East Bay Agency for Children (EBAC)

School-Based Behavioral Health Services Programs:EBAC mental health therapists, who work on-site at schools, counsel children and youth from mainstream classrooms who have been referred by their teachers, principals, parents, and themselves because they are struggling with issues like anxiety, depression, or aggression. Through art, play, and other therapeutic tools, EBAC clinicians help these children develop ways to self-regulate their emotions and behaviors. Additionally, clinicians work with teachers and administrators to create trauma-informed school environments and support a positive school climate. EBAC school-based behavioral health staff work on over 40 elementary, middle, and high school campuses in Oakland, Fremont, Hayward, San Lorenzo, Newark, and San Leandro. Each year about 1,000 children receive vital mental health support through EBAC's school based behavioral health services.

Family and Community Wellness servicesA strong and stable family is critical to the long-term wellness of children. East Bay Agency for Children provides several types of services that strengthen families and children, building resiliency to face future adversity and, where possible, increasing the potential of preventing exposure to trauma in the first place. EBAC serves over 10,000 children, youth and family members annually through our Family and Community Wellness programming. Programs include:- Afterschool Programs- EBAC operates four afterschool programs atelementary schools in the Oakland Unified School District. Our comprehensive afterschool programs provide academic support along with enrichment activities, such as arts & crafts, cooking, gardening and music. Often, our program provides the only alternative for children in under-resourced neighborhoods to spend the afterschool hours in a safe and supervised environment. Family engagement activities are a part of our afterschool programs as well and include potlucks, events and showcases as well ...

Intensive Behavioral Health Services Programs:EBAC's Intensive Behavioral Health Services provide safe, accessible, and supportive places for children and youth suffering from severe emotional difficulties while they restore abilities to return to mainstream school settings. These programs provide sanctuaries during times of crisis and act as alternatives to hospitalization and residential treatment centers. Intensive Behavioral Health Services programming includes: Intensive Counseling Enriched Classrooms' Therapeutic Nursery School; and, Youth Empowerment Services. Each year EBAC typically serves about 125 children and youth through our Intensive Behavioral Health services. Programs include: Intensive Counseling Enriched Classrooms: Therapeutic classrooms enable children that require more support than available in mainstream classrooms settings to learn techniques for self-regulating their emotions and behavior while receiving academic instruction. An EBAC behavioral health therapist works with each child based upon their individualized treatment plan. Behavioral coaches shadow the children all day long in the classroom providing real-time intervention and affirmation to ...