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BERKELEY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, Office of Special Community Services
2065 Kittredge St. Suite K (at Shattuck), 94704
Planning program to foster broad-based community participation to address problems associated with alcohol and other drugs. Community training and development activities, such as violence prevention-education, health education training, leadership development, public speaking, coalition building. Eligible: Berkeley residents and organizations. Cost: Free. Wheelchair accessible. [9/94]

CHILD HEALTH CLINIC, PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC, Berkeley Health and Human Services
830 University Ave. (at 6th. St.), 94710
Preventive health services to children ages newborn to 21. Physical exams, blood tests, vision and hearing screening, blood and urine testing, immunizations, nutritional guidance, information and referral. Eligible: Berkeley residents. Cost: Sliding scale. Wheelchair accessible. Languages: Spanish. Also known as Well Baby Clinic, and Well Child and Adolescent Clinic. Call first; by appointment only.

COALITION FOR ALTERNATIVES IN MENTAL HEALTH, BERKELEY DROP-IN CENTER
3234 Adeline St. (at Alcatraz), 94703
Client-run, drop-in center for past, present and possible recipients of mental health services. Support community for people who often feel isolated; a self-help healing service. Information, referral and advocacy. Informal socializing, special groups, social and recreational events, peer counseling. Serves snacks. Accepts donations of clothes (adult and children), food (to help serve cold lunches), household items and personal care items. Cost: Free. Wheelchair accessible.

CRISIS SUPPORT SERVICES OF ALAMEDA COUNTY
P.O. Box 9102, Berkeley 94709
Confidential 24-hour telephone crisis, counseling and referral service. Crisis line, speakers bureau, public education, community crisis disaster line and grief counseling project. Special component of grief counseling is senior outreach. Telephones staffed by trained volunteers under professional supervision. Formerly known as Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention Services of Alameda County. Cost: Free to call crisis line; sliding scale for therapy group; low-cost grief counseling.

NEEDLE EXCHANGE EMERGENCY DISTRIBUTION (NEED)
Mailing Address: 2339 Durant Box G8, Berkeley 94704
AIDS prevention and outreach to injection drug users: exchange syringes, distribute condoms, cotton balls, alcohol wipes, bleach and AIDS prevention information, including listings of HIV test sites and recovery programs. Runs an exchange site at San Pablo and Hearst on Thurs 6-8pm and an AIDS prevention table. Available to speak to media and government. Cost: Free.

PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC
Berkeley Health and Human Services
830 University Ave. (at 6th. St.), 94710
Multi-service health site. Includes Immunization Clinic, tuberculosis screening clinic, Child Health Clinic, Comprehensive Family Planning, HIV/AIDS antibody testing, Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, WIC program. Eligible: Call for information. Cost: Varies. WIC program free. Wheelchair accessible. Languages: Spanish.

WEST BERKELEY FAMILY PRACTICE
2031 6th. St. (at Addison), 94710
General medical care for adults and children, dental care, podiatry, chiro-practic care, family planning, breast and cervical cancer screening, prenatal care, testing and screening for sexually transmitted diseases, confidential HIV screening. Clinics at various hours; call for information. Appointments encouraged. Affiliated with Alta Bates Primary Care Access Clinic and Over 60 Health Center. Eligible: Open to all. Cost: All forms of payment accepted: Medi-Cal, Medicare, private insurance, sliding scale. Wheelchair accessible.

WOMEN, INFANTS, and CHILDREN (WIC) SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM
Berkeley Health and Human Services
830 University Ave. (at 6th. St.), 94710
Nutritional counseling and food vouchers for pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants and children,. Eligible: Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Albany women. Wheelchair accessible. Cost: Free. Languages: Spanish.