Programs: Overall program service accomplishmentsthis past year, the sacramento children's home (sch) has continued to serve the widest range of services to the widest range of clients of any other family-service organization in the sacramento area. With eight programs spanning six locations, we were able to serve 5,500 children and 4,200 families, focusing on prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Program service accomplishment #1residential treatment program the sch residential treatment program offers our most intensive level of trauma care for abused, neglected, traumatized and emotionally disturbed males age 6-18. Our program is licensed to care for up to 30 children at one time and has remained at or near capacity throughout the year. The residential treatment program uses evidence-based practices, and care is individualized to give children the support, treatment and tools they need to once again thrive in a family atmosphere. In the past year, 70% of our residents were successfully placed in a family home. Wraparound program the sch wraparound program (wrap) strives to find permanent families for the children in our residential program, helping them make a successful transition from group care to family-driven care. Services are tailored to each family, offering solutions and case management to strengthen the family team and ensure that children are able to return to a safe, stable, permanent family home. In fiscal year 2013/14, 81% of the children served were discharged to community homes (parents, kinship or foster homes).
family resource centers sch operates three of sacramento county's nine family resource centers (frcs). These welcoming, community-based facilities focus on child abuse prevention and early intervention through crisis intervention services, community resource referrals, parent education, and provided over 6,000 home visits for at risk children and families. The frcs offered classes and services to 3,500 families last year, and reduced those families' chances of reentering the cps system by 90%. Crisis nursery program sch operates sacramento county's only crisis nursery program. This program strengthens families and helps prevent abuse and neglect by providing parents a safe, nurturing place for their children to stay during times of crisis. With two locations in north and south sacramento, the crisis nursery program offers free, confidential emergency child care and overnight respite care for up to 30 days for children age 0-5, as well as case management services to families to help resolve their crisis. In the past year, the crisis nursery program provided vital assistance to 1,014 children and families.
counseling center the sch counseling center serves youth and their families throughout sacramento county. Through innovative techniques, such as parent-child interaction therapy, counselors focus on improving the quality of the parent-child relationship, fostering academic and social participation, and helping children heal from trauma, abuse and neglect. All clients receiving evidence based practices who successfully completed the treatment showed improvements in areas of anxiety, problematic behaviors, and /or relational issues between parent and child. This is evident in reduction of scores in at least one or more areas being measured. Transition age program the sch transition age program (tap) provides intensive mental health services to at risk adolescents and young adults ages 14-21, with a goal of helping them develop independent living skills. Through individual therapy and group workshops, tap helps transition youth to better understand and cope with their mental health issues, improve their relationships with peers or family, and learn to function independently. Last year, 90% of youth in the program saw improvement in their independent living skills.
educational program the sch educational program offers a wide variety of innovative after-school activities that make learning interesting and fun and help the children in our programs get the most from their formal education. Academic assistance and educational enrichment activities successfully bridge the gap between school and home and increase the children's likelihood of high school graduation. Evibe (early violence intervention begins with education) the sch evibe program is a violence prevention and early intervention program designed to teach social skills, violence prevention, and conflict management skills to youth and families. This year, the evibe program has helped to support youth and families in having healthy and safe peer and family relationships. Evibe equips youth and their families with the tools necessary to navigate away from bullying and violence, while also building positive relationships. We served over 1,500 youth and families this past year in schools, apartment complexes, family resource centers, sheriff's academy, boys and girls clubs, and local churches.
