Community Support and Child Care Resources

YMCA Childcare Resource Center
The YMCA Childcare Resource Center offers free child care referrals for nannies, day care centers and home day care providers as well as a parent resource packet and child care assistance for income eligible families.

Trustline(800) 822-8490
Trustline is a registry of licensed child care providers who have passed a background screening test.

The Parent Connection at Scripps Memorial Hospital
To become a Parent Connection member or learn more about us, call (858) 626-6944 or e-mail us at parent_connection@yahoo.com. We'll do our best to return calls within 72 hours. For playgroup information, please call (858) 626-6943. Please leave your name, area you live in and the birth month and year of your child.

Nurturing Network (800) TNN-4MOM
Individually tailored support to meet the needs of college and working women.  Provides a nurturing home, counseling, medical services, employment, financial and educational assistance, and expedited college transfer.

Catholic Charities (800) CARE-002
Catholic Charities provides adoption services for birth mothers and adoptive parents, parenting classes, financial and materials needs assistance, family counseling and housing.  They also provide referrals for legal assistance, child care, employment and education assistance, and medical assistance.

Birthright (800) 550-4900
Provides free and confidential pregnancy testing; support for pregnant women; maternity and infant clothes, bottles, diapers, and layettes for newborns.  Referrals for legal assistance, parenting classes, breast-feeding, child care, employment and education programs, adoption services and counseling, medical care and family counseling.

Carenet (800) 395-HELP
A network of Christian pregnancy centers that offer a variety of service including free pregnancy testing; birth, abstinence, and post-abortion counseling; housing and help with financial, medical, and material needs.

Other Miscellaneous Community Links for playgroups etc:

http://sandiego.babyzone.com/contact.asp

http://www.childavenue.com/pages/playgroups_pages/playgroups_casd.html