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TOGETHER (PACT)
P.O. Box 7801, Berkeley 94707
To help parents of adolescent and adult children with behavior or substance abuse problems to overcome guilt and isolation, find their own power to effect changes in their families. Parent support group. Publishes PACT Resource Guide. Meetings: Monday nights at 7:30pm; call for information. Meetings are not wheelchair accessible. Cost: $2 donation at meetings. Contact: Christine Harris, 525-4461 [4/95]

PARENTS’ PRESS
1454 Sixth St., 94710
Monthly newspaper for Bay Area parents; articles on places to take kids, calendar, interviews, profiles of parents, advice, resource articles such as swimming classes for babies and advertisements on related resources. Cost: $16.23 annual subscription. Contact: Dixie Jordan, Editor, 524-1602 [9/94]

PRISON MATCH (MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN)
1080 Miller Ave. (1 block below Grizzly Peak), 94708
Dedicated to maintaining the ties between parent and child, despite the stress of imprisonment. Primary task: running a children’s center at San Francisco County Jail at San Bruno where children can visit and play with their inmate parents on Sundays. Provides handbooks on parental incarceration issues for the inmates and their children. Acts as a model program and provides technical assistance to similar groups in this country and internationally. Parenting groups. Cost: Publications free to inmates and their families. Donations asked from others. Wheelchair accessible. Languages: Spanish. Contact: Rose Weilerstein, 524-3942 [3/95]