Deaf Counseling Advocacy & Referral Agency
What We Do
We provide a comprehensive range of programs and services to the Deaf community living in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Who We Are
We are a non-profit, community-based social service agency serving the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened and Deaf-blind community.
Our Services
We provide communication access assistance, independent living skills, employment services, peer counseling, information & referral services, advocacy, and community education.
...of, by, for, and with Deaf, DeafBlind, Deaf+, Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened people.
SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
Our Great Services:
Advocacy
Help Deaf and Hard of Hearing people remove communication barriers, develop and achieve personal goals, empower self-determination and celebrate their language, identity and culture.
Peer Counseling
Provides information, assistance, and emotional support during an immediate crisis through constructive coping skills, improving self-esteem, learning to adjust to a new self-idenftification, or develop new personal advocacy skills.
Family Connections
Empower parents with linguistically and culturally accessible information and training that supports optimal parenting skills, and promotes the linguistic, cultural, social, emotional, physical health and safety of their children.
Employment
Provides information, resources, and tools that will enable job seekers to continue to be an integral and contributing part of their community, maintain their sense of dignity, enhance their sense of well-being, and improve the quality of their lives.
Interpreting
Sign Language interpreters for deaf people in all kinds of environment to be able to communicate with everybody. Top notch quality interpreters with efficient processing service.
ASL Classes
We teach ASL to all people about the deaf community. Bridge the hearing and deaf communities with American Sign Language. This program allows hearing people to learn sign language to communicate with their family members, employees, friends and much more. We are currently offering an in-person class at two different locations—San Leandro and San Jose. The same class will be taught at both locations. The class is designed for a beginner—someone with little to no experience with American Sign Language (ASL).…
What they say about us
“I was without hope, without help, without support until DCARA helped me. Now I have the support I need to look to the future and feel that it is a bright one.”
Jose E.
“DCARA is a highly regarded organization and provides quality services to a unique and often underserved population.”
Deborah Sweeney
“..was extremely helpful in assisting as an advocate for our employee..”
Jennessa Norris
The Management Team
Raymond Rodgers
Executive Director
David Kerr
Deputy Director
Debby Buchan
Program Developer
Patty Vanni
Finance Director
