The Families in Transition (FIT) program is a specialized service for children who may be at high risk for out of home placement, are in foster care, or need extra support after transitioning back into their homes after foster care. Our clinicians provide a combination of therapy and case management to help support children up to age 21 and their families (including foster families) so they can heal from traumas such as abuse, loss, domestic violence and family separations. Many of these children display symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety or behavior problems that result in difficulties at school and/or at home.

The unique nature of our program allows clinicians to provide services, including therapy, in homes, schools, community settings, or one of our three offices in Alameda County (Oakland, Hayward, Fremont). This flexibility lets us work with families who might otherwise not receive services because of transportation or mobility limitations. Since we provide a combination of services, we often can be the link between families and the various other agencies that might also be involved in their lives. Each clinician has a small caseload, thus we can devote more time to each client and provide more comprehensive services. With some families we use a team approach, with more than one therapist working with the same family in a collaborative fashion.

The Families in Transition team is comprised of Master's level clinicians trained in either social work or marriage and family therapy. They receive extensive supervision from licensed clinicians and on-going training from our in-house training program to keep up to date on treatment models for the specific issues our clients face