CalSAC has partnered with Kaiser Permanente to offer free Mental Health and Social Emotional Learning modules to agencies in South Alameda County through June 2025. Kaiser Permanente considers the following cities to be included in the South Alameda County: Hayward, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley, Union City, Newark, Fremont, and unincorporated Cherryland/Ashland.
Out-of-school time programs play a central role in supporting a young person’s mental health and are a core component in the mental health support system for young people. Youth development staff are the caring and consistent adults who, when trained effectively, create the protective factors that help young people heal from trauma.
CalSAC’s Wellness Network training topics strengthen staff’s understanding of their role both in the prevention of mental health risk factors and in helping youth cope and heal from stressful and traumatic events. Our training content equips staff with:
Information about how trauma and stressful events impact a young person’s mental and emotional well-being
How out-of-school time programs build protective factors that support a young person’s ability to cope and heal from these experiences
How protective factors align with foundational youth development practices.
Strategies to support advocacy on behalf of youth and families in distress.
