activities · 25
what they do
direct service · 25
- Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Services Trauma-Informed Counseling for Youth & FamiliesProvides trauma-responsive behavioral health and child welfare services to nearly 2,000 children, youth, and families annually across Southern California, including intensive mental health services to prevent hospitalizations and stabilize placements, and in-home family preservation services.
- Behavioral Health and Trauma-Responsive Treatment Trauma-Informed Counseling for Youth & FamiliesDelivers intensive mental health and trauma-responsive services to children, youth, and families in the child welfare system to prevent hospitalizations, reduce justice system involvement, and stabilize or secure permanent placements, serving approximately 2,000 clients annually across Southern California.
- Behavioral Health and Trauma-Responsive Treatment Trauma-Informed Counseling for Youth & FamiliesDelivers intensive mental health and trauma-responsive services to children, youth, and families in the child welfare system, serving nearly 2,000 clients annually to prevent hospitalizations, reduce justice system involvement, and stabilize placements.
- Community Engagement and Alumni Involvement Personal Story Collection & AuthorizationHosts community engagement programs to support healing for families and youth, and actively involves former clients, volunteers, employees, interns, and board members by collecting and authorizing the use of their personal stories in organizational communications.
- Community Engagement and Alumni Involvement Personal Story Collection & AuthorizationEngages former clients, volunteers, employees, interns, board members, and others with direct connections to the organization by inviting them to share their experiences and authorizing the use of personal stories in organizational communications.
- Community Engagement and Alumni Involvement Personal Story Collection & AuthorizationEngages former clients, volunteers, employees, interns, board members, and others with direct connections to the organization by collecting and authorizing the use of their personal stories for public sharing through organizational communications channels.
- Family Preservation and Wraparound Services Home-Based Parenting Support & Family StabilizationProvides in-home family preservation services following substantiated incidents of abuse or neglect to support family stability and child safety, and offers wraparound services with assigned teams that coach caregivers and youth to remain safely at home and access needed supports.
- Foster Care and Adoption Services Foster Care and Adoption ServicesOperates a licensed Foster Family Agency that recruits, trains, certifies, and supports foster families across five counties, placing youth—including refugee youth—into nurturing homes. Also operates a licensed Adoption Agency that finalizes adoptions for foster youth and their resource families.
- Foster Care and Adoption Services Foster Care and Adoption ServicesOperates a licensed Foster Family Agency that recruits, trains, certifies, and supports foster families across five counties, placing foster youth—including refugee youth—in nurturing environments. Also operates a licensed Adoption Agency to finalize adoptions for foster youth and their resource families.
- Foster Care and Adoption Services Foster Care and Adoption ServicesOperates a licensed Foster Family Agency that recruits, trains, certifies, and supports foster families across five counties, placing foster youth—including refugee youth—in nurturing environments. Also operates a licensed Adoption Agency focused on finalizing adoptions for foster youth and their resource families.
- Foster Care and Adoption Services Foster Care and Adoption ServicesOperates a licensed Foster Family Agency that recruits, trains, certifies, and supports foster families across five counties, including placements for refugee youth, and a licensed Adoption Agency focused on finalizing adoptions for foster youth and their resource families.
- Foster Care and Adoption Services Foster Care and Adoption ServicesOperates a licensed Foster Family Agency that recruits, trains, certifies, and supports foster families across five counties, including placements for refugee youth. It also operates a licensed Adoption Agency focused on finalizing adoptions for foster youth and their resource families.
- In-Home Family Preservation and Wraparound Services Home-Based Parenting Support & Family StabilizationProvides in-home family preservation services following substantiated incidents of abuse or neglect, using wraparound models with assigned teams that coach caregivers and youth to remain safely at home and access needed supports.
- In-Home Family Preservation and Wraparound Services Home-Based Parenting Support & Family StabilizationProvides in-home family preservation services following substantiated abuse or neglect, using wraparound models with assigned teams that coach caregivers and youth to remain safely at home and access needed supports.
- In-Home and Family Preservation Services Home-Based Parenting Support & Family StabilizationProvides in-home family preservation services following substantiated abuse or neglect, offering wraparound support with coaching for caregivers and youth to remain safely at home and access needed services.
- Intensive Mental Health and Behavioral Health Services Trauma-Informed Counseling for Youth & FamiliesDelivers intensive mental health services and behavioral health services to children, youth, and families in the child welfare system, serving approximately 2,000 clients annually, to prevent hospitalizations, reduce juvenile justice involvement, and stabilize or secure permanent placements.
- Intensive Mental and Behavioral Health Services Trauma-Informed Counseling for Youth & FamiliesDelivers trauma-responsive mental health services to children, youth, and families in the child welfare system to prevent hospitalizations, reduce juvenile justice involvement, and stabilize or secure permanent placements, serving approximately 2,000 clients annually across Southern California.
- Licensed Child Welfare and Community Care Operations Foster Care and Adoption ServicesOperates programs licensed by the California Department of Social Services as community care facilities or foster/resource family agencies, providing a legal and regulatory foundation for direct care services.
