Organization Active NPI

Shields for Families, Inc.

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Compton, CA
National Provider Identifier
1730524117
Registry record updated Oct 28, 2025
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Community/Behavioral Health AgencyTaxonomy code 251S00000X
Legal business name
SHIELDS FOR FAMILIES, INC.
Practice address
15116 S Gibson Ave
Compton, CA 90221-3106
Phone
(323) 242-5000
Fax
(323) 242-5011
NPI assigned
Apr 30, 2013
Last updated
Oct 28, 2025By the provider in NPPES
Organization subpart
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Oct 28, 2025

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name
Kathryn Icenhower, PH.D.NPI 1639202492
Title
Chief Executive Officer
Phone
(323) 242-5000

Authorized official NPPES reports the official by name only. The link goes to the one practitioner with that name whose NPPES practice address or phone number is this organization’s.

Specialties & licenses 2

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Case Management Agency 251B00000X NU
Community/Behavioral Health Agency 251S00000X NU Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

15116 S Gibson Ave
Compton, CA 90221-3106

Mailing address

11601 S Western Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90047-5006
Phone (323) 242-5000

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory
Tax ID family
Shields for Families8 organizations share this tax ID, including this one

Other organizations with this tax ID 7

Organizations that report the same tax identification number in the National Provider Directory.

Locations

15116 S Gibson Ave
East Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221

Practitioners & affiliated clinicians

Practitioners 1

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

NPI Registry JSON

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1761609600000",
    "number": "1730524117",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "11601 S WESTERN AVE",
            "city": "LOS ANGELES",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "900475006",
            "telephone_number": "323-242-5000",
            "fax_number": "323-242-5011"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "15116 S GIBSON AVE",
            "city": "COMPTON",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "902213106",
            "telephone_number": "323-242-5000",
            "fax_number": "323-242-5011"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "SHIELDS FOR FAMILIES, INC.",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2013-04-30",
        "last_updated": "2025-10-28",
        "certification_date": "2025-10-28",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "ICENHOWER",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "KATHRYN",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "323-242-5000",
        "authorized_official_credential": "PH.D."
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "251B00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Case Management",
            "state": "NU",
            "license": null,
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "251S00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Community/Behavioral Health",
            "state": "NU",
            "license": null,
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

Other providers in Compton, CA

Sources for this page

  • NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Oct 28, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
  • National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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