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Enhancing Mental Health Services for California’s Latino Communities. La Familia celebrates the successful implementation of a $4,999,674 two-year “Tri-County Project,” made possible through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Community Mental Health Centers Grant. As a prominent community services organization dedicated to serving California’s Bay Area and Central Valley, La Familia initiated this project to provide culturally-specific and linguistically-competent services to Latino community members in Alameda, Merced, and Stanislaus counties who are coping with a range of emotional and mental health issues including Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Severe Mental Illness (SMI), and Co-Occurring Disorders (COD). The COVID-19...
La Familia Central Valley (LFCV) celebrates the successful implementation of the one-year “Mental Health Access Project” made possible through support from Senator Padilla, Senator Feinstein, and Congressman Harder. LFCV, a prominent community organization dedicated to serving the Central Valley, initiated this project to address mental health awareness and treatment needs in the region. Over the course of the project, LFCV achieved significant milestones: Orchestrated a two-part radio campaign on mental health awareness and de-stigmatization, reaching over 158,000 Spanish-speaking listeners across Merced and Stanislaus Counties. Engaged over 3,000 individuals with educational materials at outreach events, including the Turlock Flea Market, laundromats,...
LFCV awarded a “Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence” grant to expand services in Patterson and Winton Unified School Districts La Familia Central Valley (LFCV) has been awarded a highly competitive grant for $999,981 through the Department of Justice’s “Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence” program. This three-year grant will allow LFCV to add new mental health treatment services to schools in two Central Valley school districts: Patterson Unified School District (PUSD) and Winton Unified School District (WUSD). This grant is part of LFCV’s established program, Un Paso Adelante (A Step Forward), which is already serving Delhi USD and Hughson USD through a FY22 BJA STOP Grant. PUSD, located in Stanislaus County, serves over 6,000 students and...
The first annual Santa Nella Family Mental Health Day was held on May 13, 2023. It was a fun filled day with over 300 people and 24 local agencies in attendance. All were welcome to attend the free event where they were treated to activities for children and families, dance entertainment, and lunch while learning about local agencies with services and programs available to them. A collaboration between La Familia Central Valley, community members, and local Gustine and Merced County non-profit agencies, the mission of the event was to bring awareness of available resources directly to Santa Nella residents. A...
On May 8, 2023 La Familia Central Valley celebrated its Open House and Ribbon Cutting with community partners, elected officials, community members, along with La Familia leadership and staff. Led by Aaron Ortiz, CEO of La Familia and Manuel J. Jimenez, Jr. Regional Director, we celebrated all of the growth that La Familia Central Valley has had over the past three years and the excitement of what is to come as we continue La Familia’s mission to provide underserved multicultural communities with the tools and support necessary to build resilience, wellness, and economic power. During the Ribbon Cutting ceremony, La...
La Familia Central Valley featured in Modesto Bee: With more teens contemplating suicide, Latino advocates and educators are speaking out Almost a third of young adults in California contemplate suicide, a recent study from UCLA found. That’s more than double the rate from five years ago, and suicide remains a leading cause of death for young people. For San Joaquin Valley families, the issue is compounded by regional challenges that include a housing crisis, limited psychiatric hospital beds and scarce mental health resources. And for Latino families, factor in documented racial and ethnic health disparities. It’s a daunting challenge, but...