Additional Resources

Bay Area Legal Services Programs
California Rural Legal Assistance (San Francisco) 
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County (Redwood City)
Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County (San Jose)
National Center for Youth Law (Oakland)
National Housing Law Project (Oakland)
Western Center on Law and Poverty (regional office in Oakland) (Client education brochures on housing, health, and public benefits available)
SF Volunteer Legal Services Program
Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (regional office in Oakland)
LawHelpCalifornia (statewide legal services directory)

Legal Research
Legal Services of Northern California (Extensive links to legal databases)
CalWORKS Information
Food Stamp Information
Medi-Cal Information
Nolo Press (Publishes a number of legal self-help manuals)

Housing
CA Dept. of Consumer Affairs - Landlord-Tenant's Rights
CA Dept. of Consumer Affairs - Fair Housing Agencies
Eviction Defense Collaborative (San Francisco)
National Housing Law Project
San Francisco Tenants Union

Housing-Bay Area Rent Control
Berkeley, CA Rent Stabilization Board
San Francisco Rent Stabilization Board

Health and The Medi-Cal Program
Health Consumer Alliance
National Health Law Program (Extensive links page to advocacy organizations and legal services programs)

California's Medi-Cal Program
What Is Medi-Cal?
Medi-Cal Managed Care Consumers Rights
CA Medi-Cal Program Page
Health Consumer Alliance - Medi-Cal Page
CA Medi-Cal Forms Index
Medi-Cal Policy Institute

Immigrants and Public Benefits
National Immigration Law Center
Welfare Reform & Asian/Pacific Islanders
State Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
California Immigrant Policy Center

California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs)
CalWORKs - RAND Corporation Analysis
Additional CalWORKs Resources

CalWORKs - Alameda County Resources
Eden I&R (Alameda County) CalWORKs Page
Laney College (Oakland) CalWORKs Page
Peralta Community College District
Berkeley City College (formerly Vista) CalWORKs Page

Food Stamp and Nutrition Programs
How to Apply for Food Stamps
Food Research and Action Center
Food Stamps and other Nutrition Programs
Economic Success Clearinghouse
Making Wages Work - Food Stamps Page (listserv)
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Disability & Supplemental Security Income Benefits
Social Security Administration - Basic SSI Information
Social Security Office Locator

Unemployment Insurance
CA Employment Development Department
National Employment Law Project

Family/Domestic Violence
Family Violence Prevention Fund (Bay Area Organization)
Community United Against Violence (Bay Area Organizations)
ABA Commission on Domestic Violence
Dept. of Justice (DOL) Violence Against Women Office
President's Interagency Council on Women
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement
DOJ Community Oriented Policing Services
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
DOJ National Institute of Justice
DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics
DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance
DOJ Office for Victims of Crime
CDC Violence Prevention
Natl. Criminal Justice Reference Service
Natl. Org. for Women (NOW) & Violence Against Women
Young Women's Christian Association Doves, Inc.

General Information on Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Information Center
DV Handbook: Who are the Abusers?
Safety Net Domestic Violence Resources

Domestic Violence and Children
National Crime Prevention Council on Teens
Children's Defense Fund
Kids in Trouble Help Page

Domestic Violence in Gay/Lesbian Relationships
Gay/Lesbian DV: Bibliography of Books

Domestic Violence-Religion
Center for Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence
Resources for Rabbis and Survivors

Domestic Violence - Batterer Intervention
Men Stopping Violence