ARCHES (Access to Resources for Children’s Health, Education, and Support), located in the CHOC Health Center, is home to many valuable health and family services for children with or without insurance.
The CHOC Health Center is a collaborative between Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove (BGCGG), Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County (HSK), and the Children & Families Commission of Orange County (CFCOC).
Purpose:
ARCHES program is a dedicated family support program of Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove (BGCGG) that focuses on improving families’ Access to Resources for Children’s Health, Education, and Support, connecting families to community resources by providing:
Children's Health & Dental Center
10602 Chapman Ste 101
Garden Grove, CA, USA, 92840
Telephone: (714) 532-7940
Fax: (714) 532-7945
E-mail: Christina Sepulveda-Geiss
ARCHES connects families to resources and services in the community to ensure the needs of the whole child are met. These may be services provided at the Health Center or through partner agencies in the community.
Anyone in the community may call to find out more information about any type of activity, resource, or community service in which they are looking. ARCHES Staff will research and refer families or individuals to qualifying programs. Please call 714-532-7940 for more information.
Child and Family Counseling
Early Childhood Program - individual and family counseling services for children from birth to age 5 who have Medi-Cal insurance. To schedule an appointment call 714-532-7941.
For children 2-5 years old and their parents. PCIT is a positive and intensive form of counseling designed to benefit both parents and children. Medi-Cal Insurance is accepted for this program. To schedule an appointment call 714-532-7941.
Transportation
Transportation services are available to any family with an appointment at the Health Center. Please call 714-532-7942 at least 24 hours before your appointment.
Family PLUS (Parents Leading, Uniting, Serving), is a model for Boys & Girls Clubs wanting to implement family support activities into their Club's programming. This model introduces Clubs to factors affecting the family unit and methods of collaborating with community organizations to provide parents and caregivers with resources. The initiative is sponsored by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation with a 5-year, $7 million grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. To learn more about Family PLUS, visit theFamily PLUS web site.
Health Services
Pediatric Vision Care
Through a unique partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of a Garden Grove and The Southern California College of Optometry, we have collaborated to provide pediatric vision care services. The comprehensive exams check eye sight, the need for glasses, eye coordination, vision development, and eye health. Children who are prescribed glasses will be outfitted on-site.
Most insurance plans are accepted and programs are available for low income families. If you have any questions or would like to set up an appointment, please call, 714-532-7942.
Healthy Smiles offers dental treatment services for children ages 0-17 on a sliding fee scale. Some insurance plans are accepted and programs are available for low-income families. The Tooth Fairy Learning Center provides hands on interactive education in areas of oral health to school groups, community youth groups and patients. SmileLineOC provides information for families on oral health, access to dental services, insurance application assistance, transportation services, and referrals to a pediatric dentist.
CHOC is dedicated to providing comprehensive primary pediatric care to children from age 0 through 18 years of age. CHOC’s community clinics located in Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Orange, and Costa Mesa offer:
Preventative care
School & Sports Physicals
Care of chronic conditions
Case management
Immunizations
Treatment of acute Illnesses
Health education
WIC
Appointments are necessary, please call 714-532-7900 for more information or visit www.choc.org.
Healthy Families
The Healthy Families medical insurance program provides comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage for newborns up to age 19 who are CA residents and US Citizens and who are currently not covered by health care insurance.
Call Healthy Families at 714-532-7902 or 714-532-7942 and leave your name, home & cell number, city you live in and best time for an appointment.
Economic Opportunity
ARCHES believes in empowering families with the tools they need to help raise children and youth become competent adults, caring parents and responsible citizens. It is because of this belief that ARCHES incorporated an economic component to their program.
The economic opportunity component helps families find and keep jobs, increase earnings, build savings and establish credit. By teaching youth and their families the value of saving, ARCHES strengthens participants’ abilities to delay immediate gratification for a long-term payoff. Families leave the program with the skills and know how to be conscientious consumers, and more importantly, savvy investors in their own future.
ARCHES actively participates with Orange County Financial Stability Alliance. This coalition provides families and individuals with financial resources that include the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and a variety of financial literacy with a goal of building economic sustainability.
Need Help with Filing Taxes?
The EITC (Earned Income tax Credit) effort utilizes a FREE internet-based tax preparation software called I-CAN!. Individuals who earned less than $50,000 can access the I-CAN! E-File program. The ARCHES goal is to help hard working families get their full tax credits, especially the Earned Income Tax Credit. ARCHES hosted several community tax days this year to reach out to even more families.
I-CAN!® E-file can help you prepare and e-file your taxes for FREE. There is no income limit to use I-CAN!® E-file. Just answer simple questions on each screen and print your completed tax return.
25% of all children in the US have a vision problem significant enough to affect learning.
70% of juvenile delinquents have uncorrected vision problems.
53% of children of families living in poverty have uncorrected vision.
Vision for Angel’s Mission: To provide every child with the proper eye care that will assist them with their future education.
Vision for Angels was founded in 2008 by Chela Marin, in order to provide disadvantaged children who have vision concerns and lack of insurance with free eye examinations and glasses. The Southern California College of Optometry and Dr. Robert Gonzales in Santa Ana, agreed to see our uninsured, referring clients at a discounted price. Those who are unable to pay will still be provided the services and BGCGG will cover the cost through the Vision for Angel’s fund.
Click here to donate now. Please type: Vision for Angels in the comment box.
