Outreach Concern Snapshot
To provide a comprehensive program of counseling
and support services in an educational environment
that links students, families, and educators,
positively impacting academic and emotional
success.
and support services in an educational environment
that links students, families, and educators,
positively impacting academic and emotional
success.
Outreach Concern, Inc. is a non profit 501(c)(3) agency co-founded in 1993 by Dr. Rick Capaldi.
Since its inception, Outreach Concern has provided a variety of counseling support services to
more than 900,000 children, adolescents, and families in over 1,000 elementary, secondary and
high schools throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties and trained over 10,000 behavioral
health interns.
Outreach Concern contracts with private and public elementary and secondary schools
throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties to provide a variety of counseling and pupil
personnel services. These schools pay an annual stipend, which covers approximately one-third
of the cost of the program. Direct counseling services in the school environment are provided by
intern-counselors (the term "counselors" will now be substituted for "interns" throughout this
document) and are placed on campuses according to school needs and the skill level of the
counselor, as determined by Outreach Concern.
COUNSELORS contracted with Outreach Concern, Inc. are selected from every college and
university throughout the country. They bring with them a variety of experience from an
undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level, many working toward licensure in a related field, or
desiring exposure to the field of counseling, or completing degree requirements. Specializations
in Psychology, Sociology, M.F.T., Pupil Personnel Services, and Child and Adolescent
Development make up the diverse backgrounds of the counselors Outreach Concern places in
its contracted schools.
While employed by Outreach Concern, counselors receive on-going training throughout the year
in various formats pertinent to working in a school environment. Counselors receive multi-topic
seminars to acquaint them with agency expectations, the tools to work effectively on the job,
weekly individual supervision by the Outreach Concern Regional field Supervisor team, and
weekly group supervision from licensed mental health practitioners throughout Southern
California.
Since its inception, Outreach Concern has provided a variety of counseling support services to
more than 900,000 children, adolescents, and families in over 1,000 elementary, secondary and
high schools throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties and trained over 10,000 behavioral
health interns.
Outreach Concern contracts with private and public elementary and secondary schools
throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties to provide a variety of counseling and pupil
personnel services. These schools pay an annual stipend, which covers approximately one-third
of the cost of the program. Direct counseling services in the school environment are provided by
intern-counselors (the term "counselors" will now be substituted for "interns" throughout this
document) and are placed on campuses according to school needs and the skill level of the
counselor, as determined by Outreach Concern.
COUNSELORS contracted with Outreach Concern, Inc. are selected from every college and
university throughout the country. They bring with them a variety of experience from an
undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level, many working toward licensure in a related field, or
desiring exposure to the field of counseling, or completing degree requirements. Specializations
in Psychology, Sociology, M.F.T., Pupil Personnel Services, and Child and Adolescent
Development make up the diverse backgrounds of the counselors Outreach Concern places in
its contracted schools.
While employed by Outreach Concern, counselors receive on-going training throughout the year
in various formats pertinent to working in a school environment. Counselors receive multi-topic
seminars to acquaint them with agency expectations, the tools to work effectively on the job,
weekly individual supervision by the Outreach Concern Regional field Supervisor team, and
weekly group supervision from licensed mental health practitioners throughout Southern
California.
