Providing short-term care (up to six months) for Transitional Age Youth (TAY), ages 16 to 25, through developmentally responsive mental health linkage and support services for TAY and their families following a mental health crisis.
Felton’s Transitional Age Youth Acute Linkage (TAL) program uses an interdisciplinary team approach to provide field-based services that stabilize and prevent future crisis episodes.
The goal of TAL is to link clients to an appropriate level of care for long-term treatment. The program fosters expanded collaboration and service integration with other TAY-focused programs to better meet the needs of our clients.
Our services include:
- Outreach
- Psychiatric medication management
- Individual and group rehabilitation and psychotherapy
- Strengthening and collaborating with support networks to enhance client success
- Crisis intervention
- Substance use disorder intervention and linkage to treatment
Targeted case management, which includes:
- Assistance with obtaining entitlements
- Linkage to housing
- Connection to job training programs
To consult with someone about linking a TAY to care, please email TAYReferrals@sfdph.org or call the Department of Public Health behavioral health access center (BHAC) line at 888-246-3333.
If you or a family member are in immediate crisis, contact 911 or one of the resources listed below.
- Comprehensive Child Crisis: 415-970-3800
- Mobile Crisis: 415-970-4000
- SF Suicide Prevention: 415-781-0500
- Westside Community Crisis: 415-355-0311 (Provides psychiatric emergency drop-in visits)
Psychiatric Emergency Services:
Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Emergency Department
1001 Potrero Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94110
628-206-8125
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office Hours (Mon-Fri): 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Service Area: City and County of San Francisco
General Program Information:
For general information regarding the TAY Acute Linkage program, call 415-474-7310 and ask to speak to our officer of the day.
Referrals and Program Eligibility:
To consult with someone about linking a TAY to care, please email TAYReferrals@sfdph.org or call the Department of Public Health behavioral health access center (BHAC) line at 888-246-3333.