- Residential and Group Home Care Respite Care for DisabilitiesProvides short-term assessment and group home care for up to sixty youth in federal care under contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and previously operated a campus in Fullerton that housed up to 84 teen girls and 37 babies.
- Residential and Group Home Care Respite Care for DisabilitiesProvides short-term assessment and group home care for up to sixty youth in federal care under contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and previously operated a Fullerton campus that housed up to 84 teen girls and 37 babies.
- Short-Term Assessment and Group Home Care for Refugee Youth Respite Care for DisabilitiesProvides short-term assessment and group home care for up to sixty youth in federal care under contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
- Transitional Housing and Independent Living Skills Youth Transition Support ServicesProvides transitional housing and independent living skills training for current and former foster youth and youth involved in the juvenile justice system, ages 18–25.
- Transitional Housing and Independent Living Skills Youth Transition Support ServicesProvides transitional housing and independent living skills training for current and former foster youth and youth involved in the juvenile justice system, aged 18–25.
- Transitional Housing and Independent Living Support Youth Transition Support ServicesProvides transitional housing and independent living skills training for current and former foster youth and youth involved in the juvenile justice system, ages 18–25.
- Trauma-Responsive ProgrammingImplements trauma-responsive programming and provides treatment interventions to address childhood trauma and interrupt cycles of abuse, neglect, and system involvement.
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how they think
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- Accreditation and quality assurance accreditation-driven quality assuranceUpholds high standards in child welfare service delivery through national accreditation via the Joint Commission, ensuring accountability and quality.
- Accreditation-Driven Quality Assurance and Best Practices accreditation_driven_quality_assuranceThe organization maintains high standards in child welfare service delivery by seeking national accreditation and proactively identifying trends, adopting best practices, and using research to inform service delivery and program development.
- Accreditation-driven quality assurance accreditation-driven quality assuranceThe organization seeks national accreditation through the Joint Commission to maintain high standards in child welfare service delivery and ensure quality assurance.
- Accreditation-driven quality assurance accreditation-driven quality assurancePursues national accreditation through the Joint Commission as a mechanism to uphold high standards and ensure quality in child welfare service delivery.
- Community Engagement and Support for Client Motivation community_engagement_modelThe organization engages the public through personal storytelling and involves volunteers, donors, and advocates to demonstrate community support, which in turn fosters client motivation in recovery.
- Community engagement for client motivation community_engagement_modelInvolves volunteers, donors, and advocates to demonstrate broad community support, which in turn helps foster client motivation and recovery.
- Community engagement for support and motivation community_engagement_modelThe organization engages volunteers, donors, and advocates to demonstrate community support, foster client motivation in recovery, and strengthen community connections through personal storytelling.
- Community engagement to support recovery community_engagement_modelEngages volunteers, donors, and advocates to demonstrate broad community support, which in turn fosters client motivation and strengthens recovery outcomes.
- Community-Based Care and Proactive Service Adaptation community-based care transitionShifts from residential to community-based and in-home services in response to child welfare trends, proactively adapting programs using research and evolving best practices to meet community needs.
- Community-Based and Resiliency-Focused Care community_based_care_transitionThe organization adapts to child welfare trends by shifting towards community-based and in-home services, while also fostering client resiliency to support the achievement of permanency, stability, safety, and well-being.
- Community-based care and service adaptation community-based care transitionShifts from residential models to community-based and in-home services, proactively adapting to child welfare trends and evolving community needs through evidence-informed practices and system innovation.
- Community-based care and service adaptation community-based care transitionThe organization shifts from residential models to community-based and in-home services, proactively adapting to child welfare trends and leveraging research to meet evolving community needs effectively.
- Community-based care transition community-based careThe organization adapts to child welfare trends by shifting its focus from residential care to community-based and in-home services to better serve clients.
- Culturally Responsive and Client-Focused Service Delivery culturally responsive practiceDelivers services through a culturally responsive and client-focused methodology to ensure compassionate, adaptable, and equitable support for diverse populations.
- Culturally Responsive and Client-Focused Service Delivery culturally_responsive_practiceThe organization delivers compassionate and adaptable services through a culturally responsive and client-focused methodology, ensuring that all programming is sensitive to the diverse backgrounds of those served.
- Culturally responsive and client-focused service delivery culturally responsive practiceDelivers services through a culturally responsive, holistic, and client-focused approach to ensure relevance, compassion, and adaptability to individual and community needs.
- Culturally responsive and client-focused service delivery culturally responsive practiceServices are designed and adapted to be culturally sensitive and centered on client needs, ensuring compassionate, respectful, and effective support aligned with the communities served.
- Evidence-informed and adaptive service development evidence-informed practiceThe organization proactively identifies trends, uses research, and adapts best practices to inform service delivery and program development, ensuring services address evolving community needs in child welfare and align with system evolution.
