Expectant Parent and Parenting Support Hub

Resources for Parenting Foster Youth

Welcome to the Expectant Parent Support Hub! This site will provide pregnant minors and nonminor dependents (NMDs) with resources to support themselves and their child(ren).

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This section will provide you with a list of financial resources and will be updated as new resources are received.

• How to Create a Bank Account (checking or savings)
  • How To Open a Bank Account
  • Bank Accounts for People Under 18
  • How to establish an Individual Development Account
• Guaranteed Income Pilot Program (when available)
• How to File Taxes for Free and available tax credits for parents
• Seek Credit Union Partnerships for financial management
• Resources for Parenting Foster Youth
• Income benefits for young adults
• Tax Credits for Parents
• Budgeting for New Parents: How to Build a Baby Budget
• How to Make — and Keep! — a Family Budget

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This section will provide you with a list of health care resources and will be updated as new resources are received.

• California Department of Public Health offers programs to support expectant and parenting youth and young adults including, but not limited to:
  • Adolescent Family Life Program
  • Black Infant Health Program
  • California Home Visiting Program (including: Nurse Family Partnership, Healthy Families America, Parents as Teachers), and
  • Local Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Programs
  • For more information visit: Programs and Initiatives
• Doula Services are offered in some counties for youth in foster care.
• First 5 California
• Planned Parenthood delivers sexual and reproductive health education to all CA affiliates
• Postpartum depression, Signs of Postpartum, and Postpartum Support International

• Breast Feeding Resources
• Breastfeeding Basics
• Human Milk Storage Guidelines
• Storing and Thawing Breast Milk
• Interim Guidance on Breastfeeding and Breast Milk Feeds in the Context of COVID-19
• Caring for Your Breasts When Breastfeeding

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This section will provide you with a list parent support resources and will be updated as new resources are received.

• Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Youth - some counties have opted into this program and give priority to parenting foster youth.
• CA Child Care Resource Referral.
• Child Tax Credit: Sign-up Tool Important changes to the Child Tax Credit will help many families get advance payments of the Child Tax Credit.
  • Choosing Quality Child Care For Your Children

Support Networks

• Main Street Mamas is a Facebook group where moms post and ask other local moms for resources, donations, hand-me-downs.
• VROOM is a phone app that provides free, easy to do activities to do with your baby.

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This section will provide you with a list of resources for fathers in foster care and will be updated as new resources are received.

• Teen Parents DADS
• Project Fatherhoods
• Alameda County Fathers Corps
• Fatherhood Programs for Early Childhood Development and Education in Alameda County Alameda Kids Resource Directory
• Fatherhood Initiative Hayward Unified School District

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This section will provide you with a list of public benefits and will be updated as new resources become available.

• California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKS) provides cash aid to families to pay for living expenses. If you are under 19 and have not yet graduated high school, Cal-Learn helps pregnant and parenting teens in the CalWORKs program to graduate from high school or its equivalent, and become independent and healthy families.
• SSI provides cash for living expenses if you are disabled.
• CalFresh benefits help pay for groceries.
• WIC is a health and nutrition program for growing families. WIC helps families by providing nutrition education, breastfeeding support, benefits for healthy foods, and referrals to healthcare and other community services.
• Medi-Cal medical insurance.
• One Simple Wish is a scholarship program that helps children impacted by the trauma of foster care.
• Financial Aid/California Dream Act
• Supporting LGBTQ+ Students Instructional guidance, law, and policies for local educational agencies to support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ+) students and provide safe learning environments that protect the health and safety of LGBTQ+ students
• CAL Grant Programs The Cal Grant is a California-specific financial aid allocation that does not need to be paid back.
• Family Urgent Response System (FURS) is a coordinated statewide, regional, and county-level system designed to provide collaborative and timely state-level phone-based response and county-level in-home, in-person mobile response during situations of instability, to preserve the relationship of the caregiver and the child or youth.