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877-PC-CARES (722-2737)

Main Services Area

Behavioral Health

Pacific Clinics delivers high-quality behavioral health and social services to advance health equity and well-being for children, adults and families. Learn more about our life-affirming services offered on-site, at home, virtual and in the community.

Los Angeles

Peer Support and Rehabilitation
Prevention and Early Intervention Services
Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Family Resource Center
Intensive Community-Based Services and Wraparound
Neurodevelopmental Services
Military Services & Family Support Program
Peer Support and Rehabilitation
Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)
Individualized Complex Care Services
Neurodevelopmental Services
Intensive Community-Based Services and Wraparound
Mobile Crisis Services
Placement Support Services
Prevention and Early Intervention Services
Substance Use Disorder Treatment

ACT Program
Bright Beginnings
Hope Program

Flexible Integrated Treatment (FIT)
Mobile Crisis Services
Placement Support Services

Outpatient Mental Health Services
Psychiatric and Medication Administration

Crisis Intervention and Support
Family Services

Family
Educational Programs
Educational Programs provide students with the skills they need to live successful lives. Our robust programs include early childhood development, classroom consultations in partnership with school districts, adult continuing education programs and parent workshops.
Support Services

Support Services offer various programs to address social determinants of health, including housing and employment coaching and placement, among other critically needed services.

  • Sits on the board of directors for the Region 9 Head Start Association
  • Completed the Head Start Fellows Program in Washington, DC and earned a certificate in negotiation mastery from Harvard University
  • Master’s degree from Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany

Wassy Tesfa is executive director of Pacific Clinics Head Start. In this capacity, she oversees Pacific Clinics’ early education programs including Head Start, Early Head Start, Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships and state preschool. An advocate of early education, Tesfa sits on the board of directors for the Region 9 Head Start Association’s and co-chairs the public policy and government affairs committee.

She completed the Head Start Fellows Program in Washington, D.C. and earned a certificate in negotiation mastery from Harvard University. Tesfa received a master’s degree from Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany.

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