Sacramento County Child and Family Mental Health provides culturally competent family and youth driven services that promote optimum mental health outcomes for the individuals we serve.

Guiding principles:

• All individuals have a basic human right to be treated with dignity and respect.
  
• A child and family’s requests and choices regarding services are the basis from which we proceed.
  
• Inclusion of the child and his/her family’s cultural norms and community support system in the individual treatment and system planning processes is critical to quality outcomes.
  
• Effective communication, including consideration of the linguistic needs of children and their families, and respect for the relationship between families and their service providers, is essential for successful outcomes.
  
• Treatment should always be delivered in the most appropriate least restrictive environment and level of care
  
• The treatment process is strength based.

We are Committed to Providing:

• Easy access to child and family centered, strength based mental health services.
  
• Quality services that are cost effective and achieve positive client, community, and system outcomes.
  
• Services in an environment that respects the child and family’s rights, culture, customs and confidentiality.
  
• A system designed to meet the culturally diverse needs of our community.
  

• Interagency collaborative services achieved through public/private community partnerships.