A Better Way - Behavioral Health - Approved
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A Better Way offers expert, trauma-informed Mental Health Services to some of the Bay Area’s most vulnerable children, youth and families. We are dedicated to serving children and youth who are in – or at risk of entering - foster care. Our support, treatment and parent training helps these families overcome the impact of poverty, community violence, mental health problems, addictive illness and patterns of child abuse and neglect that put their children at risk. All of our services are designed to heal children, improve care-giving relationships, and increase families’ self-sufficiency.
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Alejandra Plata Zuniga
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10-04-2017
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04-23-2024
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12-01-2023
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How To Contact
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General Contact
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3200 Adeline St
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Berkeley
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CA
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More Information
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12-13-2021
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12-10-2024
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A Better Way, Inc.
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94703
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Helpful Links
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Detailed Information
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A Better Way’s Mental Health programs see children and families from 0-18 referred by one of our partner counties, and through a limited number of community referrals. All clients must have Medi-Cal to receive services. If you have private insurance, please call your insurance company for a list of approved mental health providers or talk to your primary care doctor.
Specialized services include:
Early Childhood Services
A Better Way’s Early Childhood Services are designed to deliver early intervention that facilitates the emotional well-being and optimal development of infants and young children, ages birth through age 5, at risk for emotional, behavioral, and developmental problems.
Therapeutic Visitation Services
When a child or youth is placed in Foster Care, the County makes every effort to assure that they will have immediate and ongoing contact with their family while placed out of the home. In most circumstances, the County focuses their efforts on Reunification as the primary permanency goal. Therapeutic Visitation Services provided by A Better Way help these families maintain contact, improve family relationships, and develop the insights, skills and supports that improve their chances of reunification.
Pre and Post Adoption Support Services
Pre- and Post-Adoption Support Services offer individual and family therapy and clinical case management designed to meet the needs of children and youth who will be adopted, or have been adopted from the foster care system.
For a child in foster care with no prospect of reunification, adoption into a caring family is a lifeline. Parents who grow their families through adoption find that the experience is a gift to them as much as it is to their new child.
Our therapists receive specialized training to understand and help with all of the issues that Adoptive families experience before and after adoption.
Prevention & Early Intervention School Based Services
A Better Way's Prevention & Early Intervention School Based programs provide direct behavioral/mental health services to K-12 school-age children and their families as well as consultation to school personnel as needed.
Diversion & Probation Services
A Better Way's Diversion & Probation services provide mental health support to youth who are referred by Solano County. Our clinicians assess youth to identify possible mental health needs and provide support for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. Clinicians work in partnership with Deputy Probation Officers.
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Eligibility Information
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- CA
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- Alameda County
- San Francisco County
- Santa Cruz County
- Solano County
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- Adult
- Children 0-18 years old
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- English
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- Alameda Alliance MediCal
- Blue Cross MediCal
- Straight MediCal
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