Welcome to Parental Stress Service

SINGLE WOMEN RAISING SONS Mckesson Foundation Underwritten Workshop Helps Moms Develop Balanced Men This summer, Parental Stress Service hosted Jay Townsend for a workshop designed to help single mothers understand the unique needs of young boys as they develop into young men. This workshop was developed for any woman raising a male child. Participants were encouraged to go beyond their roles as "task-givers" and to become more emotionally supportive to their sons needs. Jay Townsend provided a holistic workshop combining psychological, spiritual and common sense principles to contemporary parenting issues. PSS MOVES FORWARD TO BE HIPAA COMPLIANT PSS has been developing policies and procedures in regard to privacy under the Health Insurance Portability and Acountability Act (HIPAA) rules and regulations to be in compliance by the April 14th deadline. This includes over 27 individual policies and procedures, a set of forms that are required, and mandatory training to all staff before the deadline. On April 1st, staff was trained by the PSS HIPAA team, led by Janet Beaty (Privacy Officer), along with MIS staff members Mahal Torres (Security Director) and Daniel Boyson (Security Officer). This team attended training and devoted a substantial amount of time and resources in order to ensure that PSS is compliant with HIPAA rules and regulations by the April 14th deadline. The training included an extensive Powerpoint presentation show followed by a review of the Notice of Privacy and a question and answer session. KIDS AND KIDNAPPING ON KRON CHANNEL 4 20 Ways to Protect Your Children on Channel 4 at 7 PM featured PSS' own Pnina Tobin! For more information go to http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=907284&nav=5D81A6rS PSS NOW ACCEPTING ONLINE DONATIONS Online Donations are now being accepted by Parental Stress Service through the Network for Good. The Network for Good is a non-profit organization founded by AOL Time Warner and Cisco Systems and is backed by large companies such as Oracle and the Kellog Foundation. 100% of your donation goes directly to Parental Stress Service to help us support our programs and our mission to prevent child abuse. Click on the Button Below to Donate Now! Back to Top
Madge Gates Receives Community Service Award

PSS Purchases The Grove Building in Oakland!
We are delighted to announce that PSS became the proud owner of the Grove Building in late December. The acquisition of this beautiful, lovingly restored and maintained 20,000 sq. ft. building is the successful fruition of almost 2 years of planning, negotiating and fundraising. We could not have done it without the support and effort of many individuals in the community.

A special thank you to Alameda County Supervisors Haggerty, Carson, and Steele, Oakland City Councilperson Nadel, and former Grove Building owners Tim and Roberta McCoy.

The McCoys were not only great landlords during the years PSS leased space, but also bent over backwards to make this sale a reality. In addition, PSS is named the irrevocable beneficiary of the Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT), which the McCoys created to shelter the assets of the Grove Building. The benefit of the CRT, the ability to stabilize space-costs, and the certainty of more space when PSS needs it, have all created a tremendous legacy for this fine organization.

PSS will continue to use the Grove Building as a service location for our north Alameda County families. We are researching other community needs as well, needs that might well be met within the Grove Building. And we are very much enjoying the continuing relationship with our neighbors, the other fine tenants of the Grove Building. In our new role of building owner, we strive to be good community neighbors, not just by continuing to offer exemplary service to our clients, and also to participate in the larger revitalization of Oaklandís downtown.

Tiny Tickets Program

In December the East Bay Community Foundation and BART introduced the Tiny Tickets Program to encourage BART riders to donate the unused portion of their BART tickets to local nonprofit organizations. We invite you to participate in this exciting program.

"Tiny Tickets" are those hoards of BART tickets, often discarded or left in pockets or drawers, that have tiny bits of value left on them and could be turned into cash. BART has estimated that the cash value of these outstanding "Tiny Tickets" ranges from $300,000 to $2 million annually. Although currently the residual value of tickets may be consolidated, refunded or exchanged by BART, the majority of such tickets are left unused. The Tiny Tickets Program will allow these resources to provide needed support to Parental Stress Service.

PSS celebrated its 30th anniversary!

Our Harvest Festival 30th Anniversary Event on September 21, 2002 A Great Success!

We celebrated 30 years of service to our community and our purchase of the Grove Building, on September 21st. Everyone who attended our event enjoyed a sunny, warm day of fun, food, great music and amazing entertainment. When you visit our page with the pictures you'll discover scenes of Ballet Folklorico, the Prescott Clowns, the United Capoeira Association, the Oakland Military Institute Drill Team, the McBride School of Dancers, the White Horse Harpers, and the Starry Plough Musicians.

The children enjoyed the entertainment, the Book Mobile, the face painting and the snow cones. Some even toured the fire engine. Many of the children went home with stuffed animals donated by Mom & Pop Green Foundation.

On behalf of PSS and the Community we want to thank our sponsors for this event: the PSS Board of Directors, the City of Oakland, Excel Graphics, the Port of Oakland, SOULBEAT KSBT-TV, KQED, Core Communications, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Oakland Firefighters Random Acts, and Mindseye Productions. Supporters include Safeway and Alberston's stores.

PSS received commendations for 30 Years of Service and Tim & Roberta McCoy received commendations for their generous establishment of a Charitable Remainder Trust with PSS as their beneficiary. The commendations came from Governor Gray Davis, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Assemblywoman Dion Aroner, 14th District, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Mayor Jerry Brown, City of Oakland and Mayor Roberta Cooper, City of Hayward.

Click here to see pictures from the 30th Anniversary Event

Mother's & Father's Day Parent Appreciation Program

Do you agonize over what pretty knick-knack or bouquet of flowers to get your Mom each May? Or how about Dad and his unworn collection of Father's Day ties, or burgeoning box of the latest gadgets? We'd like to offer a solution that could make gift giving easy. A donation to Parental Stress Service in appreciation of your Mom or Dad, or that specal person who guided you through the rough spots life throws our way. We'll send them a lovely card, noting your contribution in appreciation of all their efforts. If you like, we'll also mention them in our next newsletter. Best of all, they will know that your gift has the added value of helping to strengthen familes in need.