The Child, Adolescent, and Family Services Department (CAFS) provides clinical services to children up to 18 years of age and their families in their own homes, at SMHC, or other community settings.

These clinical services include:
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Crisis Intervention
• Individual, Group and Family counseling
• Family Outreach (Case Management)
• Intensive and wrap-around home-based family treatment
• Play Therapy
• Parent Education
• Therapeutic Mentoring
• Psychiatric Consultation, Medication Evaluation and Monitoring
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Consultation services to schools, social service agencies and group homes
• School-based mental health services

CAFS strives to provide parents with real opportunities to increase their coping and problem-solving skills when dealing with their child’s mental health issues. With counseling and support available for the entire family, it is CAFS’s belief that a child can gain a more positive self-image and learn to handle problems more effectively, which benefits everyone.