Community Human Services

ORGANIZATION PROVIDES AT RISK YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN MONTEREY COUNTY WITH HIGH QUALITY, LOW-COST AND CONFIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESS SERVICES. CHS IS A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AND 501(C)(3).

GENESIS HOUSE IS A STATE LICENSED RESIDENTIAL DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WITH 28 BEDS FOR MEN AND WOMEN AND 8 BEDS FOR PERINATAL (PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM) WOMEN. SIX CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 5 MAY LIVE WITH THEIR MOTHERS WHILE THEY ARE IN TREATMENT. SERVICES INCLUDE MEDICALLY SUPERVISED DETOXIFICATION AND ONGOING MEDICAL SUPPORT, ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT PLANNING, INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING, RELAPSE PREVENTION, PARENTING EDUCATION, DISCHARGE PLANNING, REFERRALS TO ANCILLARY SERVICES AND AFTERCARE. THE CO-ED PROGRAM TREATED 181 INDIVIDUALS WITH 6,924 DAYS OF SERVICE, WHILE THE PERINATAL PROGRAM SERVED 1 INDIVIDUAL WITH 5 DAYS OF SERVICE. GENESIS HOUSE IS ACCREDITED BY CARF (COMMISSION ON THE ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES). IT IS FUNDED BY MONTEREY COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (MEDI-CAL), PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. DUE TO COVID-19 THE PROGRAM SAW A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS ADMITTED DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS.

OFF MAIN CLINIC PROVIDES METHADONE MAINTENANCE AND DETOXIFICATION SERVICES TO ADULTS SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION TO HEROIN AND OTHER OPIATES, INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION PILLS. THE CLINIC IS STATE LICENSED AND ACCREDITED BY CARF (COMMISSION ON THE ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES). METHADONE MAINTENANCE IS A COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM THAT INVOLVES THE LONG-TERM PRESCRIBING OF METHADONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OPIOID ON WHICH THE CLIENT WAS DEPENDENT. CENTRAL TO THE TREATMENT IS COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER MEDICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICES. METHADONE SUPPRESSES OPIOID WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS, REDUCES CRAVINGS FOR OPIOIDS, DOES NOT INDUCE INTOXICATION (I.E. SEDATION OR EUPHORIA) AND REDUCES THE EUPHORIC EFFECTS OF OTHER OPIOIDS SUCH AS HEROIN. THE CLINIC TREATED 358 INDIVIDUALS WITH 78,870 DOSES OF ORAL METHADONE, NARCAN AND BUPRENORPHRINE AND 346,290 MINUTES OF COUNSELING. IT IS FUNDED BY MEDI-CAL, THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION, CLIENT FEES, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

THE FAMILY SERVICE CENTERS' MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS PROVIDE OUTPATIENT THERAPY FOR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. TREATMENT CONSISTS OF BRIEF OUTCOME-FOCUSED THERAPY USING BEST PRACTICES SUCH AS COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING. SERVICES INCLUDE ASSESSMENT, INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION AND REFERRAL TO ANCILLARY SERVICES. THE COUNSELING ADDRESSES A VARIETY OF ISSUES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE, BODY IMAGE, GENDER IDENTITY, GRIEF AND LOSS. THE PROGRAMS ARE CARF (COMMISSION ON THE ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES) ACCREDITED. THE CENTER'S SERVED 539 INDIVIDUALS WITH 207,852 UNITS OF COUNSELING. THE PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED BY MEDI-CAL, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT FUNDING, CLIENT FEES, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. DUE TO COVID-19 SERVICES WERE PROVIDED VIA TELEHEALTH.

