FRESNO COUNTY \u2013 Recognizing that the upcoming holiday break and winter season can take a toll on mental health, Fresno County\u2019s top education official wants families to know free mental health support is available through the All 4 Youth program.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools (FCSS) highlighted the services available through the All 4 Youth program in a press release on Dec. 3. Any family in Fresno County can access the program \u2014 which serves children and young adults up to 25 years old \u2014regardless of school affiliation, insurance or income.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHelp is just one phone call away,\u201d Superintendent of Schools Michele Cantwell-Copher said in the press release. \u201cWe want every parent and caregiver to know that professional care is available now and it\u2019s free. If your child is struggling emotionally, please reach out. You don\u2019t have to navigate this alone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The press release said that although holidays can be joyful, they can also come with intensified anxiety, depression and isolation for many students. Disrupted routines and the lack of school structures, as well as grief during the holidays and seasonal weather changes, can impact emotional well-being.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWinter can be an especially challenging time for our students,\u201d Cantwell-Copher said. \u201cThey may be dealing with family stress, the loss of a loved one or just the weight of feeling alone or overwhelmed. All 4 Youth is here to ensure no child has to face those feelings without support.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
All 4 Youth connects young people to trained mental health clinicians and offers crisis support, referral and care coordination, individual and group counseling and mental health assessments. Services are available in homes, at schools, in public settings or at a dozen wellness centers throughout the county.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wellness centers offer mental health screenings and referrals, individual and group wellness sessions and parent outreach and training, as well as food, housing and clothing assistance, college and career support, help with insurance, DMV ID applications and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAt our wellness centers, families can be connected to every kind of support, not just mental health services,\u201d Cantwell-Copher said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s help with basic needs like food and clothing or assistance with college applications, insurance forms or job searches, we\u2019re here for the whole student and the whole family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The program has 177 clinicians and support personnel, according to the press release. It uses a three-tiered model of care that ranges from preventive education to intensive mental health services.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All 4 Youth services are available year-round, including during school breaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Of the program\u2019s 12 wellness centers, two are located in Clovis, four are in Fresno and the remainder are in the county\u2019s rural communities. Rural wellness centers are located in Riverdale, Fowler, San Joaquin, Sanger and Raisin City. The All 4 Youth program also has a hub located in Selma.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To access services, families can call 559-443-4800.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY \u2013 Recognizing that the upcoming holiday break and winter season can take a toll on mental…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,622,48589,114,113,2093],"class_list":["post-86520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-county","tag-fresno-county-superintendent-of-schools-fcss","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-mental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}