Family Paths offers a wide variety of individual and family services for families throughout Alameda County. Most services are offered in English and Spanish. Access to our services is via our Parenting Stress Helpline by calling 1-800-829-3777 for by FILLING OUT THIS INTEREST FORM. Note: Referrals/requests for service are not accepted via email.
Family Paths is committed to recognizing and serving all families, including LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual), foster, relative caregivers, and adoptive families. Family Paths embraces the Alameda County Fathers Corps’ Father-Friendly Principles.
Mental Health Services
Treatment, Intervention & Prevention Services (TIPS)
Treatment, Intervention & Prevention Services (TIPS) provides office-based therapy for children, parents, and families. Treatment addresses a range of issues including divorce, loss, and stress, as well as, exposure to trauma, abuse, and family and community violence.
Families in Transition Program (FIT)
Families in Transition Program (FIT) provides a flexible and comprehensive model of mental health services aimed at supporting children, adolescents and their families who are experiencing complex traumas and instability in their lives. The flexibility of our program allows us to work with children in the environment that best meets the child and family’s needs.
CalWORKs Case Management and Therapeutic Services
Our B.O.O.S.T. Program – Building Opportunities and Outreach for Support and Treatment handles CalWORKs Case Management and Therapeutic Services, which are designed to assist parents transitioning from welfare to work. We provide counseling, an Employment Specialist, Peer Specialist, referrals to parenting and life skills classes, and connections to community and job resources to remove barriers to self-sufficiency. Our priority is helping parents meet their personal, educational and financial goals in order to attain stable lives for themselves and their families.
Finding Peace Within
Finding Peace Within is a skill-based support group for women who are experiencing symptoms of past trauma. We teach trauma survivors simple and practical steps toward living more calmly and at ease in their daily lives.
Family Support Services
Parenting Stress Helpline
The Parenting Stress Helpline is staffed 24 hours a day by professional and volunteer counselors to assist parents and caregivers with over-the-phone counseling, crisis intervention, access to nearly 900 community resources from our vast database, and referrals to Family Paths’ services. 1-800-829-3777.
Foster Parent Advice Line (FosterPAL)
Foster Parent Advice Line (FosterPAL) is our 24 hour advice line that provides the same support as our Parenting Stress Helpline. It is tailored to meet the specific needs of foster parents and kinship caregivers. The line includes additional case management accessible through Family Paths’ Foster Parent Community Advocate. 1-800-829-3777.
Positive Parenting Classes
Positive Parenting Classes are appropriate for all types of families – expecting parents, parents of children of all ages, foster and kinship care providers, adoptive parents, LGBT families and others involved in parenting roles. Our curriculum is designed to provide parents with an understanding of parenting skills and knowledge, particularly in the areas of child development, communication, discipline and self-awareness, while emphasizing the importance of self-care. Our goal is to provide parents with the tools they need to create a healthy, safe, and nurturing environment. Classes are offered in both English and Spanish and in several locations throughout Alameda County. Free childcare is provided onsite.
Fatherhood & Co-Parenting: Beyond Conflict Series
Family Paths supports dads and father-figures by providing a dynamic and FREE 6-week series of classes called Fatherhood and Co-parenting: Beyond Conflict at our office in Oakland, CA. Guided by empathy, gratitude, reliability, and purpose, our curriculum is designed to build confidence and enhance dads’ ability to meet the challenges of the co-parenting experience. This program benefits fathers living in the home as well as those living separately. Led by Fatherhood Specialist, Michael Lewis, and featuring guest speakers from Alameda County Child Support Services and Family Court, dads in our classes learn how best to raise and nurture their kids, be a positive force in their children’s lives, how to effectively communicate with their co-parent, and how to navigate the Alameda County Family Court and Child Support systems.
Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors
Family Paths is honored to be the first agency in Alameda County to be certified providers of Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors (AP/OD). AP/OD is a comprehensive evidence based 10-session parenting education program for Latino and non-Latino families. The curriculum consists of topics that range from early childhood development to school readiness. The goal of the curriculum is to equip parents/ caregivers with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to support their children’s success and to be effective advocates on behalf of their children. We are thrilled to be at the helm of rolling out this exciting and innovative curriculum!
Young Parent Education Program
Through a contract from the California State Board of State and Community Corrections, we offer parent education to young parents who are system-involved (juvenile justice or foster care). We use the Nurturing Parenting curriculum to help set up these young parents with a foundation in positive parenting and provide one-on-one parent coaching to each participant.
COMING SOON: Effective Black Parenting