Encompass Community Services

Head start/early head start. The goal of early childhood education is to interrupt the cycle of poverty by preparing the most vulnerable children and families to succeed in their educational goals and in life. Services include high quality early education with comprehensive wrap around services for the child and their family. In the 2023 tax year the headstart/early headstart program served 163 children and their related family members.

Integrated behavioral health - youth provides treatment services for youth at risk for/with substance use and/or mental health disorders and their families. The goal is to support youth and families to improve individual and family functioning and wellbeing. In the 2023 tax year we served : 90 youth clients in outpatient services for substance use disorder; 385 in outpatient mental health services (does not include families together clients not in avatar); and 202 in school-based, in-custody, or probation-referred settings (includes star).

Health & housing - provides temporary to long term solutions for at-risk youth & adults, along with their dependents, from suffering from housing and food instability. The goal is to support youth and families to provide stable housing and daily necessities while acquiring the skills and resources necessary to become self-sufficient/reliant. In the 2023 tax year we served served: 345 clients in our enhanced case management and community supports program; 516 in our downtown outreach program (includes possible duplicates); 68 in out housing support program, and 45 in our case management program for persons with hiv/aids.