SAFE PLACE AND SALINAS STREET OUTREACH PROVIDES TRAUMA-INFORMED COUNSELING AND STREET OUTREACH SERVICES TO RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THE MONTEREY PENINSULA AND IN THE SALINAS VALLEY. SERVICES INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE INTERVENTION UTILIZING "THE SEVEN CHALLENGES," SURVIVAL AID SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS, TEMPORARY SHELTER AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION OR ALTERNATE PLACEMENT. THE PROGRAMS SERVED 145 INDIVIDUALS WITH 10,507 UNITS OF SERVICE. IT IS FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS (MONETARY AND IN-KIND).THE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT CENTERS OFFER COMPREHENSIVE SUBTANCE USE DISORDER ASSESSMENT, MEDICAL EVALUATION, INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLANNING, INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING, TRAUMA AND CRISIS COUNSELING, RELAPSE PREVENTION AND COPING SKILLS, DISCHARGE PLANNING AND CONTINUING CARE SUPPORT GROUPS. IT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL ADDICTION WHILE CONTINUING WITH THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SCHOOL OR WORK. THE CENTERS ARE FUNDED BY MEDI-CAL, CLIENT FEES, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 398 INDIVIDUALS WITH 188,530 UNITS OF COUNSELING. DUE TO COVID-19 SERVICES WERE PROVIDED VIA TELEHEALTH.THE DAISY PROGRAM (DRUG AND ALCOHOL INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR YOUTH) PROVIDES SUBSTANCE ABUSE INTERVENTION AND GANG EDUCATION TO AT-RISK YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES UTILIZING THE EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM "THE SEVEN CHALLENGES." IT IS FUNDED BY THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 142 INDIVIDUALS WITH 3,169 UNITS OF COUNSELING. DUE TO COVID-19 SERVICES WERE PROVIDED VIA ONLINE PLATFORM.SAFE PASSAGE IS A 6 BED, CO-ED, DRUG AND ALCOHOL FREE, TRANSITIONAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS YOUTH AND YOUTH AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, AGES 18 TO 21. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES ONGOING ASSESSMENT, LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT AIMED AT PROVIDING YOUTH WITH A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS AND INTO INDEPENDENT ADULTHOOD. IT IS FUNDED BY HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, CLIENT RENTS, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 7 INDIVIDUALS WITH 938 DAYS OF SERVICE. THE PARENT EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES PARENTING EDUCATION CLASSES USING THE EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM "NURTURING PARENTING PROGRAM". IT IS FUNDED BY THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 150 INDIVIDUALS WITH 1,210 CLASSES. DUE TO COVID-19 SERVICES WERE PROVIDED VIA ONLINE PLATFORM.THE PATHWAYS TO SAFETY PROGRAM FACILITATES CHANGE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND REDUCES FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS THROUGH EARLY INTERVENTION WITH FAMILIES REPORTED FOR SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE WHERE REMOVING THE CHILDREN FROM HOME IS NOT WARRANTED BUT WHERE THE FAMILY IS AT HIGH RISK FOR FUTURE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ACTION. IT IS FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. THE CATS PROGRAM (COUNSELING AND THERAPY SERVICES) PROVIDES OUTREACH AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING TO INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY HIV/AIDS. IT IS FUNDED BY THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. DUE TO COVID-19 SERVICES WERE PROVIDED VIA TELEHEALTH.THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM PROVIDES PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL GROUP COUNSELING TO SELF-REFERRED AND COURT-ORDERED INDIVIDUALS. IT IS FUNDED BY CLIENT FEES, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 41 INDIVIDUALS WITH 801 COUNSELING UNITS. DUE TO COVID-19 THE PROGRAM WAS IMPACTED AS FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WERE CURTAILED AND HELD ONLINE.THE SUPERVISED VISITATION PROGRAM PROVIDES VISITATION AND EXCHANGE SERVICES TO SELF-REFERRED AND COURT-ORDERED NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. IT IS FUNDED BY CLIENT FEES, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 69 INDIVIDUALS WITH 180 VISITING HOURS. THE PROGRAM WAS IMPACTED BY COVID-19 AS FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WERE LIMITED.THE SAFE PLACE SHELTER PROVIDES HOMELESS YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES 18 AND 24 WITH A BED, A HOT MEAL, CLOTHING, AND ACCESS TO COUNSELING AND REFERRALS. IT IS FUNDED BY AN EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, A COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP GRANT AND PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. THE SHELTER SERVED 33 INDIVIDUALS WITH 896 BED NIGHTS. THE PROGRAM WAS IMPACTED BY COVID-19 DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS. SOBER LIVING IS COMPRISED OF TWO SOBER LIVING ENVIRONMENTS FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN EARLY RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE. SONOMA HOUSE IS A 5 BED RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR WOMEN AND ELM HOUSE IS A 6 BED RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR MEN. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE FOR WOMEN AND MEN TO RE-ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN THE COMMUNITY WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR SOBRIETY. IT IS FUNDED BY CLIENT RENTS, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 27 INDIVIDUALS WITH 4,416 DAYS OF SERVICE.SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROGRAM (SUPP) IS A SCHOOL-BASED COUNSELING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS. THE PROGRAM AIMS TO PROVIDE SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO STUDENTS AND TO ADDRESS AND IDENTIFY SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE ISSUES. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, ANGER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS. SERVICES INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING, CONSULTATION WITH PARENTS/TEACHERS/ SCHOOL STAFF, STUDENT AND PARENT PRESENTATIONS, INFORMATION AND REFERRALS, YATV (YOUTH ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE) PROGRAM FOR SELF-REFERRED, SUSPENDED AND/OR EXPELLED STUDENTS, ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION TEAM (ADAPT), A STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACH TO SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, AND THE SEVEN CHALLENGES DRUG INTERVENTION PROGRAM. NEW LAST YEAR WAS THE ADDITION OF VAPE OFFENSE WORKSHOPS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDED 279 INDIVIDUALS IN THE SALINAS UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND KING CITY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH 2,560 UNITS OF SERVICE. DUE TO COVID-19 SERVICES WERE PROVIDED VIA ONLINE PLATFORM.CASA DE NOCHE BUENA IS A HOMELESS SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHICH STARTED ACCEPTING GUESTS IN JANUARY 2021. THE SHELTER PROVIDES MEALS, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, LAUNDRY FACILITIES AND ASSISTANCE WITH LOCATING PERMANENT HOUSING FOR GUESTS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 31 INDIVIDUALS WITH 2,426 BED NIGHTS. DUE TO COVID-19 THE PROGRAM SAW A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS ADMITTED DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS.