Early Childhood Mental Health Program fosters healthy emotional, social, and psychological development in children aged birth to six years, helps them succeed in school, and gives them the tools to reach their full potential.

As one of the few mental health agencies working to help very young children recover from the effects of childhood trauma, our goal is to create strong families and foster families and, ultimately, to create a more vital community.

Through a variety of child treatment and parent and caregiver counseling programs, we have helped many families remain intact and able to nurture their children at a critical time in their development.

One third of our clinical staff is Spanish-speaking. Most of these are also bi-cultural. We welcome monolingual Spanish-speaking families.

One of our favorite quotes: Babies and young children thrive when they are cared for by adults that are “crazy about them!” Responsive relationships with consistent primary caregivers help build positive attachments that support healthy social-emotional development. These relationships form the foundation of mental health for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. From the website of Zero to Three, quoting from Urie Bronfenbrenner: “The Experimental Ecology of Education (1976). Go to our resources page for materials of interest to parents, professionals, and students. IF YOU HAVE LOOKED AT THIS SITE BEFORE, PLEASE REMEMBER TO CLICK "RELOAD" OR "REFRESH" IN YOUR BROWSER SO THAT YOU CAN BE SURE YOU ARE SEEING OUR LATEST INFORMATION.

Watch our newsletter for information on registering for a training on PERINATAL DEPRESSION which we will be co-sponsoring in Richmond with Contra Costa WIC this Fall. We have been helped to build our capacity to serve chldren and families this year by generous grants from the San Francisco Foundation and the East Bay Community Foundation. The East Bay Community Foundation grant is specifically focused on services to Richmond children. The Foundation, in making the grant, cited our agency's "deep work with families" and our strong community Board. Families and foster families: We have two openings in our Comprehensive Therapeutic Nursery for children 2 1/2 years to 5 years of age who have behavior problems or who have suffered trauma. Call 510.412.9200 for information.