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Burlingame, CA Joint Commission

Edgewood Center for Children and Families

Founded

1851

Program Length

90 days

Focus

At this center, you receive personalized care for mental health conditions. They provide therapy and tailor treatment to your unique needs, diagnoses, and preferences.

Opened in 1851, Edgewood Center for Children and Families is a well-established nonprofit in San Francisco, California offering stabilization and therapeutic services to youth and adolescents. They offer several levels of care including a residential program, a partial hospitalization program (PHP), and an intensive outpatient program (IOP). They specialize in the assessment, stabilization, and treatment of behavioral and emotional challenges and crises in clients ages 12-17. Edgewood Center’s treatment approach is trauma-informed, strengths based, and focuses on family involvement. Their goal is to decrease risky behaviors, encourage coping skills, and build better communication among family members. Edgewood Center uses therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), expressive art therapies, family therapy, and offers a weekly support group for caregivers. They are accredited by the Joint Commission and work with several insurance providers.

Edgewood Center for Children and Families

Services

Key offerings grouped by category

Type of Care

Mental health treatment Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

Outpatient

Facility Type

Outpatient mental health facility

Pharmacotherapies

Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Treatment Approaches

Activity therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy Couples/family therapy Dialectical behavior therapy Individual psychotherapy Telemedicine/telehealth therapy Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Emergency Mental Health Services

Crisis intervention team

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

Private non-profit organization

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

County or local government funds Medicare Medicaid Other State funds Private health insurance Private or Community foundation State corrections or juvenile justice funds State education agency funds State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds State welfare or child and family services funds

Special Programs/Groups Offered

Young adults Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED) Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Recovery Support Services

Mentoring/peer support

Facility Smoking Policy

Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted

Children/Adolescents Young Adults Adults Seniors

Language Services

Spanish Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing Other languages (excluding Spanish)

Other Languages

Any Chinese Language

Facility Vaping Policy

Vaping permitted in designated area

Ancillary Services

Court-ordered outpatient treatment Family psychoeducation Intensive case management Psychosocial rehabilitation services Supported housing Case management service

Contact Information

Address

700 Airport Boulevard, Suites 490 and 495, Burlingame, CA, 94010

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