I found CANHR about 3 years ago when my mom's health took a turn for the worse and she needed some…read moreadvocacy; I didn't know where to start. One of their lawyers, Arabelle, was extremely thoughtful and generous with her time, crafting emails to help me understand how to best protect my mom from the institutions that treated her more like a number than a patient (or person). Arabelle introduced me to to some resources I am now convinced I would have never found and set my mom on a new path with great care and quality of life. Another set of circumstances arose recently and I reached back out to Arabelle; once again she provided great advice and insights. I would recommend without hesitation working with CANHR and Arabelle, in particular.

RUDE. UNHELPFUL. Another non profit with staff that can't handle basic simple communication. They…read morethink its acceptable to put a warm bodie on the phones that is rude to people calling and unable to handle basic, and I mean basic, communication skills.

I'm stunned. First person, I talked to was awesome and…read moreapparently within months was no longer working here. Looking back, this was the most unfortunate thing because she was the most compassionate person. I have talk to. Couple of months go by with no word whatsoever, so I re-contact them and end up giving information being told that I would be referred and everything would be good and they would help me out and nothing absolutely nothing for months!!! I'm not gonna chase these people down. Clearly they don't have their act together. Clearly their clients are not their priority when you know it months and months go by again and I get a follow up call three times they don't leave a message when they do leave a message. I can barely understand it and they wanna know if I'm still interested in helping me. Come on people...really???

Great local resource, with dedicated advocates. They helped me find a caregiver post major…read moresurgery. Also helped locate a pharmacy that handles specialty meds.

I will say that it's a very different place then it was back in 2000 when I first had them assist…read moreme with getting help with Social Security. Flash to 2026. My problem I need to find a Doctor that will accept new patients, Medicare and Medi-Cal. I have not had luck on my own. Sutter Health say they do take new patients and they do take Medicare but they don't take new Medicare patients unless you've seen an in network doctor in the last 3 years. I went to PRC's web site. I thought they had a reference page with doctors that were taking new patients, with Medicare and Medi-Cal. I thought I saw a list but all doctors on the list were Sutter Health doctors so that would not work. I emailed PRC and a few weeks later someone called. I was out and left a message. This happened 3 times with the last message saying they would not call again, I totally understand that. I called them again. The person answered the phone but said she was at lunch and could she call me back. I said yes I understand and hung up. Around 5:10 pm I get a call. The person says I see you might be in our system but I need to ask a few questions to confirm it's you. No problem, first question Date of birth, second question last 4 of social security, third question source of income are you still on SDI, forth question how much do you get from SDI. Fifth question was how much do you have in savings. At that point I said thank you for your time. There is no need to call me back good-bye. I have know idea why they need to know my income and my savings when they already know (or should now) from me having Medicare and Medi-Cal that I couldn't be sitting on a large saving amount. I also don't know what my savings has anything to do with them either sharing a reference list of doctors that accept new patients with Medicare and Medi-Cal. If they don't have a list that's fine say so. If they can't refer me to another agency that does that fine. Yes, I've looked at Medicare.gov and the list is too confusing for me to understand. I still don't understand they question asked just to get a referral to a gay friendly doctor that is taking new patients and Medicare. Maybe the person didn't understand my needs. Note these questions were asked without the person even understanding what I was in need of. (In my opinion). The person was only focused on getting personal information from me. I don't know what they do but they clearly don't make it easy for even past clients to get additional assistance.

I have many friends who use their services. It's easily a top referral place when I have people in…read moremy life who need emergency help

The staff is very good at making things happen for the people who are in need of help and supportread more

Many are "helped", in ways, but I have to wonder if they do inform all their clients completely…read moreabout some of the possible implications involved in their cases. However, be aware that they are funded, in part, by the City of Berkeley, so there may be some 'conflicts of interest'. And when it comes to helping people obtain their rightful public benefits that they are eligable to receive, if/when any of the other local "nonprofit" agencies do you dirty, they will not support you in these cases, They refuse any cases that put them in "adverse relations with other local agencies".

CoCoKids helped my son get consistent childcare while I work and it allowed me to take on job…read moreopportunities with a peace of mind. Also, check out their website! There's tons of information/ resources on there for both parents and teachers of young children. Shout out to Ms.Carmina for being helpful! Thank you so much!

