Community Human Services - Family to Family

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1178 Broadway Avenue
Seaside, CA
(831) 394-4622 ext. 13
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522 Broadway Ave
King City, CA
(831) 385-3628
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984 Lupin Drive #3
Salinas, CA
(831) 796-3903
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Family to Family is a community-based program intended to facilitate change in the foster care system and the public's perception of it. Among its goals are:

To support change toward a child care intervention system based on family strengths rather than weaknesses

To reduce foster care placement through early intervention and the use of community resources

To increase the number of foster homes in the community so that children in foster care have minimum disruption in their lives

To build support systems for foster parents and relative caregivers, thereby reducing the likelihood of multiple placements for children taken into care

To place a child with a relative or near-kin caregiver, whenever possible

To increase the rate of children reunified with their birth parents

The primary strategy for accomplishing these and associated goals is through a community liaison who is deeply connected to the target community and can reach out and interact with its residents.

The liaison is also linked to the Department of Social and Employment Services, which provides support and trains the liaison. Outreach, program presentations, community building, coalition convener, family support recommendations and other duties are all a part of the liaison's role.

Services are provided free of charge.

For more information, contact...

SEASIDE
Olivia Weatherby , Community Liaison
(831) 394-4622 ext. 13

KING CITY
Mayra Guzman, Community Liaison
(831) 385-3628

SALINAS
Marisa Ramirez , Community Liaison
(831) 796-3903

Program Flyer PDF

John Adams, MFT
Director of Mental Health Services
(831) 658-3811 ext. 206
John Adams has been CHS’s Director of Mental Health Services since 2002, has been active in providing mental health care in Monterey County since 1992. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Virginia and received is M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University L.A. Licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist, his professional history includes working in crisis and forensic mental services in Southern California before coming to the Monterey Peninsula. Under his leadership, CHS’s role has grown to include being the primary provider of outpatient mental health services for our county’s Medi-Cal recipients and being the flagship agency for Family to Family.

Community Human Services accepts monetary donations in support of Family to Family and all its programs.

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