• EMQ FamiliesFirst Announces Board Changes - Don McNeil to Chair, Don Russell Joins as New Member - July 26, 2011
• Young Mother is Now Determined to Better Herself and
  Provide for Her Child - April 26, 2011
• State's Largest Children's Services Agency Now Helping More Children in Monterey Area - April 21, 2011
• Fourth Annual “Great Silicon Valley Caper”
  to Benefit Local Children's Charity - April 19, 2011
• Lisa is Back with Her Family After "Success First" Program from EMQ FamiliesFirst - April 1, 2011
• Children's Charity taps Gordon Richardson as Regional Executive Director for Sacramento Area - March 7, 2011
• Mom Starts the New Year Reunited with Her Children - February 22, 2011
• EMQ FamiliesFirst receives $200,000 in Bank of America's Neighborhood Excellence Initiative - December 8th, 2010
• Our Own Ellen Ammerman Wins SV/SJ Business Journal CFO of the Year - November 19th, 2010
• November is National Adoption Month - November 2010
• Hollygrove Awarded Parsons Foundation Grant to Fund Family Finding for Foster Children - October 5, 2010
• Capital City Caper Event to Benefit EMQ FamiliesFirst Crisis Nursery in Davis - September 9, 2010
• Hollygrove Outpatient Program Helps Troubled Young Boy through Life-Changing Transitions - September 1, 2010
• Ten Seconds Can Raise Ten Thousand Dollars - Davis Sacramento, August 25 to September 10, 2010

• Capital City Caper: The Art of Mystery - Sacramento, October 23, 2010

• Beshoff MotorCars 2010 Mercedes-Benz Golf Tournament - San Jose, August 19, 2010

• PricewaterhouseCoopers Volunteers Beautify Los Gatos Campus - Los Gatos, July 30, 2010

• CH Reynolds 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament Raises Thousands for Children and Families in Crisis - San Jose, July 22, 2010
• California Children?s Nonprofit Earns COA Accreditation - July 21, 2010
• Blue Diamond Growers Support Foster Santa - July 8, 2010
• Watch New EMQ FamiliesFirst Video on YouTube - June 30, 2010
• United Way Toilet Paper Drive Means More Money for Kids Programs - Sacramento, June 18, 2010
• Intel 'Fun Run' Collects Hundreds of Shoes for Kids - Sacramento, June 13, 2010
• Great Silicon Valley Caper - San Jose, May 16, 2010
• Children?s Charity Names Kathryn Meier Chief Legal Counsel - May 2010
• CWLA Releases Statement Following Russian Adopted Child - April 2010
  Learn about Foster Care and Adoption Services at EMQ FamiliesFirst and our Wraparound program. Read the story of Ernie who was helped by Wraparound and adopted into a loving family.
• Biological Mother Works with Foster Parents in the Interest of Her Children - April 2010
• Study Finds More Woes Following Foster Care, New York Times - April 2010

• Societal Costs Of Child Abuse - March 2010

• EMQ FamiliesFirst Listed In: A Parent's Guide to Teen Depression, Palo Alto Medical Foundation - March 2010
• Yolo Crisis Nursery has new storage - February 27, 2010

• EMQ FamiliesFirst Names Mark Edelstein Medical Director - February 17, 2010

• EMQ FamiliesFirst Release FY2009 Annual Report - January 27, 2010

• Bank of America’s Neighborhood Excellence Initiative Awards EMQ FamliesFirst $200,000 Grant Toward Emancipation Scholarships - November 2009

• ACT Programs Serves Youth in Fresno County with Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Issues - January 21, 2010

• Voice for Adoption Elects Two New Board Organizations - EMQ Families First and Latino Family Institute - January 15, 2010

• From ?Born To Be In Jail? to Success in Life, Thanks to Hollygrove Therapy Program - January 13, 2010
• Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police Department Hosts Party for Cottages - December 2009
• Butter Paddle Hosts Holiday Party - December 2009
• Foster Santa Gives 400 BIkes to Foster Kids - December 2009
• Foster Kids Get Special Surprise at Xmas Party - December 12, 2009
• From foster care to passing bar exam - December 13, 2009
• Reunited in Time for the Holidays - December 16, 2009
• Sleep Train Foster Kids Program - December 2009

• TasteBuds Catering Hosts Youth in Residential Treatment Program - November 26, 2009
• EMQ FamiliesFirst Gift Drive Brings Holiday Cheer for Kids in Crisis - December 7, 2009
• Advocate for Alternatives to Residential Treatment for Kids Promoted at EMQ Families First - November 17, 2009
• Beshoff Brings Together San Jose Sharks, Joseph George Wine Shop and Duckhorn Wines to Help Kids in Crisis - November 6, 2009
• President of Chez Panisse Foundation and Larchmont School Launch Edible Schoolyard at Hollygrove Campus - November 9, 2009
• National Adoption Day Resource Fair - November 21, 2009
• Hollygrove Programs Save a Young Man from Gangs and Drugs - October 26, 2009
• Newsletter - Possibilities - Fall 2009
• Soccer SIlicon Valley Kidzone Invites Kids and Families to Earthquake's Game
  July 25, 2009
  

  EMQ FamiliesFirst received “SSV Kidzone” seats for the MLS San Jose Earthquakes game on July 25th at Buck Shaw Stadium against the DC United.