Not a helpful bunch. Staff are rude and unknowledgable of their own policies, the policies of their…read moreoversight organization (the department of Education) and thhe laws of California. They choose to willfully ignore court orders while giving benefits to parents who are not entitled or eligible and refuse to investigate when fraudulent use of their services is reported. There is information that as a father of a child in the program that, according to their own policy documents, I am entitled to, which they refuse to furnish. Instead they choose to hide behind the misguided concept that I need a subpoena to obtain my own child's records. This is crap and these people are hacks.

I am on the autism spectrum and struggle with extreme anxiety that has made it difficult for me to…read morefunction in a work environment. I have been a client of RCEB since 2016. So far I am not especially satisfied with the services I have had. They did provide funding for me to have an employment coach, but due to issues that shall remain confidential, I am currently unemployed, and getting a job has been put on the backburner while I sort things out. I live on my own but my parents continue to support me financially. It's difficult for people in my situation to get help tailored to our needs. I am higher functioning than the majority of their clients are, but my anxiety has made obtaining and maintaining employment a challenge. The services they have told me about really don't sound like they would be of much use, as they are more for people who aren't able to care for themselves and struggle with basic life skills. Then there's the issue of them never seeming to have my current information on file, despite me giving them the information multiple times. A few years ago I changed my phone number. I gave them my new number, and in addition I changed the voicemail greeting for my old number to say that I was no longer taking calls at that number and to please call me at (XXX) XXX-XXXX. But for some reason my new number never made it into their system. They do have my email address, which hasn't changed, and I do periodically receive emails from them. The date of my annual case review came and went and I didn't hear anything from them, either via phone or email. Finally I called them to ask what was going on. It took several weeks for my case manager to get back to me. When they finally did, they told me that, because they hadn't heard from me in a while and were unable to reach me because my phone number had been deactivated, they closed my case. They told me they emailed me about it but I never received any emails. So I had to go through the process of reopening my case. Then about eight months ago I moved. I gave them my new address, and my case manager came to my house, both to assess my living situation and go over various stuff with me regarding the services they can provide. Since I'm not currently seeking employment, I didn't sign up for any services. My case manager said they would check in with me every three months, but several months went by and I didn't hear anything from them. Then a few days ago I received an email saying that they tried to send me a letter by mail so it was returned to them, and they scanned it and sent it to me in an email. When I looked at the address, I saw that it was my old address, where my parents are now living. They are my emergency contacts, so sending stuff to that address normally wouldn't be an issue since my parents would just give it to me. However, the reason why the letter was returned to them was that they misspelled the name of the street! The USPS didn't recognize the address, hence why the letter was returned. I don't think that this was the case manager's fault, since they visited me at my current address (not only that but they never visited me at where I was living before). So whoever is in charge of handling the information they have on file needs to make sure everything is up to date. I check my phone and my email on a regular basis throughout the day, so if they were to contact me, I would get the notification. Like a lot of other organizations, while they are coming from a good place, they are poorly managed, and as a result are difficult to work with.

Overall we have had a great experience with the regional center. However if you get assigned dr…read morePaul Fujita I would highly recommend asking for a different dr. He went to one of the worst medical schools in the country, and has extremely poor bed side manner. Having a child diagnosed with any disability is very hard and you need to have a dr who has compassion and sympathy. When we told our case manager about our disapproval she stated a lot of people have shared the same results. So please if you read this ask for a dr other than Paul fujita

I personally have stayed her twice while caring for my wife's family members. It's a great and…read moreaffordable option. They are a non profit so please help support them.

I and other family members stayed there for an extended period while brother was in VA hospital…read more Affordable, accessible to public transportation, comfortable and accommodating. I make an annual donation.

I worked for this organization for 15 years. I loved every minute of it. This organization has…read moreintegrity, efficiency, and care for staff and clients.

Horrible organization. I worked here for ten years; bathing, feeding, toileting clients. I…read moretook care of them when they were sick, cleaned them if they had accidents and gave them space to be themselves. After ten years of grueling work I was terminated after minor misunderstandings with a supervisor (conflict is normal amongst humans). Tom Heinz the Director told me flat out he would deny my unemployment and he did. After TEN fucking years he couldn't just let me even have the security of unemployment to help me move on to my next job. East Bay Innovations even hired an attorney to fight my unemployment...sick people manage this place. Luckily the judge ruled in my favor because she saw their reason for terminating me was petty so I got my unemployment. I really loved the clients and my coworkers, I'm still friends with some of them today but the people on top ie Director and Codirector are sociopaths.