Caminar provides behavioral health (mental health & substance use) treatment in the Bay Area.
04/15/2026
In Caminar’s 2025 Impact Report, Board Chair Jo-Ann Byrne Sockolov shares gratitude for the partners, donors, staff, clients, and community who make this work possible—and the collective impact we’re building together.
Youth mental health deserves attention, understanding, and timely support. When young people have access to compassionate, evidence-based, whole-person care, they can build resilience, strengthen coping skills, and grow with confidence.
The Caminar Teen and Family Wellness Center – Palo Alto offers accessible, evidence-based, whole-person mental health services that support teens’ emotional strength and help families build healthier communication and connection. Learn more at https://www.caminar.org/services/teenwellness
04/09/2026
Meeting the growing need for behavioral health care takes collective effort. Thanks to the support of our partners, this work continues—expanding access to whole-person care across the communities we serve.
04/09/2026
Becker’s Behavioral Health named 12 new sites expanding access nationwide—Caminar included. Our Teen & Family Wellness Center in Palo Alto is opening to support adolescents and families.
Behavioral health providers across the U.S. are expanding access to specialized psychiatric services, opening inpatient units, outpatient clinics and research centers to meet growing demand. Here are 12 recent openings to know:
04/07/2026
In Caminar’s 2025 Impact Report, CEO Mark Cloutier, MPP, MPH, reflects on the progress we’ve made, the challenges ahead, and our continued commitment to compassionate, evidence-based, whole-person care for the communities we serve.
Our impact is made possible by strong partnerships. Thanks to the support of government funders, donors, foundations, corporations, community partners, and our board, Caminar continues to meet the growing need for whole-person behavioral health care in our communities.
Caminar’s Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Audrey Klein, was named one of Insights Care Magazine’s “Most Innovative Chief Clinical Officers Driving Excellence in Patient Care, 2026.”
Read more on her human-centered leadership:
Caminar's Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Audrey Klein, was featured in the most recent edition of Insights Care Magazine. Read more here.
03/30/2026
Caminar's 2025 Impact Report
In 2025, we:
- Optimized the fee-for-service model, succeeded in the new payment landscape, and continued to expand client care
- Fulfilled our mission of evidence-based, whole-person care with our comprehensive range of offerings that differentiates Caminar from other behavioral health providers
- Reached over 48,000 children, young adults, and adults across seven Bay Area and Northern California counties with prevention and education services and clinical mental health and substance use treatment combined with supportive wrap-around services to address housing insecurity, income support, and job training
Together, we can build stronger, healthier communities. Through connection, shared responsibility, and access to compassionate, evidence-based, whole-person care, lasting healing and stability are possible.
03/26/2026
Getting the care and resources you need can change what feels overwhelming into something manageable. The right support—delivered with compassion and grounded in whole-person care—helps create stability, strengthen resilience, and support long-term well-being.
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03/23/2026
Start where you are, use what’s available to you, and take the next step you can. Growth and healing don’t require perfection—they begin with steady, realistic action and the right support along the way.
03/21/2026
Progress doesn’t have to be expansive to be meaningful. Small, steady steps—supported by compassionate, whole-person care—can build the stability and resilience that lead to lasting well-being.
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Founded in San Mateo, California, in 1964, Caminar’s thriving programs and services serve more than 14,000 individuals annually across San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Solano, and Butte Counties. Our nonprofit organization’s portfolio of behavioral health and supportive services empowers and supports individuals and families to move toward resilience, wellness, and independence. And, we are expanding our capacity to address the increasingly complex
needs of individuals and families. Since January of 2017, we have added three divisions to the
Caminar organization.
Our Divisions
Family & Children Services of Silicon Valley
Since 1948, Family & Children Services of Silicon Valley (FCS) has been promoting the resilience, safety, and wellness of individuals, families, and communities throughout Santa Clara County. FCS brings its counseling, prevention, and support services to dozens of community locations, including schools, community centers, jails, and health clinics. FCS counsels children and teens coping with the effects of trauma, provides a way forward for adults in recovery from addiction, and empowers families to heal from violence and abuse. FCS merged with and became a division of Caminar in January 2017.
Healthy Partnerships
Since its founding in 1997, Healthy Partnerships has provided high-quality behavioral health care in an atmosphere of compassion, respect, and cultural competence in Solano County. Outpatient prevention, intervention, and treatment services offered at Healthy Partnerships reflect a deep and abiding belief in the value of treatment, and a strong commitment to promoting recovery on an individual, family, and community level. Healthy Partnerships began operating as a division of Caminar on May 1, 2018.
Project Ninety
For more than four decades, Project Ninety has served individuals and families in San Mateo County through its alcohol and substance abuse treatment services. Over the years, Project Ninety has helped more than 23,000 individuals recover from the disease of addiction. Project Ninety’s services treat all individuals, regardless of socioeconomic standing, race, cultural background, education, age, or life experience. Project Ninety became a division of Caminar on June 1, 2018.