• Energy and Commerce Committee Adopts Matsui/Engel Amendment to Revamp America's Mental Health Centers
  
United State Congress - July 21, 2009
• CEO Jerry Doyle Retires - June 23, 2009
• Directors Present Wraparound at Building on Family Strengths Conference
  Portland - June 23-25, 2009
  EMQ FamiliesFirst Executive Directors Laura Heintz, Laura Champion, and Abram Rosenblatt will present with the National Wraparound Initiative.
• Happy Dragon Named in 'Thrift Shops Worth a Detour' by AAA's Via Magazine
• NBC Bay Area Sends Volunteers to Beautify EMQ FamiliesFirst Campus
• Second Annual "Great Silicon Valley Caper" Super Secret Clue Sites Revealed
• First 5 Program in San Jose Helps a Preschooler and His Entire Family
• "All About Mom!" Benefit at Classic Kids' Studio - May 9, 2009
• Vote No on Prop 1E and 1D on May 19 Ballot
  
• National Foster Care Month - California Capitol Event - May 12, 2009
  
• Tour of California - List of Public Events
  Sacramento Bee
  Children from EMQ FamiliesFirst's programs will receive new bikes and helmets and ride part of the course before the start of the Tour.
• Yolo Nonprofits Benefit from Mercy Grant
  Daily Democrat.
• Merger creates huge provider for kids in crisis EMQ FamiliesFirst is largest of its kind on the West Coast
  by Claire St. John, The Davis Enterprise Staff Writer.
• Nonprofits Merge to Form State's Largest Children's Agency
  FamiliesFirst and EMQ will serve 18,000 children and families.
• Merger Creates Largest Social Services Agency in the West for Children in Crisis
  Non-profits EMQ Children & Family Services and FamiliesFirst, Inc. merge to form EMQ FamiliesFirst.
• Motivated by change, boy donates change
  Davis boy donates to FamiliesFirst Crisis Nursery.
• EMQ Brings Hope and Normal Life for Young Teen and Family
  California Children's Agency's Services Aided Girl in Adjusting to Life Without Mom.
• We are now accepting referrals to our newest San Bernardino County program: the Children's Intensive Services Program.
• Children's Charity Taps Greiner as VP of HR
  EMQ Children & Family Services Selects San Francisco Resident.
• Rob Reiner in the News Supporting Hollygrove
  "The Insider" news program talks to Rob Reiner at Paramount Studios about the Love and Art auction to benefit Hollygrove children.
• Enchanted Art
  Martine Singer and Love and Art Founder Alecia de Menezes Seidler join the Hollygrove children at Christie's auction house to discuss the pieces in the Enchanted collection.
• Beshoff MotorCars cordially invites you to our 2008 Mercedes-Benz Dealer Championship Golf Event.
• EMQ's Family Partnership Institute's "What's Working" August 2008 Newsletter
• The "Great Silicon Valley Caper" to Benefit Children's Charity and Local Schools
• Family Partnership Institute Publishes Family Search and Engagement: A Comprehensive Practice Guide
• EMQ Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2007
• Teen Overcomes Depression and "Cutting" with Help from Leading California Children's Organization
  EMQ Children & Family Services' Addiction Prevention Services program teams with school and family to help youth with depression
  
• Leading California Children's Agency and Local Center to Offer First "Wraparound" Program for Youths with Developmental Disabilities
  Inland Regional Center and EMQ Children and Family Services to Offer Array of In-Home Services.
  
• EMQ Children & Family Services Promotes Executives to Reflect Agency Growth
  
• Children's Nonprofit in California Names New Medical Director
  Stanford University graduate and former UCLA resident, Dr. Lisa M. Cullins brings expertise in child and adolescent psychiatry to EMQ Children & Family Services.
• EMQ Tennis Fundraiser 2007-08
  Sign up to play tennis and help kids.
• Action Alert
  Ask Your Senators to Support the Mental Health Parity Act.
• Action Alert
  Ask your Senators and Representative to co-sponsor the Keeping Families Together Act (S. 380, H.R. 832), so that no family need be torn apart to get help for their child with a mental or emotional disorder. (February 2007)
• The Lost Children
  Why it's important to help families stay together. (New York Times article, registration required)
• Hollygrove Merges with EMQ Children & Family Services
  On April 1, 2006, EMQ merged with a sister agency, Hollygrove in Los Angeles. The combined agencies expect to serve approximately 6,600 children and family members each year across California.

Media Contact:
Kristine Austin, Director of Public Relations
(408) 364-4029 | pr@emq.org