Program areas at Brighter Beginnings
Family health clinic - provides affordable family healthcare to individuals and families who need it most. The organization operates three family health clinics in contra costa county, and provides basic primary health services to patients regardless of their insurance and immigration status.
Early head start - is a federally funded community-based program for low income families with infants and toddlers and pregnant women. Its mission is to promote healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, to enhance the development of very young children, and to promote healthy family functioning. Ehs evolved out of head start's long history of providing services to infants and toddlers through parent child centers, comprehensive child development centers (ccdps) and migrant head start programs. Recent advances in the field of infant development make this and especially exciting time to have head start formally.
Mental health services - family counseling and skills for building healthy relationships with children and partners, supporting calworks families deal with the stresses of re-entering the work-force, infant-mother bonding, parenting, problem-solving, and dealing with trauma and stress.
Teen family support - home visits and case management for pregnant and parenting teens. Coordinated system of supportive services to teen families, including prevention and intervention to reduce child abuse and neglect.financial education coaching - financial education/literacy training and support to parent.calworks home visiting program, to help break the cycle of poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs and support the families in improving their lives.