info@cafu4jnetwok.org or cephusJohnson@yahoo.com
Website:
 http://www.lovenotbloodcampaign.com

Oakland Frontline Healers
Description: Provides information on food, PPE, COVID-19 testing, homeless shelters, etc. 
Contact:510-353-3900 (hotline)
Website: 
https://oaklandfrontlinehealers.org

People’s Community Medics
Description: Teaches basic emergency first aid skills on a sliding scale; COVID-19 prevention and natural healing, to include massage, acupuncture, Reiki; offers other healing alternatives for keeping your immune system strong.
Contact: Sharena Thomas
Phone: 510-239-7720
Website:
http://peoplescommunitymedics.org    
 
Realized Potential Inc
Description: Provides positive programs and resources to improve the lives of under-served youth and adults.
Contact: Darren White
Phone: 510-604-1323 
Email: dwhite@rpicares.com
Website: 
www.rpicares.com    

Soldiers Against Violence Everywhere
Description: Promoting peace in the streets, and advocating for changes that will reduce gun violence in Oakland.
Phone: 510-208-4565
Email: 
info@save-oakland.com
Website: www.save-oakland.com    
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Take Back Our Streets (TBOS)
Description: Crisis Intervention and Music Wellness for Self-Care
Contact: Ceasar and Julius Johnson
Phone: 510-346-3046
Website: 
www.Eastoaklandcollective.com    

Taz Foundation 
Description: Initiative to address anti-bullying and individuals being forced into gun-play
Contact: Audrey Candycorn
Phone: 510-379-0275

Vision Quilt
Description: Empowers communities to create solutions to gun violence through the power of art and inclusive dialogue. 
Contact: Cathy DeForest
Phone: 541-690-6976
Email: 
visionquilt@gmail.com
Website:www.visionquilt.org

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESOURCES
A Safe Place
Description: Breaks the cycle of family violence and intimate partner abuse. We work every day to provide 24/7 emergency shelter, security and support for families who are not safe at home.
Contact: Carolyn Russell, MSW, MA, Executive Director
Phone: 510-986-8600 ext 315, Fax: 510-986-8606
Email: crussell@asafeplace.org
Website: www.asafeplace.org

Alameda County Family Justice Center
Description: 
Free civil legal advice will be provided by a licensed attorney on issues that include domestic violence, family law, guardianships, landlord/tenant and probate. Clinics are held every Tuesday from 9am to Noon.
Phone:
(510) 267-8800
Website: http://www.acfjc.org/

API Legal Outreach
Description: Legal representation, social services, and advocacy for the most marginalized segments of the community including low-income women, seniors, recent immigrants, and youth.
Phone:(510)251-2846
Website: https://www.apilegaloutreach.org/​

Bay Area Legal Aid
Description: Bay Area Legal Aid provides low-income clients with free civil legal assistance, including legal advice and counsel, effective referrals, and legal representation.
Phone: (510) 250-5270
Website: https://baylegal.org/

Family Violence Law Center
Description: FVLC provides free attorney representation for some cases. FVLC offers child counseling, assistance-keeping future addresses confidential, and may be able to connect clients to financial assistance to help them get back on their feet. All of FVLC’s services are available free of charge.
Phone: (510) 208-0220
Website: http://fvlc.org/

Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
Description: IIBA provides immigration legal services, immigration workshops, and citizenship classes for the Bay Area community.
Phone: (510) 451-2846 x 301
Website: https://iibayarea.org/​
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County
Description: 
24 hour crisis support hotline; suicide prevention and counseling services
Phone: 1-800-309-2131
Website: 
https://www.crisissupport.org/programs/crisis-line/

Parenting Stress Helpline
Phone: 
800-829-3777 

Website: https://familypaths.org/

Pathways to Wellness Medication Clinic - Oakland
Description: Services include: Psychiatric Evaluation/ Assessment; Medication Management; Individual, Group & Family Therapy; Case Management Services.
Phone: (510) 273-4200
Website: http://www.pathwaystowellness.net/

