StarVista
Recognizing that building strong and healthy communities begins with helping each person to develop their own path of personal growth, StarVista has provided a wide variety of high-quality programs for more than 30 years.
Formerly known as Youth and Family Enrichment Services, StarVista came into being when Youth and Family Assistance and Family and Community Enrichment Services merged in 2003. StarVista offers unparalleled counseling, prevention, early intervention and education resources and services to more than 34,000 people throughout San Mateo County every year, creating opportunities for healthier, stronger, and more hopeful lives.
If you are currently in crisis and need an immediate response, please call StarVista’s Crisis Hotline at 650-579-0350 or call 911.
PROGRAMS
CHILD AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER (CFRC)
Clinical services for children and families in San Mateo County’s most vulnerable communities. StarVista places a therapist in a K-5 or K-8 school in the Pacifica, South San Francisco, Daly City, San Bruno, San Mateo Foster City, and East Palo Alto Ravenswood school districts. We collaborate closely with school administrators and educators to identify students who would benefit from therapeutic services.
Counseling
Crisis Services
School-Based
CHILD AND PARENT SERVICES
StarVista’s Child and Parent Services (CAPS) is available to any family with a child 0-17 living in Redwood City, East Palo Alto, San Mateo, Half Moon Bay, Montara, El Granada, Moss Beach, San Bruno, South San Francisco, and Daly City. The focus of the program is reducing caregiver stress through a strength-based and short-term approach.
Child and Parent Services (CAPS) is also available to any child 0-17 that has experienced a crime or abuse and/or neglect that lives in San Mateo County. The program aims to provide services that will provide support to victims and their families.
All services are available in the family’s home, virtually or in their community.
Case Management
Counseling
Educational Services
Prevention
Self-Referral
Support Groups
CHILDREN’S PLACE
Breaking the cycle of addiction through education and counseling. We teach children of addicted parents about drug and alcohol dependency and help them learn healthy coping and safety skills, build their self-esteem, and realize they are not alone.
Counseling
Educational Services
Self-Referral
School-Based
COMMUNITY WELLNES AND CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM
Now serving all ages in San Mateo, Daly City, South San Francisco, and Redwood City.
StarVista’s Community Wellness and Crisis Response Team (CWCRT) Pilot Program, in partnership with San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services and 4 police departments: San Mateo, Daly City, South San Francisco, and Redwood City, is designed to improve law enforcement response to community members experiencing mental health crisis.
COUNSELING CENTER
Affordable counseling services for children, teens, adults, and families, covering relationship issues, behavioral concerns, depression/anxiety, life transitions, peer conflicts, homework stress, self-esteem, and more. Clients learn new coping strategies, change negative patterns, and improve parenting skills.
Counseling
Crisis Services
Self-Referral
CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION CENTER
Provides education and crisis intervention services for schools, 24-hour suicide crisis hotline, online teen support and chatroom, alcohol and drug helpline, and parent support hotline.
Community Outreach
Counseling
Crisis Services
Educational Services
Self-Referral
DAYBREAK
A transitional housing program that provides independent living skills training and mental health support for homeless teens aged 16-21.
Case Management
Community Outreach
Counseling
Crisis Services
Educational Services
Residential
Self-Referral
Support Groups
DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE
Home visiting and case management service for families that have been reported to Child Protective Services and evaluated as low-risk. Case managers help link families to resource centers, in-home therapy, and other services in schools and the community.
Case Management
Community Outreach
Educational Services
DUI SERVICES
Helping offenders comply with local court, state system, and DMV mandates in Pacifica, South San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, and San Bruno. Services include individual and group counseling and education, with daytime, evening, and weekend groups available through first offender and multiple offender programs.
Counseling
Educational Services
Recovery
Self-Referral
Support Groups
EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY TEAM
Community outreach, mental health consultation, and parent-child counseling services for pregnant mothers and families with young children, helping parents and care providers identify, understand, and effectively respond to the social and emotional needs of their children and students.
Educational Services
Self-Referral
EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATION
Strengthens the social-emotional development and school readiness of our community’s high-risk children from birth to age five, 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.
FIRST CHANCE DETOX
First Chance Detox is a 4-bed facility serving clients in all of San Mateo County with substance use disorders, who are actively withdrawing from the effects of alcohol and/or other drugs. Clients are allowed to detox in the comfort of our facility, for approximately 3-7 days. Our facility is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.
