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CYS Clinic Services

The Children and Youth Services Clinic program

Provides services for children and youth living with serious emotional disturbance (SED) or serious mental illness (SMI) who identify with one of the following:

  • Qualifies for Specialty Mental Health Services as part of the Pathways to Well-Being subclass (formerly known as “Katie A”)
  • Is in foster care, at risk of foster care involvement, and/or eligible for mental health services under the State-mandated program Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) and referred by the
  • Social Services Agency (SSA)
  • Has Medi-Cal and qualifies for Specialty Mental Health Services
  • Has been screened for trauma in primary care settings through the ACES Aware Initiative and referred for mental health services
  • Is struggling in school due to their SED/SMI and not already receiving or eligible for mental health services through the school or other provider

Children and Youth Co-Occurring Medical and Mental Health Clinic

The target population for the Children and Youth Co-Occurring Medical and Mental Health Clinic is youth through age 20 who are being seen primarily by Oncology, Endocrinology and Neurology services at a local hospital. Youth with severe eating disorders who are at risk of life-threatening physical deterioration are also served in this program. Parents and siblings play an integral role in the treatment process, given the disruption to the family structure when the survival of one family member becomes the family’s main focus. Youth are referred to this program by physicians within the local children’s hospital. Many of these children and youth are Medi-Cal beneficiaries with MHSA funds serving as a match to draw down federal funds.