Socio-Emotional Wellbeing
Help to link families to after school programs, medical/dental services, immunization and physical exam appointments, and counseling services.
Assistance with County/State Human Resources forms
Enrollment assistance in Cal Fresh
Assistance with housing applications
Students in Transition Program- A program that helps children, youth, Foster and families in transition that are experiencing homelessness
Pajaro Valley Prevention Student Assistance (PVPSA)
PVPSA provides services to students, families, and staff of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) and the local communities.
Available to both medi-cal and non medi-cal students
Youth Services offers a broad spectrum of services that help heal and nurture the mental and social well-being of children, youth and families. In collaboration with other non-profits, courts, schools, funders and families, we support the vitality of our community and its future.
Avaiable to students with medi-cal. Encompass also offers a sliding scale rate.
Santa Cruz County Children Mental Health
Serves eligible youth who are at risk for out of home placement with serious emotional disturbances. The goals of service are to help families achieve positive outcomes, reduce out of home placements, maintain family and foster care stability, and decrease the return to Juvenile Hall, psychiatric hospitalization, and out of home placement.
The Police Activities League is a youth crime prevention program that relies on educational, athletic, and other recreational activities to cement a bond among police officers, recreation leaders, youth and their parents
Students must have a 2.0 GPA and good standing with their attendance
LGBTQ Resources
PVUSD LGBTQ resources page: www.pvusd.net/lgbtq
Santa Cruz County Safe Schools Project
Diversity Center of Santa Cruz County - Youth Program
Trans Families of Santa Cruz County
Queer Youth Leadership Awards (QYLA)
Teaching LGBTQ History/FAIR Education Act