DCARA provides a wide-range of services for our community members and their families such as communication access assistance, independent living skills, employment services, peer counseling, information referral, advocacy services, and community education that empower Deaf people to live independent and productive lives with full access to the rights privileges and opportunities available to the general public.
DCARA's Youth & Family Services Department works with Deaf/DeafBlind/DeafDisabled/Hard of Hearing/LateDeafened/hearing parents with Deaf/DeafBlind/DeafDisabled/Hard of Hearing/LateDeafened or hearing children to create and bolster family language, family communication, and family bond. YFS' programs for parents include Family Mentoring, Youth Mentoring, Family ASL, IFSP/IEP/ITP advocacy, Club Saturday, and more. YFS' programs and services center around linguistic and communication needs of the child and family.
DCARA provides service to the 14 following counties in California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, San Francisco, Del Norte, San Mateo, Humboldt, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Marin, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and Sanoma.