Pacific Clinics / Emq Familiesfirst

Behavioral Health Services include services to managed care populations through Wraparound programs which provide individualized, comprehensive community based services and supports to children and adolescents with serious emotional and/or behavioral disturbances; Outpatient Services programs which provides clinic based and in-home treatment services for children and adolescents with serious emotional disorders and serves as support to other agency programs and as prevention against costly residential care or psychiatric hospitalization; Child and Adolescent Mobil Crisis program which is a 24-hour mobile crisis intervention service available to children under the age of 18 who are in acute psychological crisis; School Based Day Treatment programs provides therapeutic services at school sites in partnership with school districts and the County Office of Education to provide mental health support for children whose serious emotional disorders block them form learning in a less restrictive classroom setting; Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) program available for eligible children who need short-term behavioral support in order to remain where they are living or make a successful move to a lower level of care; Prevention and Early Intervention Services (PEI) program provided to prevent mental health problems or to intervene early with relatively short duration and low intensity services that helps to avoid the need for more extensive mental health treatment of services or to prevent a mental health problem from getting worse; Autism Spectrum Disorder Services (ASD) program is the most effective method to teach children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities that applies scientific interventions to address behavioral needs; Matrix program is an innovative community based alternative for the placement of high risk youth currently in the a Children's Shelter. The program is a synthesis of modern systems theory with Wraparound Professional Parenting, Family Finding, Emancipation services, and effective collaboration with community partners; Systems of Care (SOC) programs serves children and adolescents in foster care, relative, or home placements who are experiencing obstacles that threaten their placements or who are at risk for becoming further involved in the Dependency of Juvenile Justice system.

Early Education/Head Start and Early HeadStart (HS/EHS) programs of the US Department of Health and Human Services. These programs serve low-income families with infants and preschool children up to five years of age. Children who attend HS/EHS programs engage in various educational activities; receive access to physical, dental, vision and other care; and grow mentally, socially, and emotionally, while improving cognitive skills. These programs, are also supported and funded by State Preschool programs and Food Nutrition programs.

Foster Family Agency (FFA) services places children who are unable to remain at home with the biological parents in certified foster homes. FFA also provides ongoing support services to foster children and families after a child is placed in a UFS foster home. UFS has expanded its services to include Intensive Treatment Foster Care Services (ITFCS), which offer specialized training for foster parents to become part of a Child and Family Team with other professionals. ITFCS provides individualized services for children and adolescents with behavioral and therapeutic needs.