StarVista’s Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (ECMHC) program strengthens the social-emotional development and school readiness of our community’s high-risk children ages birth to 5 and supports low-income families and caregivers by providing mental health consultation, early intervention services, direct clinical services, and support for parents and caregivers on-site at subsidized childcare centers.

Mental Health Consultation aims to promote the overall quality of care provided to children in group care settings. The consultant partners with providers and parents in identifying, understanding and effectively responding to the social-emotional needs of the children in preschools, family childcare homes and infant/toddler programs. Some of the tasks a mental health consultant performs include:

With the support of First 5 San Mateo County, StarVista’s Healthy Homes program serves families with children birth through age 5 who are facing a variety of stressors in their lives.

Healthy Homes strives to prevent child abuse and neglect, enhance the parent-child relationship, and reduce the impact of risk factors such as domestic violence, trauma, poverty, immigration, food insecurity, substance abuse, mental illness, and language barriers, among others.

The following program highlights are free of charge to families, available in English or Spanish and can be home-based when appropriate:

• Mental health services for children and their caregivers
• Parent Support Groups
• Parent-Child Activity Groups

Services are provided in the home, virtually, and community settings.

Funding provided by First 5 San Mateo County.