A comprehensive foster & adoption agency providing behavioral health, parent advocacy, family strengthening and community training.
A comprehensive child & family services agency providing mental health care for children, parent advocacy & mentorship, family strengthening, parenting classes and community trainings.
04/07/2026
NEW online course with Nola Brantley: Understanding Artificial Intelligence Technology and Exploitation Awareness for Youth in Care
🔹Weds 4/22 from 9:15am - 1:15pm
🔹CE: 4 hours, Masters Level
This course examines how artificial intelligence, social media, and digital platforms impact system-involved youth, with a focus on exploitation and safety risks. Participants will learn how online environments can increase vulnerability to grooming, trafficking, fraud, and coercion, and how to support youth in navigating technology safely. Participants will leave with tools and a plan of how to implement these tools into their work in child welfare.
🔹Sign up or Sign in at https://training.abetterwayinc.net/courses/8336
04/02/2026
April marks Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to come together as a community to ensure every child can grow up safe, loved, and supported. The pinwheel, our national symbol, reminds us of the joyful and healthy childhood that all children deserve.
For us, families are at the center of everything we do—just like the center of a pinwheel. But for a pinwheel to spin, it needs more than its center; it needs all the pieces working together. Children thrive when families have access to programs, resources, policies, and community support. When awareness is raised, knowledge is shared, and meaningful action is taken, we help build stronger families and safer communities.
By working together, we can set the pinwheel in motion, creating a world where every child can flourish, every family can find support, and every child’s potential can shine. The time to act is now—because when families are supported, the whole community thrives, and children have the chance to grow up happy, healthy, and ready to succeed.
03/31/2026
Our offices are closed today in observance of Farmworkers Day — California's newly renamed state holiday honoring the generations of farmworkers whose labor, resilience, and advocacy helped shape the civil rights movement. They put food on all of our tables, and today we honor their sacrifice. We'll be back tomorrow. 🌱
03/23/2026
03/18/2026
Our team is heading to Sacramento this March to fight for the children, youth, and families we serve! 🏛️ From protecting mental health resources for LGBTQ+ youth to ensuring young adults have access to stable housing, we're bringing the real stories of our community to the people who make policy. Read our latest blog post to learn more about what we're advocating for this year: https://buff.ly/SNHM1OJ
Read the latest updates, advocacy efforts, and expert insights on child and family services from A Better Way, Inc. Stay informed and engaged.
03/06/2026
🏅 Strong, Smart & Bold at the 2026 Winter Olympics ❄️
As the MilanoCortina2026 Games come to a close, we’re celebrating the women who showed the world what’s possible!
From record-breaking performances to moments of resilience under pressure, women athletes led the way for Team USA—bringing home gold, pushing boundaries, and redefining excellence in winter sports. 💪
We’re especially proud to shout out Alysa Liu, an Oakland native, whose journey to the Olympic stage reflects the power of perseverance, dreaming big and being yourself. Seeing someone from our hometown compete at the highest level sends a powerful message to the girls we serve: you belong here too.
At Girls Inc. of Alameda County, we believe girls are Strong, Smart & Bold—and these athletes showed exactly what that looks like:
✨ Strength in their bodies and minds
✨ Smart strategy, skill, and preparation
✨ Boldness in breaking barriers and making history
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03/05/2026
This month, we're celebrating two things close to our heart: Social Work Month and Women's History Month.
Over 100 years ago, Jane Addams helped define what it means to show up for your community. As a pioneer of social work, she believed that every person — regardless of background — deserved dignity, support, and a fair chance. She won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. More importantly, she changed countless lives.
That legacy lives on in every social worker who walks through our doors today.
To our amazing social workers at A Better Way and beyond — thank you for carrying this work forward. You are part of a legacy built on the belief that every child, every family, every person deserves a fighting chance.
03/03/2026
Current or previous foster youth can receive $12,000 per year while pursuing a bachelors degree
02/25/2026
For 30 years, A Better Way has been walking alongside children, youth, and families during some of life’s hardest moments, helping them heal, grow, and build brighter futures.
Every day, our mental health clinicians, social workers, parent advocates, and family support teams show up with compassion and practical support. Because of this community, families stay together, young people find stability, and hope becomes real again.
We are grateful for everyone who makes this work possible. Our staff, partners, and supporters are part of every success story. đź’™
Alameda County Social Services Agency y A Better Way Inc
Grupo de apoyo para padres. Nos reunimos cada 2nd y 4th Martes del mes
5:30-7:30pm. RegĂstrate para recibir el enlace de Zoom.
02/20/2026
A safe space where fathers can receive support, develop parenting skills and get resources. 2nd & 4th Tuesdays each month, 5:30-7:30pm via ZOOM. Register to receive the meeting link.
Alameda County Social Services Agency and A Better Way Inc offer a safe space where fathers can receive support, develop parenting skills and get resources. 2nd & 4th Tuesdays each month, 5:30-7:30pm via ZOOM. Register to receive the meeting link.
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A Better Way Inc was founded in 1996 as a Foster Family Program. Since then, we have grown into a comprehensive foster and adoption services agency, providing adoption, community training, parent advocacy, and behavioral health services to children and families at risk or involved with the foster care system. The mission of A Better Way is to empower children and families to develop the insights, life skills, and permanent relationships that promote their social, emotional, educational and economic well-being.
Since 1996, A Better Way has provided foster care placements to more than 2,000 children and has finalized 300 adoptions. We are the one of the few organizations in San Francisco and Alameda counties with expertise in assessing and providing behavioral health services to children 0-5 involved in the social services system through pre- or post-adoption, outpatient mental health, and reunification services.
A Better Way has provided behavioral health services to close to 2,500 children, many of whom live in our communities’ most impoverished and violence-ridden neighborhoods. In addition to behavioral health services, we provide intensive support and case management for parents pursuing reunification through our Parent Engagement Program with the help of parents who have successfully navigated the reunification process.
As a training center for foster parents and service providers, A Better Way provides about 2,000 hours of training per year in Alameda and Solano Counties – primarily through Title IV-E Training contracts with Chabot-Las Positas Community College. We coordinate and provide comprehensive training on an array of topics to professionals from other agencies, A Better Way staff, County personnel, and foster and birth parents.
Annually, A Better Way serves over 450 foster and adoptive children and families though behavioral health services and the Parent Engagement Program. All of A Better Way’s programs emphasize a strengths-based, capacity-building approach that helps parents and families achieve lasting success.
