Helpful Articles

General Sickle Cell Disease Information

Sickle Cell Disease Research

• Clinical Trials for Sickle Cell Disease

• Federally Sponsored Medical Research

Sickle Cell Disease Information

• Management and Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease

• A Parent’s Handbook for Sickle Cell Disease - Birth to Age 6 (Book 1)

• A Parent’s Handbook for Sickle Cell Disease - Ages 6-18 (Book 2)

• NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

• Problem Oriented Clinical Guidelines

• Sickle Cell Information Center

• Joint Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders

Sickle Cell Disease Covid 19 Update

• MARAC Advisory Statement: COVID 19 Vaccines

Child Care

Child Care Resources

• California Child Care Resource & Referral Network

• Los Angeles County Childcare Directory

• Trustline - California Registry of Child Care Providers

Food, Financial Assistance, & Transportation

State & Federal Resources

• Access Transportation

• California Department of Rehabilitation - Employment Information

• California Department of Social Services - Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

• Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

• Social Security

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Medical & Health

Health Insurance Programs

• Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan for California (PCIP)

• Major Risk Medical Insurance Program

• Access for Infants & Mothers (AIM)

• California Childrens Services (CCS)

• Child Health & Disability Prevention Program (CHDP)

• Department of Managed Health Care

• Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP)

• Healthy Families Program

• Medi-Cal

• Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP)

• LA Care Health Plan

Pediatric Medical Centers with Sickle Cell Programs (Southern California)

• Cedars Sinai Medical Center

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

• Children’s Hospital Orange County

• Rady Childrens Hospital San Diego

• Harbor UCLA Medical Center

• Kaiser Permanente Medical Center

• Loma Linda Medical Center

• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

• UCLA Medical Center

ADULT Medical Centers with Sickle Cell Programs (California)

Networking California for Sickle Cell Care Clinics

• UC Davis Medical Center

• Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

• UC San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital

• UC San Francisco Fresno

• Kern Medical Center

• Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

• MLK Jr. Jeffrey Smith Sickle Cell Center (Los Angeles)

• Loma Linda University/SAC Health Center

• UC Los Angeles

• Harbor UCLA Medical Center

• Center for Inherited Blood Disorders (Orange)

• UC San Diego

City, State, and Federal Resources

Los Angeles Resources

• Department of Public Social Services (DPSS)

• 211 LA County Help

• LAUSD Division of Special Education

California State Programs

• California Department of Health Services

• California Department of Rehabilitation

• California Department of Social Services

Federal Resources

• American With Disabilities Act (ADA)

• Federal Consumer Information Center

• Office of Minority Health Resource Center