About Us
Our Safe Haven, Inc (OSH) is a short term residential therapeutic program (STRTP). OSH was founded by Crystal Landa and Carole Blanchard and incorporated as a private, nonprofit social services Agency in 2003. The first six bed residential treatment home opened in Oakland that serves Hearing, Deaf, and Hard of Hearing youth. OSH later relocated to Castro Valley, CA in 2010. OSH serves adolescent females ages 12 through 18 + NMD, and families.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to inspire resiliency, healing, self-confidence, and whole person wellness through collaboration, support and empowerment.
OUR VISION
Our Safe Haven, Inc.'s vision is to bring hope to hurting adolescents and non-minor dependents and to help them heal wounds from their pasts, thrive in the present, and create a hopeful future. We hope to show that providing a safe, caring environment can assist in impacting and changing their lives, and that our youth will grow towards establishing healthy lives and relationships. Our overall vision-is that all children live with a committed, permanent, and nurturing family and have strong community connections.
OSH hopes that our youth can learn self-respect and respect for others. We believe each youth should have access to a good education and a stable environment, leading them toward self-reliant, prosperous, and fulfilling adult lives.
OUR PURPOSE
Our Safe Haven, Inc. (OSH) is a holistic short-term residential treatment program for adolescents and non minor dependents who require specialized mental health services in order to transition to a lower level of care, including with biological family or foster homes. We serve females, including transgender, gender expansive, and LGBTQ+ youth and non-minor dependents, ages 12 through 18+NMD, who have been removed from their homes by the Department of Children and Family Services or who are involved in the Juvenile Justice system. Our youth struggle with a range of self-destructive behaviors, symptoms or behaviors indicative of complex traumatic stress and/or adverse childhood experiences, identity formation issues, and may experience symptoms related to depression, anxiety, self-concept and family issues that inhibit well-being and healthy relationships.
Our purpose is to meet the emotional, spiritual, educational, physical, social, and mental health needs of the youth we serve. We provide an enriched therapeutic milieu that promotes the conditions for healing to unfold. The average length of stay is six (6) months. OSH is committed to developing, promoting and delivering high quality programs to our youth and their families. We strive to create an interactive and enriching environment that addresses the developmental, physical, emotional, social, mental health and spiritual needs of each youth served by teaching basic life and independent living skills, creating stability and emotion regulation, and preparing for adulthood.
We support youth in our care to develop:
OUR GOALS
OSH's programming ensures that youth have access to mental health services consistent with the needs, strengths and goals identified by their treatment plans, Child and Family Teams, mental health assessments and Needs & Services plans. We focus on healing youth and families in crisis, and we work towards transitioning our youth to a lower level of care and a more permanent placement.
Our goals include:
Providing services that result in the youth and families we serve will feel well cared for, well respected, and well understood.
Our mission is to inspire resiliency, healing, self-confidence, and whole person wellness through collaboration, support and empowerment.
OUR VISION
Our Safe Haven, Inc.'s vision is to bring hope to hurting adolescents and non-minor dependents and to help them heal wounds from their pasts, thrive in the present, and create a hopeful future. We hope to show that providing a safe, caring environment can assist in impacting and changing their lives, and that our youth will grow towards establishing healthy lives and relationships. Our overall vision-is that all children live with a committed, permanent, and nurturing family and have strong community connections.
OSH hopes that our youth can learn self-respect and respect for others. We believe each youth should have access to a good education and a stable environment, leading them toward self-reliant, prosperous, and fulfilling adult lives.
OUR PURPOSE
Our Safe Haven, Inc. (OSH) is a holistic short-term residential treatment program for adolescents and non minor dependents who require specialized mental health services in order to transition to a lower level of care, including with biological family or foster homes. We serve females, including transgender, gender expansive, and LGBTQ+ youth and non-minor dependents, ages 12 through 18+NMD, who have been removed from their homes by the Department of Children and Family Services or who are involved in the Juvenile Justice system. Our youth struggle with a range of self-destructive behaviors, symptoms or behaviors indicative of complex traumatic stress and/or adverse childhood experiences, identity formation issues, and may experience symptoms related to depression, anxiety, self-concept and family issues that inhibit well-being and healthy relationships.
Our purpose is to meet the emotional, spiritual, educational, physical, social, and mental health needs of the youth we serve. We provide an enriched therapeutic milieu that promotes the conditions for healing to unfold. The average length of stay is six (6) months. OSH is committed to developing, promoting and delivering high quality programs to our youth and their families. We strive to create an interactive and enriching environment that addresses the developmental, physical, emotional, social, mental health and spiritual needs of each youth served by teaching basic life and independent living skills, creating stability and emotion regulation, and preparing for adulthood.
We support youth in our care to develop:
- A strong sense of identity and self;
- A working knowledge of her strengths and weaknesses;
- Respect for herself and others;
- Integrity and respect for her conscience;
- Usage of judgment when making decisions and problem solving; Responsibility for her actions;
- The ability to protect herself from exploitation and assaults;
- The ability to live in a small family setting - kinship or foster. The ability to live with a permanent and nurturing family;
- A relationship support system (kinship and non-kinship);
- Working and survival knowledge of local, state and federal laws;
- A desire for prosocial activities such as school, family, work, friends, social, civic,
- religious choices, and extracurricular activities;
- Knowledge of available community resources (i.e. mental health, counseling, medical, relationships, employment/income support, educational, housing, religious, recreational, etc.);
- A new behavioral foundation and the personal skills necessary to transition to a lower level of care and reunify with family whenever possible.
OUR GOALS
OSH's programming ensures that youth have access to mental health services consistent with the needs, strengths and goals identified by their treatment plans, Child and Family Teams, mental health assessments and Needs & Services plans. We focus on healing youth and families in crisis, and we work towards transitioning our youth to a lower level of care and a more permanent placement.
Our goals include:
- Transitioning youth to a lower level of care, including reunifying with family whenever possible
- Increasing permanency for youth served
- Supporting youth in our care to safely transition to adulthood and to achieve healthy lives and relationships
- Reducing trauma-related and mental health symptoms to increase safety and stability
- Fostering hope past circumstance and to promoting a deep sense of worthiness, connection, and belonging
- Improving access to culturally relevant services for underserved families of color and other communities disproportionately impacted by trauma
Providing services that result in the youth and families we serve will feel well cared for, well respected, and well understood.
