San Gabriel/Pomona Regional Center provides information and links to support groups for people with disabilities and/or their family members.

El Encanto Healthcare & Habilitation Center provides inpatient care for terminally ill individuals. Services include skilled nursing, wound care, IV therapy, pain management, respiratory care, and meals.

The Alliance’s Benefits Program helps caregivers access funding and services for the children in their care. The Alliance helps to ensure that caregivers are receiving the correct level of support for the needs of the child. A major focus of this program is helping families access the necessary and appropriate benefits for disabled children who require highly specialized and intensive care.

The California Department of Developmental Services provides support and services to individuals with developmental disabilities including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and related conditions. Regional Centers provide a diagnosis and assessment of eligibility, and help individuals access, coordinate, and monitor the services available to them.

Monterey Park offers a low cost transportation program through its Dial-A-Taxi program. Eligible residents aged 55 and older or who have a certified disability are able to shop, dine, and visit any location in the city or go to approved satellite medical facilities and hospitals 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The United States Adaptive Recreation Center offers challenging and adventurous summer recreational programming including water skiing, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, sailing, fishing plus off-road, downhill wheelchair program.

Bethany Manor Foundation, Inc. offers the Kidz \’R Kidz program which provides speech and language therapy in a group setting for children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years with developmental delays or disabilities.

City of Baldwin Park\’s Home Improvement Loan Program provides immediate financial resources needed to assist eligible income owner occupants to make needed repairs to their homes throughout the City. This program offers many households, senior citizens, and disabled/handicapped property owners grants up to $10,000 for essential home repairs.

California State Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) assists Californians with disabilities to become employed and live independently by offering career counseling and job search services.

Canine Companions offers free trained service dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The service dogs are trained to identify each veteran’s unique problems and perform tasks that directly help with symptoms.

EDD provides referrals to job openings or training, career counseling, job search assistance & workshops, testing, and referrals to supportive services in the community to people with disabilities who are seeking employment.

AbleGamers\’ peer counseling program crafts individualized strategies for people with disabilties to develop solutions for accessibility challenges, combat social isolation and join a worldwide community of players.

The ADA Information Line answers questions about how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to any situation. Individuals may also access information online.

ElderLink offers assistance finding an appropriate senior living facility. Licensed by Department of Public Health, ElderLink provides independent and free personalized senior care placement services.

VOALA offers early education programs for kindergarten readiness. Children receive healthy meals and assessments for development, health, nutrition, mental health, and disabilities. Families with identified needs receive appropriate services and support.

TASK helps parents and adults with disabilities choose the appropriate AAC and assistive technology and helps families apply for them. The program is called Project Communicate and is appointment only.

Regional Centers are nonprofit, private corporations that contract with the State of California. They are funded to provide diagnosis and assessment of eligibility and help plan, access, coordinate, and monitor the services and supports that are needed because of a developmental disability. There is no charge for the diagnosis and eligibility assessment. Once eligibility is determined, a service coordinator is assigned to help develop a plan for services, tell you where services are available, and help you get those services. Most services and supports are free regardless of age or income.

North Los Angeles County Regional Center offers and coordinates services for individuals with disabilities age 3 and over.

Adult Protective Services (APS) is a 24 hour service that receives and investigates reports of suspected abuse/neglect of a senior or dependent adult in the areas of physical, sexual, or financial abuse and caregiver neglect or self-neglect. A dependent adult is someone physically or mentally impaired ages 18-64. A senior is someone age 65 and older.

MERCI offers a Discovery program which helps individuals with disabilities benefit from an individualized plan and one-on-one training to develop their specific needs.