Like Oak Family Resource Center
1438 Capitola Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
tel 831.476.7284
fax 831.476.2769
http://www.communitybridges.org/liveoak.html
Our Mission
The mission of the Live Oak Family Resource Center is to improve the quality of life and strengthen the individuals and families of Live Oak while promoting a safe and healthy community.
This is accomplished by:
• Connecting and providing people with resources and services
• Supporting opportunities for personal and cultural exchange
• Helping residents to thrive by helping themselves and each other
The LOFRC is a friendly place where all people of all cultures feel welcomed and respected. Building strong families and a safe and healthy community in the greater Live Oak area.Our bilingual staff is ready to help you.Our community is important to us, and we want Live Oak to be a safe, fun place for all who live here.
What is a Family Resource Center?
We are a neighborhood and community-based place for families to come to for all kinds of help, information, sharing, and referrals to other programs that might be of help. We are part of the Family Resource Network of Santa Cruz County and the National Alliance of Family Resource Centers called Family Support America.
Services are free or on a sliding scale basis, including:
Education
• Childbirth classes
• Play Groups
• Together in the Park
• Toddlers
• Las Madres y Los Padres (bilingual)
• Life skills for teens and adults
Community Development
• Leadership and neighborhood organizing sessions
• Free supper club and activities
• Networking with other Live Oak groups
• Beautification projects
• Live Oak Community Alliance
• Links to other programs and services
Home Visiting
• Teens with life skill challenges
• Parents with children aged 0 – 5
• Counseling and/or referral to other services
Information and Referral
• Free and low cost health care enrollment
• Help with finding childcare
• And much more
Family Resource Network of Santa Cruz County
Member Organizations - August 2002
1. Answers Benefitting Children
2. Beach Flats Community Center
3. Branciforte Elementary Healthy Start
4. Davenport Resource Service Center
5. Familia Center
6. Families in Transition
7. Grandma Sue’s Community Project
8. Head Start of Santa Cruz County
9. La Manzana Community Resources
10. Live Oak Family Resource Center
11. Mountain Community Resources
12. Pajaro Valley Shelter Services
13. Parents Center
14. Special Parent's Information Network
15. Walnut Avenue Women's Center
16. Women's Crisis Support/Defensa de Mujueres
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