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The Alameda County Social Services Agency is comprised of 2,400 men and women working collectively and in partnership with community-based organizations to serve the needs of the community. The Agency assists approximately 11.3 percent of Alameda County's residents. more
Sarah Williams, a sophomore at Valley Christian School in Dublin, enlisted the help of Laura Heston, Pleasanton school district's service learning coordinator, to start "Stepping up to Help Others", a program with the lofty goal of providing a new pair of shoes to every foster kid in Alameda County more
Just 10 years ago there were nearly 1,000 foster homes in the county - today that number has dwindled to about 200, a 80 percent decline over the past decade, officials say. more
 In Alameda County there are close to 3,000 children and youth in foster care, in need of the support and security of a family. The Department of Children and Family Services has partnered with faith and community based organizations throughout Alameda County to license an additional 400 county foster homes and provide permanent adoptive homes for children and youth in foster care.
Join the Alameda County Faith Initiative to support "A Pathway to Home". For more information on how you can adopt a child or become a foster parent, visit www.pathwaytohome.org
Agency staff can now use the Agency Web site to refer eligible clients to the Season of Sharing (SOS) program. more
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