Community Resources
CAREER EXPLORATION
COLLEGE READINESS
ARTS & CULTURE
- Merced Art Hop
- Merced County Arts Council - (209) 388-1090
- Playhouse Merced - (209) 725-8587
RECREATIONAL SERVICES
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Merced County *After-school programs, sports, youth development* - (209) 722-9922
VOLUNTEER SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
- United Way of Merced - (209) 383-4242
- Hands on Central California
- Merced County Animal Shelter - (209) 385-7436
TEEN FRIENDLY WEBSITES
TEEN CRISIS CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS
- All Emergencies - 911
- National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline - 1-866-331-9474
- Youth Crisis Helpline - 1-800-786-2929
- Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-8255
- Teen Runaway Hotline - 1-800-621-4000
- Rape, Abuse, Incest, National Network (RAINN) - 1-800-656-4673
- CDC National STD & AIDS Hotline - 1-800-232-4636
- California Poison Action Line - 1-800-222-1222
MENTAL HEALTH & COUNSELING SERVICES
- Merced County Mental Health Department - (209) 381-6800
- Recovery Assistance for Teens (RAFT) - (209) 381-6860
- Healing Hearts Anger Management Services - (209) 349-1530
- Valley Crisis Center (Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services) - (209) 725-7900
FOSTER YOUTH SERVICES
- Foster Youth Services Program - (209) 381-4519
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
- EMPOWER Program - (209) 381-5926
- Merced County Regional Occupational Program (ROP) - (209) 381-6607
- Central Valley Opportunity Center (CVOC) - (209) 357-0062
- Employment Resource Center (WorkNet - One Stop) - (209) 724-2100
ABUSE & FAMILY VIOLENCE
- Adult Protective Services (APS) - (209) 385-3105
- Child Protective Services (CPS) - (209) 385-3104
- National Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-799-7233
- Valley Crisis Center - (209) 725-7900
ADOPTION & FOSTER CARE
- Approachable Foster Family Agency - (209) 723-2093
- Labor of Love - 1-888-358-2229
- Lifetime Adoption - 1-800-923-6784
- Rainbow Valley Foster Care - (209) 722-0202
DISABILITY SERVICES
- Assistive Technology Network - 1-800-390-2699
- Center of Vision Enhancement (COVE) - (209) 722-8118
- Central Valley Regional Center - (209) 723-4245
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing Video Phone Interpreter Services - (209) 230-9910
- DRAIL Independent Living Center - (209) 521-7260
DRUGS & ALCOHOL
- Al-Anon (for adults) / Alateen (for teens) - (209) 524-3907
- Alcohol and Drug Services - (209) 381-6880
- Alcoholic's Anonymous (AA) - (209) 385-0309
- Central Valley Addiction Center - (209) 722-8791
- Youth Recovery Assistance for Teens (RAFT) - (209) 381-6860
FOOD RESOURCES
- Catholic Charity - (209) 383-2494
- Harvest Time Warehouse - (209) 723-2395
- Love Inc. - (209) 383-1265
- Meals on Wheels - (209) 385-7550
- Merced County Food Bank - (209) 726-3663
- Women, Infant and Children (WIC) - (209) 383-4859