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Press Release: For immediate release
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Lea Berhane
Chief Development, Marketing & Technology Officer
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Announcing StarVista’s Together for Families
February 26, 2024
San Carlos, CA – StarVista, a nonprofit that delivers high-impact services through counseling, case management, skill development, and crisis prevention to San Mateo County residents, welcomes a new program to its Early Childhood and School-Based Services, Together for Families.
StarVista’s new program, Together for Families (TFF) is the merger of two previous StarVista programs – Child and Parent Services (CAPS) and Child and Family Resource Center (CFRC). TFF is available to any family with a child 0-17 living in San Mateo County. TFF offers community and school-based services that offer therapy, case management, parent education, and support to children and their parents/caregivers.
School-based services offers short and long-term therapy services to students within 11 schools in San Mateo County.
Additionally, case management services are available for parents/caregivers of any student within the schools. Community-based services offer short-term therapy and case management for parents/caregivers within San Mateo County.
“The primary goal of Together for Families is to connect with and support families in our community who have the greatest needs yet are not connected to existing resources,” shares Nancy Quiggle, Ph.D., StarVista’s Director of Early Childhood and School-Based Services. “We are pleased that, by combining the connections, knowledge, and skills of the Child and Parent Services and the Child and Family Resource Center staff, we are able to reach more families and have the capacity to provide more comprehensive and whole-person services. Our ability to assist our community has expanded.”
Services TFF provides to families and children include individual, family and couple’s therapy. TFF also provides case management. Services are available in the family’s home, in their community, or in any of the 11 identified schools, or via telehealth.
This program is funded through the Human Services Agency and Measure K.
The TFF program is kick-starting a new virtual parenting workshop series in both English and Spanish starting today, Wednesday, February 27. This new workshop series provides parents and caregivers with resources and support to improve communication within the family and help reduce conflict.
StarVista is a nonprofit agency that delivers high-impact services through counseling, case management, skill development, and crisis prevention to children, youth, adults, and families. StarVista’s Early Childhood and School-Based Services department provides San Mateo County children, youth, families and farmworkers with comprehensive mental health services that build resilience, strengthen mental health, and cultivate community wellness.