Since January 1994, the Cupertino Union School District and the John F. Kennedy University Graduate School of Professional Psychology have been joined in a successful partnership. JFKU provides 23 Cupertino elementary and junior high schools with free on-site counseling services. In return, the district provides JFKU with space at the district's Center for Children and Families to house its Community Counseling Center. The Community Counseling Center offers affordable, sliding-scale counseling services to all Bay Area residents, including CUSD families. Parents or school personnel refer children for counseling services through the principal of each school.
Counselors work with children after obtaining parental permission.
Counselors address a variety of issues, including peer relations, social skills, school work, classroom behavior, self-esteem, divorce, grief and loss, and family relationships. The school-based program offers counseling services to Cupertino Union School District's 15,000 students in 23 elementary and junior high schools.