Hope Program and Katie A Program

Supporting Families Through Mental Health Challenges

The Hope program and Katie A program provide individualized mental health support for children, teens, adults and families across the Santa Clara and Fresno counties areas to strengthen family connections, reunify families and help them overcome challenges.

Families across Santa Clara and Fresno counties have diverse needs and face distinct obstacles that sometimes disrupt the family environment. At Pacific Clinics, we provide integrative behavioral health care and social services to youth and families of diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. We aim to help families stay connected, stabilize home placements and overcome the unique mental health or behavioral challenges that threaten their homes.

We work closely with the Department of Social Services and the Department of Behavioral Health to provide multi-faceted support, embrace a strengths-based model and bolster family connections.

What is the Hope Program?

Through the Hope program, our clinicians provide specialized mental health support to families with open Child Protective Services/Department of Social Services (DSS) cases. The goal of this program is to make recovery possible for youth in our welfare system and provides mental health support, skill building, behavioral coaching, and other support services to improve mental health outcomes within the family.

When teens and families enter the Hope program, we assign them a team that consists of clinicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and/or additional supporters. The team partners with the family to create an individualized treatment plan, which may include:

• Intensive community-based and home-based mental health services
• Psychiatric services and medication management
• Intensive Care Coordination (ICC)
• Case management and connection to resources
• Child and family team model
• Intensive Home-Based Services (IHBS)
• Case management and linkage to resources

Hope Program Contact: 559-248-8550

What is the Katie A Program?

Many families receive specialized cross-system mental health support through our Katie A program. In conjunction with the Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS), Katie A provides community-based services and supports for children and families.

We commonly work with youth experiencing mental health or behavioral challenges, along with their families, to stabilize the home environment and support family reunification. We also support teens experiencing challenges within their relative or foster care placements.

The Katie A program includes intensive mental health services and connects families with community resources. We facilitate Child and Family Team meetings to coordinate efforts between the family, the child’s school staff, the DFCS, Juvenile Probation Department (JPD) and other community partners.

This program also includes services such as:

• Individual and family therapy referrals
• Functional behavioral assessments
• Intensive, home-based rehabilitative services
• Positive behavior and intervention support plans
• Social skills coaching, including anger management and enhancing play skills
• Peer coaching and support for parents and caregivers
• Intensive care coordination and referrals to community services
• Youth and family community events
• Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
• School collaboration and educational support services

Each family receives the individualized, targeted support and assistance they need to create a healthy home environment.

Katie A Contact: 408-876-4160 or katiea.referrals@pacificclinics.org