Promoting Safe & Stable Families (PSSF)

This program offers a variety of services to meet community identified needs in five areas of Contra Costa County:

	North Richmond
	Coronado
	Bay Point
	Pittsburg
	Monument Corridor

Services include, but are not limited to: information and referral, childcare, family planning, parenting classes, educational support groups, youth activities, and domestic violence counseling. Services are provided by collaborations of community based organizations and are free of charge. For more information on program development, email Rhonda Smith at the Employment & Human Services Department at smithr@ehsd.cccounty.us.

For information about receiving services in North Richmond contact Angela Moore from Center for Human Development at (510) 234-5359.

In Coronado (South Richmond) contact the “All That” Director at the YMCA at (510) 412-5647.

In Bay Point contact Debra Mason from Ambrose Community Center at (925) 458-1601. Services in Bay Point are also available through Brighter Beginnings, Claudette Garner at (510) 779-3185.

In Pittsburg contact Brighter Beginnings, Claudette Garner at (510) 779-3185.

In Monument Corridor STAND! Against Domestic Violence, Sharon Turner at (925) 603-0112.

Highlights from the first three years

	Nearly 1,400 families expressing family problems and a need for assistance improved family functioning through personal information and referral.
	700 teens increased their safety by learning the underlying factors contributing to violence in relationships.
	955 children participated in academic tutoring, self esteem building and substance abuse prevention activities, and/or recreational and educational field trips.
	300 people gained employment development skills and found new jobs.
	More than 900 people increased their involvement in community activities through participating in Neighborhood Association Meetings and Family Forums.

Quotes From PSSF Participants

"At first I was afraid to come to the support group. Now I know that I can be strong, and that there are others to help me. I have found the strength to move forward with the help of all of the women in this group."
—Spanish Speaking Support Group Participant

"A year ago, I was homeless, on drugs, without a concrete direction on where to go. After I had been in treatment and intensive counseling I still had one major issue to get my children back in my sole custody, and that was housing…the Baypoint Family Support Program was the answer to my problems."
—Baypoint PSSF Participant

"I am a parent of three children who have been involved in the CHD programs based at Shields-Reid Park. They have been involved in the summer day camp, the baseball team, the cooking class, and also in the after-school tutorial program…my children would not have had the opportunity to be involved in these programs had it not been for CHD."
—North Richmond PSSF Participant

"My husband and I were very excited, because we never had anything happen like this before. I can say the group [Americorps] did a commendable job, may God bless them."
—Woman whose house was painted by Americorps

"I am now clean off drugs for 16 months, received Shelter Plus Care December 1997, and found a place to live with the help of the Pittsburg Preschool/Baypoint FPSP."
—Baypoint PSSF Participant

"Thank you [Center for Human Development/North Richmond Family Preservation and Support (FPSP now PSSF)] for all the family support programs. The transportation program assistance provided me with bus tickets to get my son to the doctor 4 times…Please keep the transportation program because the community really needs it to help family and children for job interviews, employment, doctor appointments and food."
—North Richmond PSSF Participant