Welcome

We’re Glad You’re Here

Since 1974, La Cheim has developed a robust continuum of care to help vulnerable and marginalized children, adolescents, and adults throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Our educational services include a non-public school and an in-home therapeutic behavioral services program. Our mental health services include a short-term therapeutic residential treatment center for male-identified youth, as well as a Community Mental Health Center that provides mental health day treatment for adults, and school-based therapeutic services for Oakland youth.

Our success lies in the caliber and compassion of our team, which includes teachers, therapists, counselors, psychiatric providers, psychologists, nurses, social workers, peer providers, mentors, and volunteers. Together, we strive to create equitable, inclusive, and life-changing experiences for children and adults in the communities we serve — many of whom have been written off as “difficult” or hard-to-reach by the traditional systems of care. Our approach to treatment is flexible, respectful, empowering, and humane — treating clients as fellow travelers through life who bring their own expertise and wisdom to bear as they utilize our support to recover, heal, and grow.

Community Support Programs

Browning House in Richmond Hills

Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program for Youth

La Cheim School

Quality K-12 Education in Contra Costa & Alameda Counties

Youth Empowerment and Wellness (YEW)

Prevention & Healing for Children & Adolescents

Behavioral Health Services (BHS)

Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) & Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Programs

Our Community Mental Health Division and Youth Resilience Division include four core programs that each offer a range of therapeutic support services varying in treatment intensity designed to support youth and families to thrive.

Community

Get involved with La Cheim’s programs that actively strive to achieve health equity by supporting vulnerable families with historically marginalized identities to acquire access to high-quality health, education, and support services.

Careers

Join the team at La Cheim and be a part of the solution. Help increase access to high-quality services to support families to address risk behavior, treat health concerns, and acquire critical resources when they need them most.

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“The staff are extremely competent and professional, and definitely go above and beyond to care for their clients.”

John W.
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“The staff is very patient with those who have difficulty opening up to a therapist.”

Aaron K.
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“La Cheim in Oakland has truly helped save my life. Thank you all for helping me get my life back on track!”

Kathy C.
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“It wasn’t until I attended La Cheim that I started feeling like having PTSD wasn’t my fault.”

E. J.
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“La Cheim saved me. I am confident and alive because of this group believing in me.”

Cynthia M.

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