Foundation, local nonprofits partner to provide mental health services to youth [Video]

The San Diego Regional Children’s Mental Mealth Consortium was launched back in 2020 by the Alliant Educational Foundation aimed at providing mental healthcare services to locals who need it most at no cost.

“Especially after Covid, we saw that our youth are really struggling and therefore our families are struggling,” says Dr. Jessica Taverniti, a longtime supervisor and clinical psychologist with the program.

By teaming up with local nonprofits like Father Joe’s Villages Programs and San Diego Unified School District to help young children and families in underserved communities.

It is also a unique collaboration which gives doctoral students at Alliant International University the opportunity to work with licensed professionals and prepare on how to better help others.

“We’re training our future contributors as clinical psychologists in the mental health field, but also filling the void.”

For Nicholas Ibarra, it was an easy choice and step to take in his …