The DOVES (Domestic Violence Education and Screening) Project
Description: 
The DOVES (Domestic Violence Education and Screening) Project at the Center for Child Protection is a pioneering domestic violence program that provides individual and group psychotherapy to children and their battered caregivers as a strategy in the early prevention of child abuse. 
Phone:(510) 428-3742
Website: https://www.childrenshospitaloakland.org/main/departments-services/center-for-child-protection-7.aspx

West Oakland Mental Health Center
Description: 
Provides crisis, individual, group, family and case management services
Phone:(510) 465-1000
Website:https://westoaklandhealth.org/
RE-ENTRY SERVICES
Center For Employment  Opportunities
Description: 
Transitional employment, Skills training for the people who were formerly incarcerated and resume writing.
Phone: (510) 251-2240
Website: https://ceoworks.org/

Goodwill Industries Of The Greater East Bay Homeless Services Program
Description:
Provides employment
Phone: (510) 698-7200
Website:https://eastbaygoodwill.org/

Leaders In Community Alternatives Transitional Day Reporting Center (TDRC)
Description: 
Case management, Employment and housing services.
Phone: (510) 764-7900
Website: https://www.lcaservices.com/day-reporting-center-services

Oakland Private Industry Council, Inc. 
Description: Services include assistance with job searches, resume writing, and interviewing; access to on-the-job training and other work experiences.
Phone:(510) 858-6742
Website: https://www.oaklandpic.org/
​FOOD RESOURCES
Alameda County Food Bank
Description:
Our main priority is to ensure that you and your family have access to food during the shelter in place caused by COVID-19. Please use Food Now as a quick and easy way to find the food you may need, or apply for CalFresh Food. We are here for you.  
Phone: 1-800-870-FOOD (3663) or 1-510-635-3663
Website: FoodNow.net

Fresh Life Foundation
Description: 
FLF is beginning its work by partnering with Community Foods, an independent grocery store newly opened at 3105 San Pablo Ave., in the heart of the San Pablo Corridor of West Oakland.  Together with Community Foods, FLF partners with local residents and organizations to offer a range of programs and services available to shoppers at the store.   Community Foods is the current hub for FLF initiatives, with the grocery store providing space, partnership and collaboration on community health goals.
Email:  info@freshlifefoundation.org​
Website: http://www.freshlifefoundation.org/?fbclid=IwAR1kM1l-207Cr_OYhWbvHixjcjU_FFabsk4-Wc1BTyKtaxyz2DdFyRBdgIg
NEED SUPPORT WITH SUBSTANCE USE?
Drugwatch
Description: To keep people safe from potentially harmful drugs, medical devices and procedures by informing them of medical conditions, severe side effects and ways to take action.
Phone: (888)645-1617 
Website: https://www.drugwatch.com/health/mental-health/how-to-deal-with-anxiety/
COVID-19 UPDATES + RESOURCES ​​​
For more COVID-19 updates, alerts, guidance, and general information:
·         From Alameda County Public Health Department, visit http://www.acphd.org/2019-ncov.aspx
·         From the California Department of Public Health,
          visit https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx
·         From Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html 
 
Please help to slow the spread of COVID-19:

·         Seriously consider getting vaccinated.
          Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use hand sanitizer

·         Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
·         Cough or sneeze into a tissue or your upper shirt sleeve, completely covering your mouth and nose.
·         Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces and objects
·         When in public, keep at least 6 feet distance between yourself and others.
·         Wear face coverings when conducting essential business and when around others outside of your immediate household.
·         Observe the shelter in place order when issued.
 
​Additional Community Resources:
Resources for Alameda County residents can be found here
For information about specific resources, use the links below:
·         Community
·         Food, Housing, & Financial Help
·         Mental Health
·         Essential Workers
·         Quarantine and Isolation

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