Program areas at FFYC
Residential treatment-provided residential treatment to adolescents in group home. Treatment included therapeutic living environment, medical care, education, and group and individual therapy.
School based services-fred Finch school based services are a full-service therapy program designed to help Youth in elementary through high school to learn to succeed in school, improve their grades, attendance and interpersonal relationships with their peers and families.fred Finch Youth & family services staff work closely with teachers, school staff, caregivers, parents, and participants to improve participants' functioning at school and home. Each student is evaluated independently and a customized action plan is developed for addressing each of the known barriers to success. Youth enrolled at the schools in alameda and contra costa counties who have full-scope medi-cal are eligible for services.
Mental health-fred Finch Youth & family services has been providing intensive community-based mental health services for Youth in homes, schools, and clinics for over two decades. Characterized by accessible, trauma-informed, and intensive support. Mental health services are provided to Youth at risk of placement disruption, whether from natural, foster family, or group home care. Services reach young people with mental illness, significant trauma or loss, or other emotional distress. Mental health services are also provided in school settings where the focus is on promoting emotional health so that a student can benefit from their educational opportunities.
Other program services include, but are not limited to, the following: the comprehensive assessment and stabilization (cass) program which services foster Youth who need immediate mental health treatment to help them decrease disruptive behaviors that could result in having to leave the home; the transitions program which provides support through the transition from foster care to adult independence; full-service partnerships which are based on a "whatever it takes" philosophy of care for Youth with mental health impairments or who are facing homelessness; school-based services which are designed to help young people with behavioral problems succeed academically while providing individualized treatment during the day; and rising oaks, a 30-unit transitional housing program for young adults who have either emancipated from the foster care system or are participating in extended foster care.