- Resiliency and family strengthening resiliency-buildingBuilds client and family resiliency to achieve permanency, stability, safety, and well-being, with a focus on healing trauma and strengthening family systems.
- Resiliency and permanency-focused support resiliency-buildingProgramming emphasizes building client resiliency to achieve long-term outcomes including safety, stability, permanency, and overall well-being.
- Resiliency-Building for Client Stability and Permanency resiliency-buildingFosters client resiliency as a core mechanism to achieve long-term outcomes of permanency, safety, stability, and well-being.
- Resiliency-building for client well-being resiliency-buildingThe organization fosters client resiliency to support the achievement of permanency, stability, safety, and overall well-being for the individuals they serve.
- Storytelling and Community Engagement for Advocacy storytelling_engagementUses personal storytelling and engages volunteers, donors, and advocates to strengthen public connections, demonstrate community support, and enhance client motivation in recovery.
- Storytelling for community engagement storytelling_engagementEngages the public and strengthens community connections by sharing personal stories from individuals with direct experience in the organization, fostering empathy and support.
- Storytelling for public engagement and connection storytelling_engagementLeverages personal narratives from individuals with direct experience to deepen public engagement, strengthen community ties, and enhance client motivation in recovery.
- Supportive Foster Family Recruitment and Accreditation-Driven Quality Assurance accreditation-driven quality assuranceRecruits and supports foster caregivers through a nationally accredited program and maintains high standards in child welfare service delivery via Joint Commission accreditation.
- Supportive foster family recruitment supportive foster family recruitmentRecruits and supports foster caregivers through a licensed, nationally accredited program that provides guidance and ongoing support to ensure quality care.
- Supportive foster family recruitment supportive foster family recruitmentThe organization provides support and guidance to potential foster caregivers through a licensed and nationally accredited foster care program.
- Supportive foster family recruitment and development supportive foster family recruitmentRecruits and supports foster caregivers through a licensed, nationally accredited program that provides guidance and structure to expand safe, nurturing family-based placements.
- Trauma-Informed and Responsive Care trauma_informed_careThe organization utilizes a trauma-informed and responsive approach, incorporating evidence-based practices and a holistic, culturally sensitive methodology to support healing from abuse and neglect, promote adolescent development, and break cycles of generational system-involvement.
- Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Responsive Care trauma-informed careUses trauma-informed and trauma-responsive practices to address and heal childhood trauma, break cycles of generational system involvement, and support adolescent development through holistic, evidence-based approaches.
- Trauma-informed and culturally responsive care trauma-informed careThe organization utilizes a trauma-informed, trauma-responsive, and culturally sensitive approach in all programming to support healing from abuse and neglect, promote adolescent development, and break cycles of generational system-involvement. This approach is client-focused, holistic, and adaptable.
- Trauma-informed and trauma-responsive care trauma-informed careUses trauma-informed and trauma-responsive practices across all services to promote healing from abuse and neglect, break cycles of generational system involvement, and support adolescent development and long-term well-being.
- Trauma-informed and trauma-responsive care trauma-informed careThe organization integrates trauma-informed and trauma-responsive principles across all services to promote healing from childhood trauma, break cycles of generational system involvement, and support healthy adolescent development through evidence-based, holistic practices.
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what they call their work
Adoption
Operates a licensed Adoption Agency supporting foster youth and resource parents in making permanent legal connections
Family Preservation
Provides in-home resources at the first substantiated incident of abuse or neglect to strengthen family functioning and keep children safe in their biological homes
Foster Care
Operates a licensed Foster Family Agency that recruits, trains, certifies, and supports resource/foster families across five counties, including placements for refugee youth
Intensive Field Capable Clinical Services
Provides intensive mental health services to children, youth, and families in the child welfare system to prevent psychiatric hospitalizations and stabilize placements
Shelter Care
Provides short-term assessment and group home care for up to sixty unaccompanied youth in federal care, screened for trafficking, abuse, and neglect under contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement
Transitional Housing Placement
Provides secure housing and supportive services, including independent living skills, for current and former foster youth and those involved in the juvenile justice system, ages 18-25
Wraparound Services
Assigns teams to support youth with serious mental illness and behavioral issues to remain safely at home and access needed services
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who they work with
- Drive for Water Partner — Partner in the annual Drive for Water & Friends Golf Tournament, which supports Crittenton and other nonprofits.
- Joint Commission Government — Nationally accredits the agency, supporting quality standards in service delivery
- National Association of Florence Crittenton Agencies Partner — Acted as a consultant in setting up the program in Orange County and supported the agency's early development.
- No Thirsty Child Partner — Co-beneficiary with Crittenton of the Drive for Water & Friends Golf Tournament.
- Office of Refugee Resettlement Government — Contractor providing funding and oversight for short-term assessment and group home care for youth in federal care.
- Operation Homefront Partner — Co-beneficiary with Crittenton of the Drive for Water & Friends Golf Tournament.
- Valdez family Partner — Resource family that provided foster care and support to a former Crittenton foster youth.