allcove Beach Cities is NOW OPEN. Current Hours of Operation: Tuesday-Friday 1pm-7pm, and Saturday from 10am-2pm. For holiday hours, please click here. Center tours available on Saturdays at 9 a.m.

If you serve young people ages 12-25, request an allcove Promotional Kit here.

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for 2023-2024 allcove Beach Cities Youth Advisory Group!
The application period for accepting applications is closed.

To ensure that youth voices continue to be at the forefront of the allcove Beach Cities center experience, BCHD is selecting the next group of young leaders ages 16-25 who represent the diversity of the Beach Cities and surrounding communities across race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, lived experience, ability and socio-economic status.

Youth Advisory Group members help allcove Beach Cities gain a better understanding of young peoples’ needs and opinions to provide them with relevant and effective services. The Youth Advisory Group is comprised of up to 15 young people from the local community of the Beach Cities and throughout Service Planning Area (SPA) 8.

SPA 8 serves the communities of Athens, Avalon, Carson, Catalina Island, El Segundo, Gardena, Harbor City, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, Long Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Dominguez, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, San Pedro, Torrance, Wilmington and others.

For more information regarding Youth Advisory Group, please contact Amanda VerWys, allcove Clinical Coordinator, at allcovebeachcities@bchd.org or by phone at (310) 374-5706.

Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) is partnering with allcove, a program developing an innovative network of integrated youth mental health centers across the state of California. Funded by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, the $2 million, 4-year grant has enabled the “allcove Beach Cities" center to be open at Beach Cities Health District, 514 N. Prospect Ave., 4th Floor, Redondo Beach. allcove Beach Cities will offer mental and physical health services, education and employment assistance, peer and family support, and substance use prevention programs for young people ages 12-25 in the greater South Bay. BCHD was endorsed by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health to apply for the funds.

allcove Beach Cities is one of five new allcove locations opening throughout the state. There is also currently an allcove center operating in Palo Alto, California. allcove Beach Cities is in a temporary location at the Beach Cities Health Center. allcove Beach Cities will be a permanent feature in BCHD’s Healthy Living Campus project, which includes a re-design of its current Prospect Avenue campus. Construction on the Healthy Living Campus project is tentatively slated to begin in 2023.  

Learn more here.

BCHD received good news when President Joe Biden signed the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package into law in March 2022, which includes $1 million for the allcove Beach Cities center. Funding for the integrated youth mental health center was requested and championed by Congressman Ted Lieu for California’s 33rd Congressional District. Learn more here.

allcove Beach Cities Services

allcove Beach Cities Youth Advisory Group

To ensure that youth voices continue to be at the forefront of the allcove Beach Cities center experience, BCHD selected a group of young leaders ages 16-25 who represent the diversity of the Beach Cities and surrounding communities across race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, lived experience, ability and socio-economic status.  

Youth Advisory Group members help allcove Beach Cities gain a better understanding of young peoples’ needs and opinions to provide them with relevant and effective services. The Youth Advisory Group is comprised of eight young people from the local community of the Beach Cities and throughout Service Planning Area (SPA) 8.  

SPA 8 serves the communities of Athens, Avalon, Carson, Catalina Island, El Segundo, Gardena, Harbor City, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, Long Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Dominguez, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, San Pedro, Torrance, Wilmington and others. 

For more information regarding Youth Advisory Group, please contact Amanda VerWys, allcove Clinical Coordinator, at allcovebeachcities@bchd.org