Pacific Clinics’ Placement Supportive Services program has developed an important new partnership with War Fitness Bay Area, with owner Zay Cazares, offering individual classes, group classes and summer camp classes to Pacific Clinics clients. These new partners have given full-ride memberships and offered classes at a reduced price to our youth.
War Fitness Bay Area, based in downtown San Jose, California, was created with the goal of serving their community, which they have done in abundance. Zay cares deeply about the population we serve and uses his own lived experiences to create meaningful relationships, taking the time to get to know each of our youths individually to understand where they come from, who they are and what their individual goals are to best set them up for success both inside and outside the gym setting.
“We are eternally grateful for this partnership with War Fitness Bay Area and the amazing opportunities it has offered some of our youth who are actively working on building their self-esteem, social skills and overall physical and mental health,” said Associate Clinical Director Laura Plottier-Ramirez.
More About Placement Supportive Services
Placement Supportive Services (PSS) is a Bay Area-based program, in partnership with the Department of Family and Children Services’ (DFCS) Placement Unit.
Through this partnership, PSS provides stabilization services by offering individual, intensive, short-term therapeutic treatment and crisis stabilization to children, youth and non-minor dependents ages 0-21 who are either living at the Welcoming Center (a licensed transitional care shelter facility) or one of DFCS’ satellite homes, at risk of entering the Welcoming Center, at risk of losing their home placement, or for individuals who may need additional help finding a placement that is a good fit for their behavioral needs.
