Program areas at Kent Youth and Family Services
The head start program and the early childhood education and assistance program (eceap) provide free preschool education and support Services to children, ages three to five years old, and resource referrals, support Services, and training opportunities for families who meet the income eligibility criteria and who live within the Kent school district boundaries.
Kent Youth and Family Services after school program provides Youth development, academic support, and enrichment programming for children/youth, grades k-12, on a drop-in basis every day after school and all day during summer break in three king county housing authority low-income housing communities, at kyfs managed Youth centers on Kent's east hill.
Kent Youth and Family Services provides professional behavioral health clinical Services in the form of mental health counseling and substance use disorder treatment. The Youth and Family counseling program provides professional therapeutic Services to children, Youth and their families. Through individual, Family and group sessions, Youth and families learn healthier ways to manage emotions, conflict, and mental health challenges thereby allowing them to function better across environments. The substance use disorder program provides assessments, early intervention groups, treatment group, referral Services, Family support, parent coaching, and aftercare to meet the needs of parents and Youth in the community.