KASEC provides students with developmental disabilities an opportunity to develop their social skills while playing games and having meaningful conversations on a weekly basis.

A foster child may have undiagnosed learning, emotional, or behavioral disabilities. Alliance for Children\’s Rights offers special education services to youth.

Guide Dogs of America provides dogs for blind/visually impaired, veterans, individuals with autism, and facilities to become trusted companions, bringing confidence, independence, and mobility.

ALP\’s diagnosticians assess children for developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The evaluation involves a parent interview, assessment of the child, and a recommendation meeting to discuss next steps.

The South Pasadena Senior Center hosts on-site meal service to adults 55 years and older and/or disabled persons. Advanced reservations are required and must be made 24 hours in advance. A waitlist will be maintained for walk-ins.

Homes for Life Foundation provides individual and group sessions for adults with mental disabilities. Services are of a supportive and problem solving nature and focus on reducing symptoms and functional impairments.

Lutheran Social Services (LSS) Long Beach/South Bay helps clients apply for healthcare, disability, and housing benefits.

The Pasadena Department of Water and Power (PWP) offers three income-qualified financial assistance programs for paying electric bills. The programs include a monthly bill credit, and help offsetting electricity costs associated with home medical equipment for qualifying seniors or people with disabilities.

The Santa Clarita Valley Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Early Start program provides early intervention services for infants and toddlers with or at risk of disabilities or developmental delay, including vision impairments, orthopedic impairments, or children with a hearing loss.

The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program will help pay for services so that recipients can remain safely in their own home. The types of services provided are housecleaning, meal prep, grocery shopping and personal care services.

Veterans can file for Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation, which offers a monthly tax-free payment to Veterans who got sick or injured while serving in the military and to Veterans whose service made an existing condition worse.

At the California Department of Veteran Affairs website, learn about the state and federal benefits Veterans are entitled to receive, and how to claim them. Those benefits could compensate Veterans for a service-connected disability, allow them to begin or resume a college education, care for their health, train for or find employment, buy a home and more.

The Disability Litigation Program provides free legal assistance to people with disabilities experiencing discrimination in violation of their civil rights. The Disability Litigation Program also takes on representation in impact cases, or class-action suits, that will benefit large groups of people with disabilities.

The Dial-A-Ride program provides curb to curb transportation service to its residents who are 65 years of age or older and individuals with disabilities of any age. Riders are provided transportation within the city and county areas of Montrose, La Crescenta, and within the cities of Glendale and La Canada-Flintridge.

The City of San Gabriel offers reduced-fare TAP Cards to city residents 62 years and older and disabled residents.

HACLA administers Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, which provides housing assistance payments to private landlords on behalf of income eligible individuals and families, senior citizens, and individuals with disabilities.

Artesia Christian Home offers assisted living options for seniors ages 65 and over who are mentally coherent and can care for themselves. Features include housekeeping, kitchen, bathroom, elevator access, meals plus medication management.

The Ride and Go program provides free transportation to Ride and Go registered riders living in the LA County service area. Rides are provided by volunteers. Rides are subject to volunteer availabliity and must be reserved 5 days in advance.

OASIS Senior Citizen Program provides in-home support and transportation assistance for seniors. Services include visits, equipment, home modifications and deliveries of daily necessities. Service offered in Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Canoga Park and Oxnard.

ALP\’s Focused ABA services focus intensely on a developing a few functional skills, which can produce noticeable results.