Nonprofit social services agency Casa de Amparo has opened a new counseling wing and home for pregnant foster teens as part of an ongoing expansion effort at its 11.4-acre Casa Kids Campus in San Marcos.
The new counseling wing and the expanded Pregnant and Parenting Residential Services cottage were celebrated at a July 21 grand-opening event.
The projects will allow the agency to house approximately 40 pregnant and parenting teens each year and provide much-needed counseling services to at-risk youths and their families, officials said in a news release.
“With these additional resources, Casa de Amparo is able to significantly increase the level of therapeutic support provided to vulnerable youth and families in the community,” said Executive Director Tamara Fleck-Meyer. “These young mothers now have a safe environment where they can learn effective, evidence-based parenting skills.”
The community treatment facility is slated to provide intensive therapy for youths who have experienced severe trauma from abuse and need a higher level of care. In the past, those children had to be sent out of state for the care they needed.
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