Overview

The U.S. Surgeon General estimates that at some point between pre-kindergarten and 12th grade about 20 percent of American children will need treatment for mental health issues. Sadly, only a small percentage will get the care they require to succeed in school and life.

East Bay Agency for Children helps address this urgent need in our local communities by providing students experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties—most of them from low-income families—with vital mental health and specialized educational services. The goal: to enable them to build on their intrinsic strengths, stay in school and overcome the obstacles that could keep them from leading productive lives. Additionally, to ensure children's continued progress in school, we also provide their families with intensive assistance in accessing community and public resources.

For the larger public school community, EBAC works to improve student wellbeing through after-school programs, parent support services and child assault prevention classes.

EBAC's programs fall into five major categories

Mental Health Counseling at School Sites (PALS)
Program goal: To foster school success for children and youth attending mainstream elementary, middle, and high school classes by providing school-based mental health services.

Intensive Mental Health Therapy in Specialized Classrooms
Program goal: To provide intensive mental health and special educational services to children in pre-school – 12th grade with severe emotional and behavioral difficulties in order to help them transition into mainstream school classrooms or less intensive special education

Student and Community Family Support Services
Program goal: To help children and families become stronger and more stable so that children have greater opportunities for academic and life success.

CAP (Child Assault Prevention)
Program goal:. To provide skills and training to children and youth to reduce their vulnerability to child abuse, assault and other forms of violence. To educate parents/care givers, school staff and the community at-large on how to recognize and respond to a child in crisis.

Circle of Care (Grief and Illness Support Services)
Program goal: To provide emotional support to children, parents and caregivers who are dealing with a family member's life-threatening illness or death.

Mission

East Bay Agency for Children builds brighter futures and stronger communities by promoting the health, safety and educational success of our children and youth, and their families.

Values

• Respect
• Compassion
• Excellence
• Partnership
• Diversity
  

East Bay Agency for Children's EIN is 94-1358309