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In order
for the Deaf Unit to accomplish its goals of serving deaf clients,
service providers needed to come together to establish a network
of agencies for clients to utilize. The ACADC helped bring professionals
together to discuss the needs of the community and the success
of the Deaf Unit.
Some of the agencies
involved:
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Five
Acres Deaf Services Program – Providing in-home counseling
services to families with a deaf member. Pregnancy, birth
and childcare services. Parenting classes, domestic violence
support groups for victims and school based counseling for
deaf children. Advocacy and community outreach.
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St.
John’s Hospital, Mental Health Services for the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing – Providing outpatient mental health
services, Psychiatric and Psychological evaluations, individual
and/or family psychotherapy, parenting skills, crisis intervention
and community outreach.
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Peace
Over Violence (formerly Los Angeles Commission on Assault
Against Women,) Deaf and Disabled services – Providing
rape, incest, domestic violence support groups and survivor
assistance, peer counseling, hospital and court accompaniment.
Shelter referral and support services. Public education, self
defense classes and advocacy.
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Child
S.H.A.R.E., Deaf Services Program – Providing recruitment,
training and support for foster families serving deaf children.
Child SHARE has the nation’s only recruitment campaign
in deaf congregations to find American Sign Language –
fluent foster parents for abused and abandoned deaf children.
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Greater
Los Angeles Council on Deafness – Advocacy, cultural
and community resources. Interpreter referral.
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Awakenings
– Substance Abuse Recovery Programs for Deaf and Hard
of Hearing Persons.
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School
programs of all types working with service providers to meet
the needs of the children involved.
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