Cal Voices

“Program Service Expenses 515,555, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 515,555 Sacramento Advocates for Family Empowerment SAFE has Family and Youth Advocates work to ensure that the needs of youth and families are being met by the public mental health system. This is done through empowering youth and family members to have a voice at all levels of system care and public policy. SAFE also provide support groups for families and youth who are served by Sacramento Countys Children System of Care, which includes Behavioral Health, Juvenile Justice, and Child Protective Services. Our SAFE teams provide education and training to organizations throughout Sacramento County, and are available to speak about youth mental health topics at various events. We provide services in English, Hmong and Spanish.”

“Program Service Expenses 468,660, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 468,660 Our Peer Partners PPs work within Sacramento Countys Behavioral Health Services and provide individual peer support, information and referrals, mentoring and advocacy skills to clients receiving public mental health services. PPs meet with clients and their family members or support persons while clients receiving in patient psychiatric services and offer mentoring and/or coaching to clients by helping clients set recovery goals, develop individual Wellness and Recovery Action Plans, solve problems directly related to recovery and provide encouragement, motivation and support to clients seeking to establish or strengthen their recovery.”

“Program Service Expenses 380,527, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 380,527 Sierra Wind is a peer-led self-help center offering advocacy, support, resource linkage, benefits acquisition, culturally diverse support group, patients rights advocacy and free meal daily. The program is funded by the Mental Health Services Act through Amador County Behavioral Health Services. The Client and Family Advocate CFA functions as liaison between Amador County Behavioral Health Services and adult public mental health clients and their family members to improve the services and supports offered throughout the county. The CFA coordinates and collaborates the local public, private and nonprofit entities to meet client mental health needs and provides client / family leadership on coalitions, committees and workgroups.”

“Program Service Expenses 266,561, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 266,561 The Senior Peer Counseling / Supporting Community Connections program provides peer counseling, referrals, community connection and advocacy for adult 55 years and older, who are isolated, homebound older adults in Sacramento County by linking caring volunteers with older people in need of a friend. In just a couple of hours per week, volunteers are able to reduce isolation, and improve quality of life, all while building new connections within the community. The program also provides community education and training about mental health issues, cultural competency and the value of volunteering.”

“Program Service Expenses 120,395, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 120,395 The Warmline is a non-crisis phone line operating Monday to Friday from 900AM to 500PM, which offers supportive listening, referrals to mental health resources and more. The Warmline is staffed by a culturally diverse team of MHANorCals employees and volunteers, all of whom are living in recovery from mental illness. The Warmline provides support servides in the following langiuages English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Hmong, and Sinhala.”

“Program Service Expenses 735,791, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 750,720 This consist of multiple smaller grants received from government and private companies.”