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Youth and Family Enrichment Services (YFES) is a private non-profit agency in San Mateo County that provides a wide array of free and low-cost services to help children, teens and adults who are dealing with substance abuse, domestic violence, mental health, relationship and communication issues.

• We help people discover strengths that they didn't know they have, and use them to overcome their challenges.
   
  
• We provide assistance at every step of the way, by providing prevention, early intervention, education, counseling, and residential services.
   
  
• We realize that most situations are complex—sometimes we work with individuals, sometimes a whole family. Some clients are able to focus on one issue, and others must tackle many interrelated issues at once.
   
  
• We value young people as vital community resources, and encourage people to find new ways to build relationships between youth and adults.
   
  
• Most importantly, we treat every person with respect, and in many cases mold our services to meet the needs of our clients and participants.