The Guidance Center Fund
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The Guidance Center’s mission is to provide comprehensive mental health treatment to our community’s most disadvantaged children and families struggling with mental illness and abuse, leading them toward a positive and productive future. Founded in 1946, The Guidance Center has been breaking barriers to mental health care for nearly 80 years. The Guidance Center offers a wide range of programs at its three locations: our headquarters in Long Beach and our two smaller clinics in Compton and San Pedro. Across our three clinics, we provide comprehensive services in the clinic, in the field, and in nearly 50 schools within the Long Beach, Lynwood, Paramount, and Los Angeles Unified School Districts. Our services include, but are not limited to, clinic and field-based therapy; school-based therapy; intensive mental health services; psychological testing; ages 0-5 specialized treatment; trauma-informed community-based prevention and early intervention; advanced training in assessing and managing self-harm and suicide risk in clients; and internship programs for mental health professionals. In 2024, we provided vital core mental health services to more than 2,800 children and their families, providing 67,884 treatment sessions across all three of our clinics, in schools, and in the community.
The Guidance Center’s mission is to provide comprehensive mental health treatment to our community’s most disadvantaged children and families struggling with mental illness and abuse, leading them toward a positive and productive future. Founded in 1946, The Guidance Center has been breaking barriers to mental health care for nearly 80 years. The Guidance Center offers a wide range of programs at its three locations: our headquarters in Long Beach and our two smaller clinics in Compton and San Pedro. Across our three clinics, we provide comprehensive services in the clinic, in the field, and in nearly 50 schools within the Long Beach, Lynwood, Paramount, and Los Angeles Unified School Districts. Our services include, but are not limited to, clinic and field-based therapy; school-based therapy; intensive mental health services; psychological testing; ages 0-5 specialized treatment; trauma-informed community-based prevention and early intervention; advanced training in assessing and managing self-harm and suicide risk in clients; and internship programs for mental health professionals. In 2024, we provided vital core mental health services to more than 2,800 children and their families, providing 67,884 treatment sessions across all three of our clinics, in schools, and in the community.
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