Encompass Community Services

Programs: Youth services helps 2,400 santa cruz county youth annually find positive solutions that create youth success in the home, classroom and community. Services include outpatient and school-based counseling, residential recovery and foster care services, outreach, prevention, intervention, and peer support programs.

child and family development programs provides a variety of early childhood education and development programs serving 1,900 low-income children and families annually, including head start/early head start. Services focus on enhancing the quality of children's lives by building on the strengths of the family and mobilizing community resources to increase the likelihood of children's success.

community recovery services provides outpatient and residential treatment to 1,700 chemically dependent individuals annually. Services are targeted at individuals that might otherwise be underserved, such as latinos, women, and criminal justice system referrals.

community support services provides services to adults with psychiatric disabilities, with hiv/aids, and transition-age foster youth. 1,400 individuals are served each year with a range of programs including: residential treatment, outpatient services, emergency shelter, supported housing, and case management. Administrative services provides centralized fiscal and administrative support to the program service components. This unit is responsible for grant and fiscal management, all accounting functions, risk management, maintenance of fiscal records, executive and corporate functions, human resources, it services, and property management.