Project Eden/Horizon Services, Inc.

Project Eden’s Programs

Project Eden was founded in the late 1960’s by a Castro Valley pediatrician and a Hayward School District administrator responding to the escalating drug problems of the community’s youth. For over thirty years, Project Eden has provided a wide variety of substance abuse prevention, intervention (pre-treatment), and treatment services to children, adolescents, adults, families, and communities in the Hayward, East Oakland, San Leandro, Castro Valley, Fremont, Union City, Newark, and San Lorenzo Areas. Project Eden receives Private (Foundations) and Public (City, County, and State) funding to support our services. We also receive donations from community individuals and organizations.

Our programs have identified an increasing need for services for youth in Alameda County, who are already using or abusing alcohol or other drugs, or who are exhibiting behavior which puts them at extremely high risk for abusing alcohol or other drugs. (Such at-risk behavior might include living in a family where a parent or other family member is or has been abusing alcohol or other drugs; having a conflictual relationship with parents; getting bad grades at school; having conduct problems at home and school; getting in trouble with the juvenile justice system; struggling with sexual identity issues; or suffering from mental health or co-occurring issues.). Project Eden provides the following services assist youth, their families, and communities through the following services:

OUTPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES:

Youth and Family Counseling Program (YFCP) provide the following services to youth ages 12 – 20. 

Assessment: Youth and Family Counseling staff will meet with a youth and his/her family to assess the nature and degree of the alcohol and other drug problems as well as mental health problems. This process will involve meeting with the youth individually, with the parent(s), and with the whole family together. A recommendation for treatment will be developed that meets the unique needs of each family and may include any or all of the following:

Individual Counseling: Individual sessions with the youth will provide a safe, confidential place for the youth to establish a trusting relationship with an adult where he/she can discuss the challenges of living an alcohol and drug free life; identify and clarify his/her own goals and how to go about achieving them; and discuss and discover better ways to get along with his/her family.

Family Counseling: Counseling sessions with the whole family will focus on rebuilding damaged relationships; educating the whole family about substance use; helping the family establish clear rules and consequences regarding the youth’s behavior; and supporting the youth in finding ways to live a healthy lifestyle without using alcohol or other drugs.

Group Counseling: Group counseling will be offered so that youth can meet and discuss the challenges of substance use. As a substance using youth moves away from a lifestyle that has centered on using alcohol and/or other drugs, it is critical to establish a new circle of friends who are also trying to be clean and sober. Positive peer group support is critical to the success of a young person making changes in his/her life.

Parent Support Group: Group sessions for parents/legal guardians that address issues of youth recovery, family relationships, anger management, conflict resolution, effective parenting, and co-dependency may be offered as the need arises. Families are taught to support each other in the process of leading healthier, drug –free, and productive lives. 

We accept Medi-Cal Insurance. There is a $40.00 assessment fee. All counseling services are on a sliding fee scale. There is a $15.00 charge for Urine Analysis Testing.
No one is turned away due to inability to pay for services.

Youth Services Program (YSP) provides psycho-educational support groups to students ages 12 – 19. We are on the following school campuses one to two days a week or as needed in Hayward, New Haven, Castro Valley, San Leandro, and San Lorenzo Unified School Districts. Students are referred by COST, faculty, staff or themselves for education and counseling on issues such as substance abuse, decision making, co-occurring issues (substance use and mental health issues), anger management, and conflict resolution. YSP staff also provides crisis intervention; information and referral; consultation with school staff, students, parents, and the community; and community outreach and education. All services are free of charge and don’t require any insurance to be involved in our program.

Bridges To Treatment (BTT) offers substance use disorder pre-treatment services for youth up to the age of 20. BTT focuses on engaging high risk youth who are in need of outpatient or residential treatment services, but are resistant and unwilling to seek out a higher level of treatment services for themselves. BTT provides drop-in and schedule substance use disorder groups and individual sessions. The program also provides case management, parent and family engagement, and referrals to treatment services in Alameda County. All services are free of charge and don’t require any insurance to be involved in our program.

Project Eden’s Lambda Youth Project (LYP) provides services to young people in Alameda County who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, and 2-Spirit (LGBTQQI2-S), gender non-conforming, and gender fluid. These youth are at significantly higher risk of alcohol and other drug abuse, health and mental health related issues. Since 1992, LYP has provided a safe, supportive environment for these youth and their friends to meet and discuss the issues that they deal with in their day- to-day lives. A support group for youth ages 20 and under meets weekly. Clean and sober activities such as the Annual Gay Prom is organized and sponsored by LYP. LYP’s Speaker’s Bureau gives the community opportunities to learn from these youth about how to make schools and communities safe. All services are free of charge and don’t require any insurance to be involved in our program.