| Mar Vista Youth Services, vCommunity Based Group Homes offers specialized services, including group home care and mental health services, for boys & girls ages 12-17 Mar Vista is divided into four residential group homes, 2 boys & 2 girls homes that meet the needs of up to 37 residents. These group home settings provide a normalized living experience in a realistic home environment within natural communities. Each home provides a structured recreation program, which includes use of the local YMCA, area parks, a variety of community resources, arcades and community cultural activities. Mar Vista Youth Services is a proud member of Kids First Foundation, a not-for-profit healthcare network spanning throughout the Southern California region. Located in Vista, Ca, just north of the City of San Diego, Mar Vista Youth Services is licensed by the California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, and is a RCL level 12. |
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| Providing 24-hour care, supervision, and mental health treatment, Mar Vista Youth Services utilizes a highly structured therapeutic environment to help youth address issues that have prevented them from realizing their full potential. Individual, family and group therapy are provided by in House therapists with a caseload of 12 clients. An on-staff psychiatrist reviews medications on a monthly basis. Treatment plans are customized to address each resident and family's individual strengths, and are individualized by a mental health professional with input from the resident, family, and other professionals. Family participation is encouraged at all points in the process. All services are provided using a strength-based, family-driven model that seeks to maximize each resident's sense of self and community. |
| Mar Vista Youth Services is committed to being the Provider of Choice in the area of adolescent behavioral healthcare for the State of California. Moreover, we are an organization committed to helping every youth, whatever the challenges that youth and his/her family are facing. |
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MISSION Kids First Foundation aspires to create an environment of positive change that improves the quality of life and overall independence of its clients. We want to help each and everyone one of them realize their potential (and therefore increase self-esteem) by preparing and providing them with the life skills needed to become successful members of the community. This is a collaborative effort by direct care staff and administrative staff alike. Staff must take a pro-active role in role-modeling, teaching, guiding and praising the clients. VISION Kids First Foundation would like to see each of its clients transition to a less restrictive environment, with the skills and training acquired to become functional, independent and successful members of the community. PURPOSE The purpose of Kids First Foundation is to assist our clients in reaching their full potential, and show them that there is a way to rise above their current situation, not settle for it. We truly believe in giving every resident the opportunity to succeed and become independent members of the community. This is accomplished through teaching residents positive social behaviors and life skills that promote the improvement of self-esteem and a healthy self image. We put an emphasis on providing a variety of choices (from activities, to rewards / reinforcements, to achievement goals) in order to empower each person, while still providing structure and consistency. |
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Mar Vista Youth Services 1025 Service Place, Suite 103, Vista, CA 92084 License Vista Marea # 374601364, License Vista Pacifica # 374601361, License Vista Laguna # 374601359, License Vista Del Rio # 374601367 |
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| • Non-Public School: Special Education services • Behavioral Control & Anger Management • Problem Solving Techniques • Family Relationships • Interpersonal Relationships • Social Skills & Self-Awareness • Education • Self-Care, Health & Hygiene • Recreational Leisure • Community Safety • Community Access Training • Household Management • Money Management/Budgeting • Job Placement • Substance Abuse Education/Prevention • Life Planning • Independent Living Skills |
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| • Males & Females, ages 12-17 • Fully ambulatory • Most clients have a major mental illness and or behavior disorder; some may have mild to moderate mental retardation. |
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