Community Outreach
Counseling
Crisis Services
Recovery
Residential
Self-Referral
Support Groups
FIRST CHANCE SOBERING STATION
This 24-hour program serves as an alternative to jail for persons arrested for driving under the influence or public intoxication. Services include housing during the period of inebriation, substance abuse assessment, referral services, and extended case management.
Community Outreach
Counseling
Crisis Services
Recovery
Residential
Self-Referral
Support Groups
FOSTER YOUTH EDUCATION ENRICHMENT SERVICES
One-on-one, strength-based counseling, support, and enrichment services promote academic achievement for foster youth from kindergarten through eighth grade.
Case Management
Community Outreach
Counseling
Crisis Services
Educational Services
School-Based
Support Groups
HEALTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM-YOUTH (HAP-Y)
HAP-Y seeks to train youth aged 16-24 to become health ambassadors. Training covers common challenges in mental wellness, learning the signs and risks of suicide, suicide prevention, and how to access mental health services.
Community Outreach
Educational Services
Prevention Services
Self-Referral
HEALTHY HOMES
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. This program serves families with children ages 0-5.
The following program highlights are free of charge to families, available in English or Spanish and can be home-based when appropriate:
Home based mental health services for children and their caregivers, parent support groups, and parent-child activity groups, Father Engagement Services.
Case Management
Counseling
Educational Services
Self-Referral
Support Groups
INSIGHTS
Is a drug and alcohol recovery program that empowers youth to take responsibility and facilitate positive, lasting change for themselves and their families. Through case management and individual, group, and family counseling, participants learn about anger management, relationships, mental health, communicating with parents, and more.
Community Outreach
Counseling
Educational Services
Recovery
School-Based
Support Groups
THE MINDFULNESS PROJECT
Mindfulness is an incredible approach to helping individuals improve their overall wellness through awareness and acceptance with non-judgment. During this time of shelter-in-place and systemic racial inequality, our communities are hurting. With all of the additional challenges, frustrations, and feelings of isolation brought on by this, we are making it a priority to focus our efforts on sharing techniques and practices that can help bring peace and hope to our community. And this starts with working on ourselves as individuals.
The groups are FREE of charge, open to ages 15-25 (Groups are split based on the age of the participants.), and are held in a virtual zoom meeting room for the current time being (and subject to change to in-person as needed/allowed).
Counseling
Prevention Services
Recovery
Support Groups
NORTH COUNTY OUTREACH COLLABORATIVE
This partnership between StarVista, Healthright 360, Pacifica Resource Center, Daly City Partnership, and the Daly City Youth Center aims to give families residing in the north county access to valuable resources. We focus on providing community event outreach, assisting with insurance enrollment, educating families about psychology, and conducting family needs assessments.
Case Management
Community Outreach
SAN MATEO COUNTY PRIDE CENTER
Intensive support services for individuals and families in the LGBTQ+ community. The Center is a program of StarVista in partnership with Peninsula Family Service and Outlet of Adolescent Counseling Services, and in collaboration with San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services.
SCHOOL-BASED COUNSELING SERVICES
Mental health services for students in over 40 elementary, middle, and high schools throughout San Mateo County. Services include assessment, crisis intervention, individual and group therapy, family therapy, and consultation with parents, teachers, and other school staff. The goal of this program is to help students improve aspects of their lives that may enhance their school performance and increase learning engagement.
Counseling
Crisis Services
Educational Services
School-Based
Self-Referral
STRENGTHEN OUR YOUTH (SOY)
Offers professional counseling, education, and prevention services to students and families in five schools throughout northern San Mateo County.
Community Outreach
Counseling
Crisis Services
Educational Services
School-Based
Self-Referral
TRANSITIONAL YOUTH SERVICES
Housing or rental assistance and comprehensive supportive case management services for qualified former foster care and probation youth aged 18-24. Youth participating in this program are required to work and/or go to school while learning independent living skills.
Case Management
Community Outreach
Counseling
Crisis Services
Educational Services
Residential
Self-Referral
Support Groups
WOMEN’S ENRICHMENT CENTER
Intensive day treatment program for women diagnosed with both substance misuse and mental health issues. Clients attend two groups a day, five days a week. In addition, they receive weekly individual therapy and case management services. Clients learn to manage emotions, learn new coping strategies, change negative thought and behavioral patterns, process trauma, and develop a comprehensive relapse prevention plan.
Case Management
Counseling
Recovery
Self-Referral
Support Groups
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
Promotes and advocates healthy youth development in the community. High school students learn about health and wellness, leadership opportunities, and resiliency, and can train to become peer mentors.
Counseling
School-Based
Self-Referral
Support Groups
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