| Over the last 14 years, BACF has provided mental health counseling, sand-tray/play therapy and parenting support services for over 4,500 Bay Area children and their families in both San Francisco and Alameda Counties, (75% were children ages birth to 5 years) -- in family visiting rooms, foster homes, office or school based services. We have also provided over 100 professional trainings and family workshops for child welfare agencies, foster parents, kinship or adoptive parents about how best to support and parent children who have experienced abuse, neglect or have witnessed violence. In June 2007, BACF was awarded a two-year grant from First 5 Alameda – Every Child Counts to provide direct mental health services for children 0 – 5 in Alameda County preschools and childcare centers. We are currently providing direct early childhood mental health services, which include individual counseling for children and their parents/ caregivers, therapeutic play groups, and parenting education/support groups in Berkeley preschools and elementary schools. The mission of Bay Area Children First is to promote the emotional well being of children in the counties surrounding the San Francisco Bay. We do this to insure these individuals grow into emotionally healthy adults who can make a positive contribution to their community. To realize this objective we do the following:
We focus on children from families stressed by poverty, addiction, mental illness, incarceration and divorce. We believe early intervention among our society’s most vulnerable members is the most effective way to assure a positive future for our society. Upcoming Events at Bay Area Children First | Buy Tickets to the Fundraiser Other BACF Information |
| 2 Bay Area Locations:
San Francisco Office 999 Sutter Street (at Hyde)
Berkeley Office 1400 Shattuck Street (at Rose)
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