Program Sites

Foster Care: 
Children placed in foster care need foster families who will provide a positive, healthy and safe environment. (Remembering always the need to be respectful of the birth family.) We are dedicated to working with our 60 plus foster families to achieve a positive experience for every foster child and their...

Community Based Services (CBS) provides Specialty Mental Health Services in the environment that is most comfortable to the client and/or family: a school, community, home, or office setting.

CBS serves youth referred by Sutter Yuba County Behavioral Health with full scope Medi-Cal.

Services are provided to...

The 6th Street Center, a program of Youth for Change, is open to youth ages 14-24 that are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Services include basic needs (laundry facilities, showers, and afternoon meals), education support, employment development, and family reunification assistance, and referral to community services....

Foster Care Services interns work with youth/young adults ages 0-25 who are placed in the foster care system, as well as the foster families that support them. Internship opportunities and activities include: 

Foster Family Evaluation and Approval process - interviews, paperwork, assessment of the incoming family,...

School Based Counseling (SBC) is a collaboration between Youth for Change, Paradise Unified School District, and Butte County Department of Behavioral Health. SBC has a therapist located at each of the schools in the Paradise/Magalia area. The program provides therapeutic services to eligible students (full scope Medi-Cal)...

Yuba City Unified School District provides social work practicum students with opportunities to apply
classroom knowledge in a school-based setting under the supervision of a school social worker.
Students develop skills in strengths-based assessment, case management, crisis response, family
engagement, interdisciplinary collaboration, documentation, advocacy, and culturally responsive
practice while supporting the academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs of a diverse student
population.

Successful students are flexible, dependable, organized, and eager to learn. They should be
comfortable working in a fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable environment, demonstrate
professionalism and initiative, communicate effectively, ask questions when needed, and be
receptive to feedback and ongoing learning.

The Yuba County Health and Human Services Department provides a wide array of services through a diverse system of holistic programs. It is responsible for planning, managing, coordinating, and delivering a continuum of these services in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the community. The department is committed to promoting a safe, healthy and self-sufficient environment and investing in the Yuba County community to improve the overall well-being of our residents. There are several major Divisions within the Department including: Adult Services; Child Welfare Services; Public Assistance; Employment Services; Housing and Integrated Services; Public Health; Veterans Services; and Finance and Administration.