Bios
Danielle Luecht
ARCHES Program Manager
Danielle graduated from California State University, Long Beach, where she majored in Child Development and Family Life Education. She started her career with BGCGG in 2008 when she became a site coordinator for the ASES program at Anthony Elementary. She also worked with the junior high students at McGarvin Intermediate. She loved working with the students each day because they always kept her smiling!
In early 2010, Danielle was able to come over to the ARCHES program be to be the new program manager. She has a passion for helping families and seeing their needs met, which is exactly what ARCHES strives to do each day. As ARCHES program manager, Danielle oversees all of the programs that run out of the center, including vision, transportation, ECP, and information & referral services. She enjoys working together with the team to help as many families as possible, one story at a time.
Carrie M. Axline, MA IMF
Early Childhood Program Manager/ Counselor
Carrie Axline brings nearly ten years of experience working with children to the Early Childhood Program (ECP) of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove. She began her career volunteering for the Child Abuse Services Team (CAST), where she comforted and supported children in order to ease the trauma experienced during the disclosure of sexual or physical abuse. Additionally, she has experience working with adolescents who are preparing for college and/or careers, parents and individuals who are in recovery, at-risk adolescents who are having behavioral issues at school and/or at home, and children and families who are in crisis.
Currently, Carrie is the program manager and a counselor in ECP, where she is responsible for the coordination of client services to ensure that the children and families are receiving the services required and needed. She is passionate about improving parent’s relationships with their children to create loving and supporting families. Carrie holds a BA in Psychology from Chapman University and a Masters in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University. She is a certified Parent Child Interaction Therapist and a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern.
Chela Marin
ARCHES Program Assistant/Case Management
Chela is responsible for the Case Management of clients in the community for ARCHES. She is also the McKinney-Vento Case Manager for the Garden Grove Unified School District. She is the contact person for the Early Childhood Program and the Founder of Vision for Angels, a program that was started in 2008 and provides disadvantaged children with the opportunity to have a complete vision examination and glasses.
Luz Blasingame
ARCHES Program Assistant/Case Management
Luz is responsible of case management for clients in the community. She is also the contact person for the Vision Program through Southern California College of Optometry and the BGCGG transportation department.
Julie Kwon, M.S. in Counseling Psychology
Early Childhood Program Clinician
Marriage Family Therapist #55755
Julie earned her Bachelors in Education (B.Ed) in Special Education from Gonzaga University in 2002, her Masters in Science (M.S.) in Counseling Psychology from California State University Fullerton in 2005, and is currently wrapping up her Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D) in Counselor Education and Supervision from Kent State University with a current ABD (All But Dissertation) standing. The title of Julie’s dissertation is “The Experienced of South Korean Immigrant Parents with Autistic Children Undergoing Applied Behavior Analysis.” Julie is a registered Marriage Family Therapist Intern and is currently in the process of gathering her 3000 hours towards licensure. Julie has worked with just about all age groups but her true passion lies in the 0-5 population and is well versed in this area. Julie began to work with this age group in 1999 when she was in college. She started working as a respite care worker for the autism population then moved on to become a special education teacher for the grades K-3. Julie worked as a full time teacher while completing her masters degree and also worked for Serenity Infant Care Homes in Covina providing therapeutic services for children who had been placed in foster care or were experiencing other problems. During her doctorate program in Ohio, Julie provided mental healthy therapy for college aged students at the university counseling center providing support. Before joining the Boys and Girls Clubs of Garden Grove, she worked with the chronically mentally ill adult population.
Julie is currently seeing clients with Medi-Cal through the Early Childhood Program (ECP) and also working with the Garden Grove Unified School District to provide support and therapeutic services for the Korean population through Family Youth Outreach Program (FYOP). Julie is fully bilingual in Korean and has a heart for giving back to the Korean community who may be experiencing biculturalism and other acculturation issues. Julie hopes to one day open up her own practice to further help under privileged children and families and those who cannot otherwise advocate for themselves.
Amie Lynch
ARCHES Program Coordinator
Amie is the Coordinator and link for our Clubs accessing Family and National Programs. In order to carry out the Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove’s mission and values, Amie assists with program development, implementation, and resource development related to family support services. She provides general staff support to ARCHES, works on special family events, program placement for volunteers and assists in measuring program outcomes. Planning, conducting outreach and training staff in Family Plus programming helped to expand ARCHES reach and secured Amie’s role as the Coordinator for BGCA’s National Programs. She oversees BGCA program implementation and supports development opportunities for staff related to BGCA programs. She is responsible for ensuring BGCGG is fully utilizing and adhering to quality standards. Nationally recognized program areas include Education & Career Development, Sports, Fitness and Recreation, Arts & Crafts, Character & Leadership and Health & Life Skills.
Abraham Palomares
ARCHES Outreach Coordinator
Abraham was born in Los Angeles and raised in La Habra. He attended University of California, Irvine where he received a Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Analysis and Design.
As a VISTA in ARCHES Abraham builds program capability to fulfill the mission of the department. VISTA is a national service program, similar to the Peace Corps, where individuals commit a year to combat poverty in America. He is currently working on data systems, outreach, and financial literacy projects.
Octavio Bernal
ARCHES Bus Driver
Octavio has been with Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove since late 2008. As the ARCHES Bus Driver, he is responsible to transporting clients to and from the health center. Not only does he provide excellent free transportation for the ARCHES clients, but he also transports clients for the CHOC clinic and the Healthy Smiles dental offices. He provides this service for all clients within a 7-mile radius from the center, from our newborns to the grandmas and grandpas!
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