| I. At-Risk Youth and Intervention
Places to talk it out | Telephone Number | Addresses and Contact Info |
| 24 hour Youth in Crisis Hotline | (888) 247-7717 |
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| Adolescents Counseling Services | (650) 424-0852 | 4000 Middlefield Road, Suite FH
Palo Alto, CA 94303
info@acs-teens.org |
| Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon/Alateen
Do you have a drinking problem and you want to stop? Does your best friend or a family member have a drinking problem and you don’t know what to do? Alcoholics Anonymous can help put you on the path to sobriety.
Al-Anon/Alateen can help you cope with living with an alcoholic. |
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| Bill Wilson Center
The mission of the Bill Wilson Center is to support and strengthen the community by serving youth and families through counseling, housing, education, and advocacy. | (408) 243-0222
Fax: (408) 246-5752 | 3490 The Alameda
Santa Clara,
CA 95050 |
Challenge Team - Mountain View - Los Altos - Los Altos Hills
Our Challenge Team is a community-based, non-profit partner of students, school districts, police departments, community organizations, parent groups and health service groups collaborating to prevent alcohol, tobacco and other drug-related problems in our community. | | |
D.A.R.E. – Drug Abuse Resistance Education
D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives. The City of Mountain View is involved with D.A.R.E. in partnership with the MVPD’s School Resource Officers. |
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Dreams and Futures
Dreams and Futures was developed as a gang prevention program, award-winning Dreams & Futures is like summer day camp, emphasizing teamwork, self-esteem, decision making and standing strong against drugs, alcohol and gangs. The program is designed for 4th through 7th grade children at a high risk of getting involved in gangs, drugs and/or alcohol use. | (650) 903-6344 | Mountain View Police Department
1000 Villa Street
Mountain View,
CA 94041 |
EHC LifeBuilders
EHC LifeBuilders is the leading provider of shelter, housing opportunities, and supportive services to people in crisis and those experiencing homelessness in Silicon Valley. | (408) 539-2100
Fax: (408) 957-0253 | 507 Valley Way
Milpitas, CA 95035 |
EMQ Children & Family Services
EMQ Children & Family Services is a private nonprofit that helps kids in crisis throughout California. EMQ provides a variety of services including Crisis Services, Family Therapeutic Services, and the UPLIFT program. | (408) 379-3790
24-Hour Crisis Line: (408) 379-9085 | 251 Llewellyn Ave.
Campbell,
CA 95008-1940 |
| Family & Children Services | (650) 326-6576 | 375 Cambridge Avenue Palo Alto,
CA 94306 |
| Gay Youth Hotline The Trevor Project | 1-866-4-U-TREVOR | |
Mesa de la Comunidad Mountain View
Our mission is to advocate for and increase participation of underrepresented groups in Mountain View’s civic and business life. | (888) 657-6801 | P.O. Box 930032
Mountain View, CA
94039-0032 |
National Runaway Switchboard
The National Runaway Switchboard’s mission is to help keep America’s runaway and at-risk youth safe and off the streets. | | You can visit the website or call 1-800-RUNAWAY for more information. |
| Outlet Supporting & Empowering LGBTQQ Youth | (650) 965-2020 ext. 22 | 711 Church Street
Mountain View,
CA 94041 |
Police Activities League Mountain View - MVPAL
Mountain View PAL’s mission is to foster mutual understanding between youth and police officers through a non-confrontational setting and, in this way, divert them away from gangs and criminal activity. MVPAL will be offering a large variety of recreational and leadership development activities to kids between the ages of 5 and 18. | (650) 903-6139
Fax: (650) 903-6122 | 1000 Villa Street
Mountain View,
CA 94041 |
Rape Crisis Center (YWCA)
The YWCA Rape Crisis Center helps residents of Silicon Valley to minimize the traumatic aftermath of sexual assault and to promote safety, mobility, and freedom from abuse for all people. We provide a 24-hour, seven days-a-week crisis hotline, immediate crisis counseling and assistance, information and referrals, and accompaniment services to medical, police, and court facilities. | (650) 493-7273
Fax: (408) 295-0608 | 375 South Third St. San Jose,
CA 95112 |
Santa Clara County Department of Family & Children’s Services
The mission of the Department of Family & Children's Services is to protect children from abuse and neglect, promote their healthy development and provide services to families which preserve and strengthen their ability to care for their children. | Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline (Non-Emergency)Phone: (650) 493-1186 | |
Santa Clara County Probation Department
The Mission of the Santa Clara County Probation Department is to reduce crime and protect the community through prevention, investigation, and supervision services and safe custodial care for adults and juveniles. | (408) 278-5900
