APA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES

Two programs targeting 6-12 year-old students, new immigrants, limited English proficiency students, particularly those living in SRO (Single Room Occupancy) housing:
-After School Discovery Club and STEAM (STEM+Art) aim to increase creativity, confidence, socialization, teamwork, leadership, career exploration, and community activism, and to provide support for youths struggling academically. Smart Money Learning Bank introduces the basics of handling money & finances.
-Summer Read & Learn engages students in reading and writing and emphasizes phonics, providing them with a consistent learning routine during July.

For high school students:
-Youth Education, Leadership & Advocacy Project with workshops on job skills training, early career introduction, and exploration of options between education & employment. >Field trips to colleges & a variety of work environments. >Opportunities for service learning & youth leadership in environmental health education and civic engagement.

A comprehensive set of services to prevent & treat problems that may occur as a result of stress, barriers and challenges of language, finances, and lack of resources.

-Positive Parenting Program is an evidence-based program involving core principles of positive parenting & effective behavior change. Strategies to reduce behavioral/emotional concerns in 2-12 year-olds. Taught in multiple languages.
-in-Home Visits by bilingual/bicultural staff in order to provide the most effective family support services. Staff is able to identify issues & prevent situations that can lead to domestic violence or child abuse.
-Support Groups for parents/caregivers provide social connections, especially important during the pandemic.
-Economic Self-Sufficiency Program and Life Skills Workshops. Our Family Economic Success Program provides computer training, ESL, conversational English tutoring, job coaching, workshops on digital/smartphone skills, cyber security, & financial literacy for the community.

Many of the children, youth, adults, and families we work with have experienced grief, loss, trauma, life transitions, divorce, domestic, immigration, and community violence.

-Our multilingual Stress Hotline personnel listens and offers emotional support & referrals.
-Our Behavioral Health Program offers psychotherapy counseling & therapy groups. These site-based or school-based services are no charge to clients and are language-appropriate.

During this pandemic, many of our low-moderate income clients are among those hit hardest.

-APA's community food pantry serves double the number of people pre-pandemic. We partner with the SF-Marin Food Bank in this weekly operation. Our staff & volunteers deliver grocery boxes to those who are food-insecure -- families with young children, seniors, housebound, and immunocompromised individuals.

-Provide assistance to clients in negotiations with landlords on eviction and partial payments of rent/utilities.

-Purchase & deliver grocery boxes, safety & essential supplies, and diapers to highest-need families as needed, including to those quarantined due to COVID-19 exposure.

-Provide Holiday Cheer Care Boxes to our highest-need clients. We include books & games for the children in the care boxes, along with essential supplies (such as personal/oral hygiene items, personal protective equipment, clothing, groceries, and blankets.)