A local non-profit provided 50-thousand hours of in-home care to their patients this past year…..that’s a fourfold increase over the last several years. Coastal kids home care provides respite services to children living with complex medical conditions in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties. Additionally, coastal kids has seen the number of children and teens accessing their mental health counseling services increase 40 percent during the pandemic. Their new Rodgers Center For Children’s Health, which should be ready to move into next month, will house clinical and administrative management, as well as outpatient therapy.