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La Familia Central Valley Secures Funding for Community-Embedded Mental Health Initiative Stanislaus County, CA – La Familia Central Valley (LFCV) has been awarded Stanislaus County’s highly competitive “Embedded Neighborhood Mental Health Team” Innovation Project, authorized by the Behavioral Health and Recovery Services department. This initiative, known as Stan Connect – Building Healthy Neighborhoods, will establish an Embedded Neighborhood Mental Health Team to provide critical mental health support in multiple communities, including the City of Riverbank and the neighborhoods of the Airport District and West Modesto. Over a five-year period, LFCV aims to serve 1,250 individuals through this groundbreaking effort. With...
La Familia Central Valley and the Alliance for Community Wellness Secure $714,023 to Launch Mobile Mental Health Access Point in Rural California Turlock, Calif. – La Familia Central Valley (LFCV) is excited to announce it has been awarded $714,023 in funding to launch its Mobile Mental Health Access Point project, a pilot initiative aimed at increasing mental healthcare access for rural communities in Stanislaus and Merced counties. This project is expected to serve at least 500 unique individuals by providing critical mental health services through two mobile health vans. The funding includes $357,000 in community project funding from the Substance...
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...