Health Services
Mental & Behavioral Health Services
Mental & Behavioral Health Services
Changing Tides Family Services provides behavioral health services to children and youth birth through age 20 who have full scope MediCAL insurance. Services include therapeutic behavioral services and intensive home based services.
Services are provided throughout Humboldt County on school sites, at community locations and in the child or youth’s home.
Changing Tides Family Services is an Organizational Provider for Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Health Branch. All referrals for services are processed through the County’s Access unit. Referrals can be made by contacting Access at 707-268-2800.
For more information on services provided by Changing Tides Family Services, please call 707-444-8293 or 1-800-795-3554.
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Therapeutic Behavioral Services
Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) are intensive, one-to-one services designed to help children and youth and parents/caregivers manage specific behaviors using short-term measurable goals based on the child or youth’s needs. TBS services may be put into place to prevent the child or youth being placed in a higher level of care or to help the child or youth transition from the higher level of care to a less restrictive level of care.
TBS is only available to child or youth with full scope MediCAL under the age of 21 years. It is not a stand-alone service and is provided in conjunction with other specialty behavioral health services.
Referrals for TBS services are received from Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Health Branch, Children and Family Services. More information can be obtained by calling the County at 707-268-2800.
Intensive Home Based Services
Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS) are community based behavioral rehabilitative and support services for children and youth who meet specific criteria. The services are intensive and strength-based, needs-driven intervention activities that support the engagement and participation of the child or youth and his/her significant others to help the child or youth develop skills and achieve the goals and objectives agreed upon.
Children and youth eligible for IHBS must have full scope MediCAL and meet medical necessity criteria for Specialty Mental Health Services. Often these children or youth are being considered for wraparound services, therapeutic foster care, TBS, or other specialty behavioral health services.
Referrals for IHBS services are received from Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Health Branch, Children and Family Services. More information can be obtained by calling the County at 707-268-2800.