Pacific Clinics

PACIFIC CLINICS PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATIONAL, HOUSING AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, AND HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS.

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR SERVICES TO CHILDREN, YOUTH, ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS. THE FULL ARRAY OF SERVICES COVERS SEVERAL COUNTIES AND INCLUDES PSYCHIATRIC/PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, PSYCHOSOCIAL PROGRAMS, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, MEDICATION EVALUATION AND MONITORING, HEALTH NAVIGATION, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND INTEGRATED TREATMENT FOR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS. WHEN POSSIBLE, THIS PROGRAM EMPLOYS PEER ADVOCATES/FAMILY ADVOCATES TO ASSIST TREATMENT STAFF IN REACHING SPECIALIZED POPULATIONS IN A MANNER THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THEIR NEEDS AND CULTURE. DURING THE PERIOD ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2022 THE AGENCY'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 12,120 CLIENTS, 8.08% (AGES 0-5), 23.31% (AGES 6-15), 24.751% (AGES 16-25), 32.06% (AGES 26-59), AND 11.67% (AGES 60+) .13% UNKNOWN. THE RACIAL MAKEUP WAS APPROXIMATELY 48.38% HISPANIC, 14.47% ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER, 10.51% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 15.72% WHITE AND 10.92% OTHER/UNKNOWN.NOTE: EXPENSES CONSIST OF DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSES.

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START SERVICES: PROGRAMS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THESE PROGRAMS SERVE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND PRESCHOOL CHILDREN UP TO FIVE YEARS OF AGE. CHILDREN WHO ATTEND HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START AND STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS ENGAGE IN VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; RECEIVE ACCESS TO PHYSICAL, DENTAL, VISION AND OTHER CARE, AND GROW MENTALLY, SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, WHILE IMPROVING COGNITIVE SKILLS.THE CAPACITY OF THE AGENCY'S HEAD START PROGRAM IS 286 CHILDREN OF WHICH 254 ARE CENTER BASED AND 32 ARE FAMILY CHILD CARE HOMES. THE CAPACITY OF THE EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM IS 190 CHILDREN, OF WHICH 99 ARE CENTER BASED AND 91 ARE HOME BASED. - THE CAPACITY OF THE COMMUNITY CARE PARTNERS PROGRAM IS 209 CHILDREN, OF WHICH 41 ARE CENTER BASED AND 12 ARE HOME BASED AND 156 ARE FAMIL CARE HOMES. THE PROGRAM EMPHASIS IS ON GROWTH OF HIGH EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN AND ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. FACILITIES FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE BASED IN THE CITIES OF GLENDALE AND PASADENA IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THE ORGANIZATION HAS VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION, SUCH AS HOUSING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND PROBATION.HOUSING: PACIFIC CLINICS RECEIVES FUNDING TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS. THE POPULATION SERVED IS HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. SERVICES INCLUDE STREET OUTREACH TO HOMELESS PERSONS, INCLUDING CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND LINKAGES. THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL STABILITY, INCREASED SKILLS OR INCOME AND GREATER DETERMINATION.PACIFIC CLINICS (PC) RECEIVES FUNDING TO PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. THE TARGETED POPULATION FOR THIS PROGRAM IS YOUNG ADULTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE EMANCIPATED FOSTER YOUTH, WHO HAVE BECOME CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO: ASSIST SUBSTANCE ABUSERS TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AND MAINTAIN THEIR SOBRIETY, ASSIST MENTALLY ILL AND DUALLY DIAGNOSED PARTICIPANTS WITH PROPER TREATMENT AND MEDICATION, AND ASSIST EMPLOYABLE PARTICIPANTS WITH PREPARING FOR, FINDING AND MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT. PROBATION: PACIFIC CLINICS COLLABORATES WITH PROBATION ON VARIOUS PROJECTS, ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS A SCHOOL-BASED GANG PREVENTION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AGE AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TO CHILDREN AND YOUTHS AT SCHOOL SETTINGS. IT IS PRIMARY PREVENTION STRATEGY TO REDUCE THE RISK FOR GANG, VIOLENCE, AND OTHER DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR INVOLVEMENT AMONG THESE CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.