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 21 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; and Psychoeducation and Consultation.
Wellness Centers (High School-Based Wellness Centers):
The Wellness Centers is a collaboration with leadership from the SF 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 15 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 Psychotherapy, Crisis
Intervention/Consultation, Grief & Loss/Trauma Counseling, Referrals to community resources, and Consultation to
school staff and community.
The 15 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 (CCDC) and 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's 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.
The Fu Yau Project provides prevention and early intervention mental health services to the childcare community that cares for children, ages 0-5 years old. Services includes the following: 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.
The 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-tracked 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.
The Fu Yau Project currently provides services at more than 30 childcare centers, 10 family childcare homes, two family resource centers, and three after school sites, which are located in over nine San Francisco neighborhoods. The program's current client demographics include the following: 99% are low-income families with limited resources; over 80% of the families are of Asian & Pacific Islander ethnicity, many of whom are from China and have limited or no English-speaking skills; 12% are Latin Americans; 6% are African American families; and families with other backgrounds.
Also, through the Fu Yau Project, mental health consultation services are provided to KIT (Kindergartners in Transition) Camp, a four-week kindergarten preparedness camp for preschool children who will be entering Kindergarten. 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.
School-Based Mental Health Partnerships:
RAMS, Inc. provides on-site mental health services and consultation at Presidio and
Marina Middle Schools and various SFUSD high schools (Galileo, Lowell, Mission, School of the Arts,
and George Washington High Schools) for students with an emotional 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 Medi-Cal.
School-based services are provided on-site at Philip & Sala Burton, Abraham
Lincoln, and George Washington.
Mental Health Services & Consultation
at Youth Centers and Collaborative Projects:
RAMS, Inc. provides on-site, culturally competent mental health services,
including consultation and training, intervention, case management &
referral services, assessment and evaluation, and parenting workshop, as
part of a collaborative effort with
Asian Women's Resource Center,
Richmond Village Beacon,
Glide, Balboa Teen Health Center, and
West Bay Pilipino Multi-Service, Inc.
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,
Teen Group, and Clinical Case 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.