Welcome to United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

UCP of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties was founded in 1945 by a small group of parents who wanted to create community-based services for their children with disabilities, during a time when no such services existed.  Initially founded as the Spastic Children's Foundation, UCPLA's earliest consumers were mostly families with young children. Over time, those youngsters grew up, and many of them still live with us.   Today UCPLA operates over 40 program sites throughout five counties in Southern California and has extended its mission to serve all people with disbilities.  Through the generosity of our community supporters, the commitment of a dedicated staff, and the courage and vision of our founders, UCPLA today provides services to more than 1,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities, daily.

UCP, Founded in 1949, is a nationwide network consisting of a central national organization, located in Washington, D.C. and over 100 independent, state and local non-profit affiliates. UCP is the leading source of information on cerebral palsy and is a pivotal advocate for the rights of all people with disabilities . In fact, 65% of the people UCP serves have a disability other than cerebral palsy. UCP is one of the nation's most efficient charities, with a system-wide average of 85% of all revenues going to programs.

The UCP family provides information, advocacy and direct services to over 30,000 children and adults with cerebral palsy and other disabilities each day. Together, with over 100,000 volunteers and an even larger number of professional staff, UCP serves people with disabilities and others, through the development and implementation of the following state-of-the-art programs:

• assistive technology training
• early intervention services
• individual and family support services
• social and recreation programs

In addition, UCP provides supported living services, employment, information and referral services, legislative advocacy, technology initiatives and research and we have been doing gratefully for nearly 6 decades.

	UCPLA Administrative Offices
	6430 Independence Avenue Woodland Hills, CA 91367-2607 Tel:  (818) 782-2211 Fax:   (818) 909-9106 E-mail: mail@ucpla.org

	UCPLA Group Homes
	Buena Park Chatsworth Granada Hills Lomita   Northridge Sylmar

	UCPLA Adult Day Programs
	Chatsworth Adult Development Center: Chatsworth, CA Westside Activities Center: Culver City, CA Thousand Oaks Day Program: Thousand Oaks, CA Strathern Day Program: Van Nuys, CA

	UCPLA Affordable/Accessible Apartments
	Burbank Apartments (Casa de la Providencia) Carpinteria Culver City Glendale Goleta Accessible Apartment Los Angeles Apartments North Hollywood Pasadena Apartments Santa Monica Apartments (Hacienda del Mar) Stanton Apartments (Casa de la Esperanza) Torrance

David Richard, President
Ronald S. Cohen, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer

Office
North Hollywood, CA

Kathy Webb, Executive Director
Ronald S. Cohen, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer

Santa Barbara County
Carpinteria, CA

North County Office
Santa Maria, CA