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Foster Care Help in California

Local foster care offices for 67 counties, how to become a foster parent, and free legal help. Everything is free — no account, no sign-up.

Foster Care Help

Thinking about fostering, or caring for a relative's child? Start here, then call your county office below.

How to become a foster parent

Free Legal Help

11 free civil legal aid programs serve California.

Local Offices by County

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Alameda County

    Alameda County Social Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Alameda County

    Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Alameda County

    Housing Authority of the County of Alameda

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Alpine County

    Alpine County Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Amador County

    Amador County Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Butte County

    Butte County Employment and Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Calaveras County

    Calaveras County Works and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Colusa County

    Colusa County Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Contra Costa County

    Contra Costa County Independent Living Skills Program

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Del Norte County

    Del Norte County Health and Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · El Dorado County

    El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Fresno County

    Fresno County Department of Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Fresno County

    Fresno County Department of Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Fresno County

    Fresno Area Express (FAX), City of Fresno

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Fresno County, California

    Fresno County Department of Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Fresno County, California

    Fresno County Department of Social Services — Youth Housing Referrals

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Glenn County

    Glenn County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Humboldt County

    Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services, Social Services Branch

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Imperial County

    Imperial County Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Inyo County

    Inyo County Health & Human Services, Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Kern

    Kern County Network for Children — Dream Center

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Kern County

    Kern County Department of Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Kern County

    Kern County Department of Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Kern County

    Kern County Department of Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Kern County

    Golden Empire Transit District (GET)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Kings County

    Kings County Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Lake County

    Lake County Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Lassen County

    Lassen County Health and Human Services / WORKS

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Los Angeles

    Los Angeles County Youth Commission

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Los Angeles

    Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Los Angeles County

    Los Angeles County ILP (ILPonline)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Los Angeles County

    Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Los Angeles County

    Long Beach Transit (LBT)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Los Angeles County, California

    Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Los Angeles County, California

    Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Madera County

    Madera County Department of Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Marin County

    Marin County Health and Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Mariposa County

    Mariposa County Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Mendocino County

    Mendocino County Department of Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Merced

    Merced County Human Services Agency — Main Street Youth Center

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Merced County

    Merced County Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Modoc County

    Modoc County Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Mono County

    Mono County Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Monterey County

    Monterey County Department of Social and Employment Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Napa County

    Napa County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Nevada County

    Nevada County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Orange County

    Orange County Social Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Orange County

    Orange County Social Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Orange County

    Orange County Housing Authority

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Placer County

    Placer County Health and Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Placer County (not Roseville)

    Placer County Housing Authority

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Riverside County

    Riverside County Department of Public Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Riverside County

    Riverside Transit Agency (RTA)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Sacramento County

    Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Sacramento County, California

    Sacramento County Department of Child, Family and Adult Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Sacramento County, California

    Sacramento County Department of Child, Family and Adult Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Sacramento County, California

    Sacramento Works (Sacramento Employment and Training Agency)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Sacramento County, California

    Sacramento County DCFAS — CPS Independent Living Program

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Benito County

    San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Bernardino County

    San Bernardino County Children and Family Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Bernardino County

    San Bernardino County Children and Family Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Bernardino County

    Omnitrans

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Diego County

    San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Diego County

    San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Diego County

    San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Francisco

    San Francisco Housing Authority

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Francisco County

    San Francisco Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Francisco County

    San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Joaquin County

    San Joaquin County Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Joaquin County

    San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Luis Obispo County

    San Luis Obispo County Department of Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · San Mateo County

    San Mateo County Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Santa Barbara County

    Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Santa Clara County

    Santa Clara County Social Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Santa Clara County

    County of Santa Clara Social Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Santa Cruz County

    Santa Cruz County Human Services Department

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Santa Cruz County

    Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Shasta County

    Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Sierra County

    Sierra County Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Siskiyou County

    Siskiyou County Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Solano County

    Solano County Health and Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Sonoma County

    Sonoma County Human Services Department

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Sonoma County

    Sonoma County Housing Authority

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Stanislaus County

    Stanislaus County Community Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Sutter County

    Sutter County Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Tehama County

    Tehama County Health and Human Services Agency, Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Trinity County

    Trinity County Health and Human Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Tulare

    Tulare County Office of Education — The Dream Center

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Tulare County

    Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Tuolumne County

    Tuolumne County Social Services

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Ventura County

    Ventura County Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Yolo

    YoloWorks — Yolo County

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Yolo County

    Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Yolo County

    Yolo County Transportation District (Yolobus)

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

  • LOCAL OFFICE · Yuba County

    Yuba County Health and Human Services Department

    No public email listed — call the office or use its official page.

From the Legal Services Corporation's official grantee list.

  • Free legal aid

    Bay Area Legal Aid

    7 counties: Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, San Francisco County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County

  • Free legal aid

    California Indian Legal Services, Inc.

    3 counties: Alpine County, Inyo County, Mono County

  • Free legal aid

    California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.

    14 counties: Colusa County, Imperial County, Madera County, Monterey County, San Benito County, San Joaquin County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County…

  • Free legal aid

    Central California Legal Services

    6 counties: Fresno County, Kings County, Mariposa County, Merced County, Tulare County, Tuolumne County

  • Free legal aid

    Community Legal Aid SoCal

    1 counties: Orange County

  • Free legal aid

    Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc.

    1 counties: Kern County

  • Free legal aid

    Inland Counties Legal Services, Inc.

    2 counties: Riverside County, San Bernardino County

  • Free legal aid

    Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

    1 counties: Los Angeles County

  • Free legal aid

    Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc.

    1 counties: San Diego County

  • Free legal aid

    Legal Services of Northern California, Inc.

    22 counties: Amador County, Butte County, Calaveras County, Del Norte County, El Dorado County, Glenn County, Humboldt County, Lake County…

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    Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County

    1 counties: Los Angeles County