Fax: (408) 294-6879 | Juvenile Services Division
840 Guadalupe Pkwy
San Jose,
CA 95110 |
School Resource Officer
MVPD School Resource Officers (SROs) are responsible for reducing delinquent behavior, and establishing communication between students and police. By building a rapport with school-aged children, SROs promote trust in law enforcement and a positive view of the law and its agents. | | |
Support Network for Battered Women
The mission of the Support Network is to empower our diverse community to live free from domestic violence. Our services include a 24-hour toll-free crisis line, an emergency shelter, counseling, information and referrals, support groups, safety planning, legal services and community education presentations. | (408) 541-6100
Fax: (408) 541-1333 | 1257 Tasman Drive,
Suite C, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 |
Victim Witness Assistance Center
The Victim Witness Assistance Center was created to assure that every possible benefit, service, and courtesy is made available to crime victims and witnesses. The Center provides counseling, companionship, transportation, food, shelter, clothing, or other emergency services. | (408) 295-2656
Fax: (408) 295-2045 | 777 North First Street, Suite 220
San Jose, CA 95112 |
II. Suicide Prevention
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| Centre for Living with Dying
The Centre for Living with Dying program provides emotional support to adults and children facing life-threatening illness or the trauma of having a loved one die. The Centre also provides crisis intervention services and broad-based educational programs on grief and loss. | (408) 243-0222 | The Atrium
1265 El Camino Real
Suite 208
Santa Clara
CA 95050 |
| Community Health Awareness Council – CHAC
The Community Health Awareness Council exists to provide alternatives to self–destructive behavior, and to help create healthy lives for the children and families of Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and surrounding communities. | (650) 965-2020
Fax: (650) 965-7286 | 711 Church St.
Mountain View,
CA 94041 |
| KARA
Kara is a center offering compassionate peer support and education to individuals, families and organizations coping with death and dying. Our mission is to empower children, teens and adults to find their way through grief so that they can rebuild their lives with renewed hope and meaning. | (650) 321-5272 | 457 Kingsley Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301 |
Suicide and Crisis Services of Santa Clara County
Our mission is to provide immediate and confidential emotional support and crisis intervention to people in life-threatening situations and to educate the community about suicide and suicide prevention. | (650) 494-8420 (North County – Toll Free) | |
III. Mentoring
Return to top of page. | Telephone Number | Addresses and Contact Info |
| Big Brothers, Big Sisters | (408) 586-0150 | South Bay Office
510 Valley Way
Milpitas, CA 95035 |
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula have volunteer opportunities to work with youth at their clubhouses and school sites. If you would like to learn more please visit the Volunteer Opportunities page. | | Locations in Menlo Park, Redwood City, and East Palo Alto. |
| Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY)
Fresh Lifelines for Youth helps teens in trouble learn to make healthy decisions. The organization provides at-risk and disadvantaged youth with vital information regarding the decisions they make in their lives. We provide well-trained mentors who listen. And FLY gives its graduates the opportunity to advance to a leadership program where they use their knowledge and skills to give back to their communities. | (408) 263-2630 | 568 Valley Way
Milpitas, CA 95035 |
Friends for Youth, Inc.
Founded in 1979, Friends for Youth's Mentoring Services program has had success far beyond the national average in helping young people stay out of trouble. Over 1,650 youth have been in our program with over 88% maintaining their commitment to their mentoring relationship. Studies have consistently shown that youth in our program stay in school, improve their school performance, are more motivated, and rarely have future involvement with the Juvenile Justice System. | (650) 368-4444 | 1741 Broadway
Redwood City, CA 94063 |
| Mountain View-Los Altos Community Scholars,
a program of the Los Altos Community Foundation.
MVLA Community Scholars improves the economic mobility and quality of life of local, high potential, under served youth by providing scholarships to make college accessible and individual mentoring to make a four-year degree achievable. |
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Partners for New Generations
Partners For New Generations (PNG) is an outreach program to recruit volunteers to help young people. PNG coordinates the volunteers with Los Altos and Mountain View schools, and to be child advocates in Silicon Valley. | | |
