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Telecare Providers
Telephone Reassurance Providers and Funding Sources
State Of California
The following is a list of automated and volunteer based programs that we found in the state of California. Also, we have listed California private organizations or state agencies that provide grants and funding for community programs.
DSC provides a Telephone Reassurance phone system that automatically calls elderly households checking to ensure they are OK. DSC also provides individual calling services for home alone children. To obtain information about this program and age limits of children for your state, visit the California latchkey kids age restrictions.
There are many communities that provide telephone reassurance programs (both volunteer based or automatic calling programs). These communities also refer to their programs as "Are You OK?"® and RUOK.*
Contact DSC to learn more about our automated phone systems. DSC welcomes the opportunity to discuss our telephone reassurance program and services. Also, if you are a California based community and/or organization that provides a Telephone Reassurance program and would like to be listed here, please feel free to contact us.
California Automated Phone Reassurance Providers
The following organizations provide Telecare programs for the elderly within their California communities. These programs are both automated or volunteer based community services.
- Cotati Police Department - Cotati, California (707) 792-4611
- City of Davis Senior Center - Davis, California (530) 757-5696
- Del Norte Senior Center - Crescent City, California (707) 464-7876
- ElderHelp Volunteers - San Diego, California (619) 284-9281
- City of Encinitas Project C.A.R.E - Encinitas, California (760) 943-2255
- City Of Fortuna - City Of Fortuna Police Department, Fortuna California (707) 725-7550
- Kern County Sheriff's Office - Kern Valley, California (760) 379-2641
- Kings County Sheriff's Office - Hanford, California (209) 582-3211
- Healdsburg Fire Department - Healdsburg, California (707) (431) 3363
- Lemoore Police Department - City Of Lemoore, California (559) 582-3211 ext. 2720
- North Bay Golden Age Club - North Bay, California (707) 474-6520
- Novato Police Department - City Of Novato, California (415) 897-4350
- Pico Rivera Police Department - Pico Rivera, California (562) 949-2421
- Pleasanton Police Department - Pleasanton, California (925) 931-5233
- Porterville Police Department - Porterville, California (559) 782-7422
- San Rafael Police Department - San Rafael, California (415) 485-3030
- Stockton Police Department - Stockton, California (209) 937-8377
California Volunteer Telecare Providers
- Assistance League of San Mateo - San Mateo, California (650) 342-3882
- City Of Sierra Madre - City Of Sierra Madre, California (626)355-7135 ext. 227
- Culver City Senior Center - Culver City, California (310) 253-6704
- Cypress "Cares" - City Of Cypress, California (714)229-2005
- Interfaith Caregivers of Solano County - Solano County, California (707) 425-6164
- Huntington Beach Seniors’ Telecare - Huntington Beach, California (714) 374-1544
- McKinleyville Senior Center - McKinleyville, California (707) 839-0191
- Napa County Senior Assistance Program - Napa County, California (707) 252-6222
- Pasadena Senior Center - Pasadena, California (626) 685-6755
- Project C.A.R.E. Community Action to Reach the Elderly - Chula Vista, California (800) 510-2020
- RSVP Volunteer Center Orange County - Santa Ana, California (714) 953-5757 x100
- Seton Medical Center Tele-Care - Daly City, California (650) 991-6665
- Tele-Friend RSVP - San Francisco, California (415) 731-3335
- Faith in Action Volunteer Services - Barstow, California (760) 256-5706
- Chico Community of Caring - Chico, California (530) 898-4307
- Faith in Action: Simple Gifts - Claremont, California (909) 399-3289
- Interfaith Community Services - Escondido, California (760) 941-0140
- Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers of Solano County - Fairfield, California (707) 425-6164
- Signs and Wonders - Hawthorne, California (310) 467-1165
- Faith in Action Volunteer Services - Joshua Tree, California (760) 366-1308
- HIV/AIDS Careteams - Laguna Beach, California (949) 494-3542 ext. 15
- Community Partners in Caring - Lompoc, California (805) 737-1976
- Elders & Their Families: A Program of Care and Caregiving - Long Beach, California (562) 599-1321
- Faith in Action - Merced CA - Merced, California (209) 631-7491
- San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council Shopping Program - North Hollywood, California (818) 766-5165
- Oakdale Faith in Action - Oakdale, California (209) 848-5495
- Faith in Action of ElderHelp of San Diego - San Diego, California (619) 284-9281
- Faith in Action Vietnamese Compassion Group - San Francisco, California (415) 665-4578
- Interfaith Friends Program - San Francisco, California (415) 771-7957
- Network for Elders-Project VOICE - San Francisco, California (415) 647-5353
- Day Break II Asian Elder Respite and Caregiver Support Services - San Jose, California (408) 282-1134
- Day Break Respite and Caregiver Support Services - San Jose, California (408) 270-4900
- Faith in Action Hospice Program - San Luis Obispo, California (805) 544-2266
- Caring Neighbors of the Santa Clarita Valley - Santa Clarita, California (661) 298-8972
- Compeer Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, California (831) 459-6817
- Santa Maria Faith in Action - Santa Maria, California (805) 925-8000
- Faith in Action Volunteer Action for Aging - Signal Hill, California (562) 492-9878 ext. 6103
- Parish Nurse Program - Solvang, California (805) 687-3734
- Stockton Interfaith Caregiver Program - Stockton, California (209) 461-5112
- Faith in Action - TVC - Tracy, California (209) 835-2772
- Reach Out 29 - Twentynine Palms, California (760) 361-1410
- Faith in Action Project - Van Nuys, California (818) 901-9481
- Caregivers: Volunteers Assisting the Elderly - Ventura, California (805) 658-8530
- Caring Hands Volunteer Caregivers Program - Walnut Creek, California (925) 952-2999
State Of California Potential Funding Resources
The following private and public groups are potential providers of funding for phone reassurance programs in California communities.
To obtain current information about specific California agencies and foundations that provide funding for phone reassurance commonly referred to by many community organizations as RUOK programs or Telephone Reassurance programs, please contact the respective grant provider listed below..
Note: DSC obtained the following names of foundations from public records. There is no assurance that these foundations provide funding for your specific telephone reassurance program or community notification system.
This information is provided to help you research funding for your project using community grants.
* Corporation for National and Community Service
* Volunteer Center Orange County
Community Foundation Sonoma County
The Lincy Foundation
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
The Wells Fargo Foundation
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
H.N. & Frances C. Berger Foundation
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
The Homeland Foundation
The San Diego Foundation
Tenet Healthcare Foundation
Weingart Foundation
Miriam and Peter Haas Fund
The Ahmanson Foundation
Walter and Elsie Haas Fund
The Milken Family Foundation
Dan Murphy Foundation
Righteous Persons Foundation
The East Bay Community Foundation
The David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation
The California Endowment
Energy Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
The Christensen Fund
Community Foundation
Silicon Valley Bernard Osher Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Koret Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
D & DF Foundation
Peninsula Community Foundation
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
California Community Foundation
Stuart Foundation
Marin Community Foundation
Wayne & Gladys Valley Foundation
W.M. Keck Foundation
* "Are You OK?"® and RUOK® are registered names of Northland Innovation Corporation. The terms "RUOK" and "Telephone Reassurance" are commonly used on many community websites that offer both automated and volunteer based telephone reassurance programs.
For a comparison with our CARE system, please visit our RUOK vs CARE web page.
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