For Services:
Call San Francisco Community Behavioral Health Services (CBHS)
Central Access at (415) 255-3737 or RAMS Intake Office at (415) 668-5955.
Child, Youth & Family Outpatient Services
Clinic:
The Child, Youth & Family Outpatient Services Clinic provides outpatient services to
children, ages 0-18, who reside in San Francisco. Services are
also provided to consumers, up to twenty-one years old, for those who have
special status established through the San Francisco Unified School District
or other mental health settings. The Child, Youth & Family Outpatient Clinic
provides the following services: Individual, Group and Family Therapy; Case
Management; Psychological Assessment and Testing; Psychiatric Evaluation and
Medication Management; Psychoeducation and Consultation.
Wellness Centers (High School-Based Wellness Centers):
The Wellness Centers is a collaboration with leadership from Department of
Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF), Department of Public Health (DPH),
San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), and RAMS. Services are provided
on-site at fifteen Wellness Centers located in SFUSD high schools, at
which RAMS provides the integrated behavioral health services component (mental health
& substance
abuse). This includes confidential on-site mental health and substance
abuse assessments, individual and group therapy, crisis
intervention/consultation, referrals to community resources, and consultation to
school staff and community.
The fifteen Wellness Centers are located in the following SFUSD high schools:
Phillip & Sala Burton; Downtown; Galileo; International Studies Academy; June
Jordan; Abraham Lincoln; Lowell; Thurgood Marshall; Mission; Newcomer; John
O'Connell; School of The Arts; Raoul Wallenberg; George Washington; and Ida B.
Wells High Schools.
The Wellness Centers provide resources to a vast community of youth from a wide range of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, many of who may not otherwise access services. Check out the SF Wellness Initiative for more information about the collaborative effort that established this program.
Fu Yau Project:
The Fu Yau Project is a collaboration of RAMS and Chinatown Child Development
Center. It is located at 720 Sacramento Street, in San Francisco's Chinatown
district. Fu Yau Project is funded by a grant from the SF Human Services Agency –
CalWORKs Program, SF Department of Children, Youth & Their Families, San
Francisco Families and Children Commission, and Preschool for All through the SF
Department of Public Health Community Behavioral Health Services - Child, Youth
and Family - System of Care, Quality Child Care Mental Health Consultation
Initiative.
Fu Yau Project provides prevention and early intervention mental health services to the childcare community that cares for children, ages 0 – 5 years old. The Fu Yau Project provides the following services: On-Site Program and Child Observation; Clinical Consultation with childcare staff and families; On-Site Intervention with individual and groups of children; Parenting Classes and Support Groups; and In-Service Training for the childcare staff relating to child development and mental health related issues.
Fu Yau Project strives to provide high-quality clinical, cultural and linguistically appropriate services to the population we serve. The Fu Yau Project staff includes child psychiatrists, licensed and license-track clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, and marriage and family therapists. The staff appropriately reflect the unique language skills and cultural competence needed to provide services for the children, families, and teaching staff of the childcare programs.
Fu Yau Project currently provides services at 30 childcare centers and 10 family childcare homes, which are located in 9 San Francisco neighborhoods. The program's current client demographics include the following: 99% are low-income families with limited resources; 65% of the families are Asian immigrants, many of whom are from China with no or limited English-speaking skills; 15% are African American families, 7% are Latin Americans; and many other immigrant families from other regions in Asia, South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
Also, through the Fu Yau Project, mental health consultation services are being provided to KIT (Kindergartners in Transition) Camp, a four-week kindergarten preparedness camp for preschool children who will be entering Kindergarten in the Fall. Currently, RAMS is providing services at three sites: Charles Drew, John Muir, and Bessie Carmichael Child Development Centers. Services include, but are not limited to: observation, consultation with principal & teachers, referrals, and follow-up visits.
Asian Family Mosaic Project:
The Family Mosaic Project provides mental health "wrap-around" services to
Asian & Pacific Islander children and youth, who are severely mentally ill. The
project aims to keep children (ages 0-18) in the home environment, without
having to suffer out-of-home placements. The Family Mosaic Project offers
competent, creative and unique interventions tailored for each child and his/her
family through the following services: Individual, Group and Family Therapy;
Case Management; Mentoring; Tutoring; Shadow Partners; and Home Health-Care
visits.
School-Based Mental Health Partnerships:
RAMS, Inc. provides on-site mental health services and consultation at Marina
Middle School and various SFUSD high schools (Galileo, School of the Arts,
Mission, and George Washington High Schools) for students with an emotionally
disturbance.
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT):
RAMS, Inc. provides outpatient and school-based, mental health, and consultation
services to children, youth and their families who have full-scope MediCal.
School-based services are provided at George Washington and Philip & Sala Burton
High Schools.
Mental Health Services & Consultation
at Youth Centers and Collaborative Projects:
RAMS provides on-site, culturally competent mental health services,
including consultation and training, intervention, case management &
referral services, assessment and evaluation, and parenting workshops, as
part of a collaborative effort with
Asian Women's Resource Center, West Bay Multi-Services Center,
Richmond Village Beacon, and Balboa
Teen Health Center.
After School Collaborative Program (ASC):
The After School Collaborative is a partnership program between
Richmond District Neighborhood Center and RAMS. The program provides tutorial, art
and enrichment after-school activities for children who attend one of the four
elementary schools located in the Richmond district. Most students are children
of immigrants from Asia and Eastern Europe. RAMS provides in-service training &
consultation to the program, facilitate parenting classes, conduct referral &
linkage for families, and intervention services for children.
Asian Pacific Islander Family Resources Network (APIFRN):
The
Asian Pacific Islander Family Resources Network serves children ages 0-18
and their families in a specialized program designed for recently immigrated
families. APIFRN is a family-responsive, community-based, linguistically
appropriate, culturally competent and geographically dispersed system of care
program. The program provides the following services for children and families:
Case Management; Parent Education; Information/Referrals for social and mental
health services; and Drop-In Consultation.
Asian Family Institute:
Asian Family Institute (AFI) is an outpatient mental health clinic that serves
children and adults who are uninsured and/or self-paid and/or have private
insurance. AFI specializes in providing culturally competent, psychological
services for Asian & Pacific Islander and Russian-speaking communities. AFI
provides the following services: Individual and Family Therapy; Case
Management; Brief Therapy; Psychological Assessment and Testing;
Psychiatric Evaluation & Medication Management; Outreach & Education; and
Consultation & Training services.
RAMS Life Adventure Program:
The RAMS Life Adventure Program (LAP) is a multi-cultural program model for
students and their families who are transitioning from Elementary School to
Middle School and from Middle School to High School. This model is an
integrated, comprehensive, psycho/social plan to support these transitions that
can be used in various settings including the school, after school programs,
faith-based organizations or the home. It includes "rites of passage" and
"coming of age" perspectives that will help students cope with these transitions
as they learn about the increased freedom and responsibilities they will have to
manage as they grow older.