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Dear SFCD Family,
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities is currently engaged in a strategic planning process to set the direction and the priorities for the organization for the next 3 - 5 years. Your input is crucial in helping us decide how best to use SFCDs resources in supporting you and in ensuring that SFCD is able to maximize the achievement of its mission of ensuring that families of children with any kind of disability or special health care need have the knowledge and assistance they need to make informed choices that support their child’s health, education, and development. |
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Please tell us a little about you
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What follows is a list of some of services that SFCD offers.
Please let us know how familiar you are with this service: |
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Phone Line:
Support for Families staff (parents themselves) can provide individualized information, referrals, and help over the phone. Phone Line Staff speak Cantonese, Spanish, English, and Mandarin.
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Drop-In Center:
Support for Families staff (parents themselves) can provide individualized information, referrals, and help on site at the drop in center. On Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00-8:30 there is free drop-in child care while parents are on-site using the services of Support for Families. Phone Line Staff speak Cantonese, Spanish, English, and Mandarin.
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Resource Libraries:
Support for Families has a library with more than 3,000 books, videotapes, DVDs and toys which are available to families and professionals.
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Support Groups:
Support groups help families find solutions to challenges, learn advocacy skills, explore resources, and gain strength by sharing experiences with peers.
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Volunteer Parent Mentors:
Trained volunteer Parent Mentors can be matched with a family based on a shared culture, language, or disability issue.
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Educational Workshops and Clinics:
Based on needs expressed by families, monthly parent/professional workshops and weekly small-group clinics help parents and professionals learn about resources, rights and responsibilities.
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Information and Resource Conference:
An annual conference that brings together over 60 exhibitors, 18 workshops to assist families to better understand their child's disability, the systems that serve them, and services in the community.
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Mental Health/Social Worker:
Social worker provides short term counseling and short term case management for families accessing mental health and other services for their children and or youth
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Family Gatherings:
Quarterly events, such as an annual ice-skating party and Halloween party give families a chance to socialize and network in a fun, relaxed atmosphere.
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Community Outreach:
Staff and volunteers make presentations and conduct training on disability issues and parent perspectives to university classes, community agencies, and professional groups.
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Newsletter:
A quarterly Newsletter in English, Spanish, and Chinese offers articles of interest to families, professionals, and the community.
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All Support for Families services are provided free of charge
to families and the professionals who work with them.
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Website:
The Support for Families website (www.supportforfamilies.org) provides information on events and services at Support for Families and links to resources around the nation. A few highlights are: downloadable disability packets, online Resource Guide, Library Catalog, downloadable newsletters (with Spanish and Chinese editions) and much more.
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Listserv:
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities listserv allows members to subscribe and unsubscribe to an electronic mailing list to receive the most up-to-date information related to families of children with disabilities. |
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What follows is a list of some of services that SFCD offers.
Please let us know the importance of each service to you and your family: |
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Of all the services that SFCD offers, which are the THREE most important? |
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If additional resources were available, what services and programs would you want us to consider expanding?
(Check no more than two) |
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What other services and programs should SFCD consider offering that would support you and your family? |
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What do you most value about SFCD? |
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What are the greatest barriers to your accessing SFCD services? |
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How did you first hear about SFCD? |
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Please remember that this survey is confidential and we are not using this survey to solicit your name or a contribution. SFCD is committed to offering its services free of charge. However, as a nonprofit organization, SFCD relies on support from individuals as well as grants. The next few questions are to help us better understand how we can best serve the needs of our community through the expansion of contributions from individuals. |
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Why should someone make a financial contribution to SFCD? |
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Any other comments you would like to make that would assist the SFCD Board and Staff in setting priorities for the next 3 - 5 years? |
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