Community Resource Paper Essays

Community Resource Paper Essays Community Resource Paper Essay Community Resource Paper Essay Community Resources 1. Fernandez Park 595 Tenent St. Pinole, CA 94564 Phone†¦ 510-74-2999 Website†¦ www. ci. pinole. ca. us/recreation/index. html Contact Person†¦ Joanna Hours†¦ 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday-Friday Fernandez Park has a youth center, swim team, school of performing arts, and a sports and fitness center. The city of Pinole wanted to create an environment where children could be constructive and have fun. These programs have fees that are based on family income. The city wanted to enhance the quality of life through diversified leisure opportunities. 2. All Nations Church of God in Christ 1225 York St. Richmond, CA 94806 Phone†¦ 510-232-8399 Website†¦ capc-coco. org/westcountyfaith. html Hours†¦ 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday Contact Person†¦ LaShaunda Walker or Tiana Clifton All Nations Church of God in Christ offer family, marriage, or individual counseling every 4th or 5th Thursday of each month from 1:00 PM to 8:30 PM. Youth groups and teen mentoring meetings are Fridays at 6:30 PM. Family support with financial or shelter needs are available as needed. Meals are served on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. nd they serve free meals. 3. Contra Costa Child Care Council 3065 Richmond Parkway. Richmond, CA 94806 510-758-5439 Website†¦ www. cocokids. org Hours†¦ 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday Contact Person†¦ Brenda Contra Costa Child Care Council strives to make a difference in ensuring that children are nurtured, healthy and achieve their full potential. There mission to promo te and advance quality care and early education. They include infant/toddler, preschool and before and after school care, as well as, part-day and full-day Head Start and nursery schools in their definition of child care. They include child care centers, licensed family child care and licensed-exempt care in their definition of child care. They see all forms of child care as part of a continuum of education for young children, starting at birth and continuing into elementary school. 4. Richmond Health Center 100 38th St. Richmond, CA 94805 Phone†¦ 800-495-8885 Website†¦ www. cchealth. org Hours 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 8:00 AM to 8:45 PM, Tuesday, Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday Richmond Health Center provides routine and preventive health care service focusing on the whole person. They offer immunizations which are first come first served. They also offer Routine prenatal care for pregnant women. Women’s health like PAP Smears, breast exams, referral for mammograms for women over 40 years old, contraception including emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, STD testing and treatment, and HIV testing. They offer a range of other services for women, men and children. 5. Spectrum Center 16330 San Pablo Ave. San Pablo, CA 94806 Phone†¦ 510-724-4494 Website†¦ www. spectrumschools. com Spectrum Center Schools and Programs serve students with a variety of special needs, behavioral challenges and differing abilities. Spectrum programs are designed for students ages 5 to 22 with a wide array of special needs, including autism, emotional disturbance, physical challenges, behavior disorders and developmental delays. Spectrum Center offers flexibility and customization to meet the diverse needs of students, districts and families. They actively seek and implement best practices to promote optimal outcomes, and they continually adjust their programming as student population change. Curriculum-based measures and evidence-based programming provide the educational support needed to serve students with special needs. Spectrum Center earned the highest rating given by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and is a member of the California Association and Private Special Education Schools and Advanced. Reflection During my research I used the internet to get a lot of needed information. I live in the city where I got my resources from. I have had the chance to visit some of them in passing. One of the resources that I really liked was Contra Costa Child Care Council. This organization offer many resources for child care. When I moved to Contra Costa County finding inexpensive child care was a challenge. Child Care Council helped me pay for child care. They also had a referral list of providers. I would recommend Child Care Council to everyone who has under age children. I found this exercise useful because I am going to be opening a child care center soon. I will need to know about all resources in my area. This project allowed me to do some intensive research for my business. Looking for educational programs for children and health care in the city of Pinole was difficult. It saddens me that I was not able to find not one health care center that wasn’t private. The recreation center at Fernandez Park was the only reasonable priced program for children. I signed my daughter up for the after school program. The only thing that was missing within their program was tutoring. My next journey is to find a program that offers both tutoring and structured recreation.