Pacific Clinics

Pacific Clinics, doing business as EMQ Familiesfirst, operates as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Los Gatos, California, and delivers behavioral health services, early childhood development support, and employment intervention programs to federal and state agencies as a prime grant recipient (53% of recent awards) and sub-recipient. The organization holds no federal contract prime awards and does not sit on government-wide acquisition vehicles; its federal footprint is anchored in SAMHSA behavioral health grants and sub-awards routed through state and county entities in California.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on community behavioral health integration, early intervention for at-risk youth, and substance use disorder treatment. Representative prime grant work includes a Hollygrove Haven Launch project from the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (awarded September 2023, running through September 2028) that targets low-income Hispanic and Latino children exhibiting developmental delays and atypical behavior in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, with expected impact on 2,500 children and training for over 325 providers; Project Thrive from the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (awarded June 2023, running through June 2028), which expands substance use screening and evidence-based treatment for adolescents and transitional-age youth in San Jose through integrated certified community behavioral health clinic services; and an Integrated Behavioral Health initiative from the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (awarded September 2022, completing December 2026) that enhances behavioral health and primary care integration across five clinics in San Jose serving low-income immigrant populations. The vendor also received a small $31 thousand purchase order from Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 for homeless staff training (August 2026 through August 2027).

Customer concentration reflects SAMHSA's dominance of the prime grant footprint. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration accounts for three of the eight prime and sub awards; the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention holds four awards, routed primarily as sub-grants through the California Board of State and Community Corrections; and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Social Services California round out recent activity. On the sub-award side, Pacific Clinics receives pass-through funding from the California Board of State and Community Corrections for Individual Placement and Support employment services to transition-age youth with juvenile justice involvement (March 2023 awards), from the California Department of Health Care Services for behavioral health mobile crisis services (November 2022), and from the California Health and Human Services Agency for delinquency intervention (August 2025).

Recent activity shows two awards in 2025 and one in 2026, following higher volume in 2023 (five awards) and 2022 (three awards). Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The vendor's sub-award relationships flow through California state agencies rather than direct federal primes, positioning Pacific Clinics as a community health contractor implementing SAMHSA and DOJ programs at the sub-recipient level in Northern California.