Strengthening Families, Empowering Communities
Felton Institute’s Children, Youth, Family and Transitional Age Youth (CYFTAY) services are designed to foster holistic development and resilience among children, birth to six years old, and their families.
We offer mental health services for youth and wrap-around family support, workforce development and social services.
Division Location(s) / Service Area
Our CYFTAY programs and administrative offices are based at Felton Institute’s Family Developmental Center (FDC), located at 2730 Bryant Street in San Francisco. We proudly serve children, youth, and their families throughout the city and county of San Francisco.
Resilient Roots: About CYFTAY
About CYFTAY
Felton Institute’s Children, Youth, Family, and Transitional Age Youth Division provides comprehensive early care and education, inclusion, and early intervention services for children from birth to six years old, including children with special needs. It also provides outpatient behavioral/mental health and case management services to children and youth aged 4-21 years old and their families. Lastly, it provides comprehensive case management, educational/vocational, health, nutritional, and parenting education services to pregnant and parenting teens up to the age of 24. We strive to provide high-quality services that meet the highest standards of care and have the greatest impact on the lives of those being served.
Mission
Our mission is to provide access to comprehensive services to low-income, at-risk children, youth, families, and transitional age youth to give them a sound foundation for lifelong development, family economic success, and hope for a successful future.
Approach
Offering comprehensive, culturally relevant, linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, strength-based, and evidence-based services.
Strategies
- Equity and Social Justice Lens
- Individualized
- Inclusive
- Evidence-Based
- Recovery-Oriented
- Trauma-Informed
- Community-Based
- Comprehensive
- Family-Centered
- Family Strength-Based
- Multidisciplinary
- Two-Generational Approach
- Intergenerational Approach
What role does Felton’s CYFTAY Division play in helping young children, youth, families, and transitional age youth?
Felton Institute’s CYFTAY services aim to assist families who are impacted by poverty, violence, and other forms of trauma to improve their well-being and quality of life, and increase evidence of protective factors for children and families being served. We are working to increase public awareness about the day-to-day issues faced by low-income families in San Francisco.
For general inquiries regarding Felton Institute’s Children, Youth, Family and TAY services programs, please contact:
Yohana I. Quiróz, Ed.D., Felton Institute Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Felton Institute Division Director, Children, Youth, Family and Transitional Age Youth Services
Email: yquiroz@felton.org
East Bay Office: 1005 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501
San Francisco Office: 2730 Bryant Street, 1st Floor San Francisco CA 94110
Early Care and Education
Child Care Food Program (CACFP)
Nutrition program providing on-site balanced meals to children ages 0-5 operating within Felton Institute’s Early Care & Education (ECE) programs.
Early Care & Education Programs (ECE)
Responsive developmental early care and education services in an equitable, nurturing, challenging and inclusive environment that addresses the medical, social and educational needs of the child and family, thereby helping them develop a solid foundation for lifelong development, family economic success and hope for a successful future.
Supporting Early Education, Development & Socialization (SEEDS)
Provides vital support for families with children aged 0-5 who have disabilities or developmental delays through developmental playgroups, care coordination, facilitation of ‘Parents Connect’ peer support groups, and provision of at-home learning resources.
Early Intervention and Inclusion
Early Intervention & Inclusion Programs (EII)
On-site developmental assessments and early intervention services for infants with special needs.
Felton Early Autism Program (FEAP)
Brings together an evidence-based intervention model, specifically designed for children on the autism spectrum, and the child’s natural learning environment.
Family Support
Healthy Families, Healthy Lives “Familias Sanas, Vidas Sanas” Wellness Program
On-site farmer’s market offering client families fresh foods, cooking classes and exercise programs.
Teen Resources to Achieve Positive Practices (T-RAPP)
Teen-parent peer support providing pregnancy prevention and at-risk education services.
Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Program (TAPP)
Comprehensive case management for expectant and parenting teens under 19.
Felton’s Sunshine Community Center (SCC)
Workshops for low-income, at-risk parents on parenting, childhood development and other fundamental child-rearing skills.
Young Family Resource Center (YFRC)
Peer-directed, peer-focused program exclusively designed for teen and young-adult parents and their children.
Mental Health
Connect and Thrive (CAT)
Promoting the social-emotional well-being of children ages 0-5 through mental health interventions and psychotherapy, with a focus on fostering stronger relationships between children, caregivers, and early childhood educators.
Full Circle Family Program (FCFP)
Outpatient mental health services for low-income, uninsured children and their families.
Workforce Development
Realizing Employment and Creating Hope (ECE REACH)
Designed to empower first-generation, non-traditional college and immigrant apprentices through an Early Childhood Education (ECE) workforce development pipeline, this groundbreaking initiative provides comprehensive support services tailored to meet the unique needs of this workforce.