Community Behavioral Health Services - San Francisco Department ...

Residential, Sub-acute and Community Treatment FacilitiesOverview: The philosophy and belief of CBHS is that children and youth should be served in theirown homes whenever possible, and that services should be designed to strengthen families.However, at times, a child or youth may need to be placed out-of-home. This may be in order tomeet their educational needs (AB 3632/Special Education); for their own protection (CourtDependency/300 status and placement through the Department of Human Services); or for theprotection of society (Wardship/602 status and placement through the Juvenile ProbationDepartment).No clinician should make recommendations regarding out-of-home placement or residential treatmentwithout going through the process described below. This includes recommendations to parents,clients, DHS or Probation workers, teachers, or anyone else involved with the client.If you are working with a client whom you think may need out-of-home residential placement, or if aparent or other interested party suggests the client may need that type of care, consult yoursupervisor. With your supervisor’s agreement, you can have the client scheduled for your ProgramUtilization Review Quality Committee (PURQC).If the PURQC cannot identify alternative resources to out-of-home placement, the client’s situationcan be reviewed at the weekly CYF Risk Management meeting, which may either identify alternativesor concur.Eligibility for placement through AB 3632 (the IEP process), involves the following:• The San Francisco Unified School District determines the student to be meeting the (educational)criteria of "emotionally disturbed" and this must be written on the student’s IndividualizedEducation Plan (IEP).• The student has been referred for, and has received, a mental health assessment by SanFrancisco CBHS to determine eligibility for mental health services under AB 3632.• An expanded IEP team meeting has been held, which included San Francisco CBHS. Theexpanded IEP team has considered and documented a broad range of less restrictive alternativesto residential treatment before determining that residential placement is necessary for the studentto receive special education and mental health services.• Parental or guardian support of this plan.For more information about AB 3632 placement, contact Alison Lustbader, LCSW, at 970-3849.Residential treatment programs are privately run, licensed facilities that combine residential, educational,and clinical services in one setting. Care provided at the facilities can include 24-hour residency, nonpublicschool special education, and diagnostic evaluation, therapeutic and medical/psychiatric services.Most offer intensive day treatment for residents.Seneca Center - CTF SFGH 887 Potrero Street L Unit (415) 206-4228(415) 206-6469Edgewood Center for Children & Families 1801 Vicente Street (415) 681-3211Lincoln Child Center 4368 Lincoln Ave. Oakland CA 94602 (510) 531-3111Rebekah Chidren’s Services 290 IOOF Avenue, Gilroy CA 95020 (408) 846-2430St. Vincent’s School for Boys 1 St. Vincent Drive, San Rafael CA 94903 (415) 507-4200Sunny Hills Services300 Sunny Hills Drive, San Anselmo CA (415) 457-320094940Thunder Road 390 40 th Street, Oakland, CA 94609 (510) 653-5040Victor Homes2561 California Park Drive, Chico CA (530) 893-0758programs in Santa Rosa, Redding,StocktonWillow Creek Treatment Center 341 Irwin Lane Santa Rosa CA 95401 (707) 576-721812