Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) is a well run, focused organization providing teens and their families much need support, on campus free counseling, parent education and substance abuse treatment. Every school in the country should have these outstanding professionals supporting youth as caring trained adults.
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- EIN 51-0192551
- 650-424-0852
- 1779 Woodside Road Suite 200 Redwood City CA 94061 USA
- http://www.acs-teens.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) empowers youth in our community to find their way through social-emotional support and by building safe, accepting communities.
Target demographics: 10-25 year olds and their families in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. All students and families of Palo Alto High School, Gunn High School, Terman Middle School, Jordan Middle School, and JLS Middle School in the Palo Alto Unified School District, La Entrada Middle School in the Las Lomitas School District, and Menlo-Atherton High School and Redwood High School in the Sequoia Union High School District. At-risk teens struggling with substance abuse and addiction.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Over 15,000
Geographic areas served: Santa Clara County, San Mateo County
Programs: The on-campus counseling program: founded in 1980, the mission of the on-campus counseling program (occp) is to provide free counseling services for teens and their families at eight secondary schools in the palo alto unified school district, the sequoia union high school district and at la entrada middle school in menlo park. Bi-lingual services are provided when necessary and appropriate.
adolescent substance abuse treatment: is an outpatient treatment program for adolescents. A client can move progressively through three program levels or enter the program at any level according to individual need. The services are available to preteens, teens and their families, including parents and siblings on a sliding scale basis.
after-school counseling program: started in september 2008, the mission of the after-school counseling program (ascp) is to provide affordable out-patient assessment, treatment and education for all teens and their families in need of counseling services in our community.
outlet program: outlet offers support groups and leadership services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ (lgbtq+) youth. Outlet also works within community institutions to change how lgbtq+ youth are treated throgh its signature unique (understanding issues in the queer experience) trainings.