Youth and their families access the Transition Age Youth (TAY) Full-Service Partnership (FSP) and other mental health services via the Open Access Clinic at the Youth Outpatient site which occurs twice weekly. This clinic provides a basic triage to determine if children are likely to meet medical necessity criteria for specialty mental health services and, or, Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT). If you (the youth) have not already been determined to meet medical necessity, you would need to schedule a triage at the Youth Open Access Clinic (530) 822-7513 before a referral could be made to the TAY (FSP) Program. 

For youth who do meet medical necessity criteria for specialty mental health services, you will be assessed for the correct level of care and may be referred to the TAY (FSP) by the evaluating therapist.  The TAY (FSP) is the highest level of outpatient care for local youth. The Program serves youth 16 through 25 years old with mental health or co-occurring substance use problems which result in significant social, emotional, and educational or vocational difficulties.

The program serves youth who may be:

• Homeless or at risk of homelessness
• Aging out of the foster care system or the juvenile probation system
• Gang-involved or at risk of gang involvement
• High risk self-harming behaviors or youth whose cultural identity places them in underserved populations within our community

The TAY (FSP) program goals are to partner with youth and supportive person(s) to improve the overall quality of life for the youth, as well as reducing negative psychiatric symptoms, reducing incarcerations, hospitalizations and homelessness.  The program hopes to empower youth in successfully transitioning to adulthood, living healthy and safely in a setting of the youth’s choosing while engaging in meaningful activity such as work, volunteer, or education.  Program staff have a particular focus on the instillation of hope, wellness, recovery and resiliency.  Each TAY Student has an assigned therapist, case manager, peer mentor, and psychiatrist (as needed).  This group of service providers works as a team partnering with the youth and support persons identified by the youth. Services range from individual therapy, therapy groups, individual life skill training, group life skill training, case management, medication evaluation, and both individual and group positive leisure time activities.  TAY (FSP) staff are trained in the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model, Evidence-Based Practice.  The TAY (FSP) Office can be reached at (530) 822-7478.