Wellness Center – South – California

This is a nationally recognized program that offers an array of groups, classes and resources to increase the wellness of the Orange County community through four key areas Physical, Emotional, Spiritual and Social/Community. The mission of the Wellness Centers (WCs) are “To provide a safe and nurturing environment for each individual to achieve their own vision of recovery while promoting acceptance, dignity and social inclusion”. WCs are entirely peer run programs with each member of the staff having “lived experience” with mental illness, substance use or both and working with their own recovery. Members of the Centers must be 18 years or older, reside in Orange County and are seeking Mental Health Services now or in the past. WCC and WCS each offers 100 groups a week from Arts and Crafts to Yoga, positive thinking, DBSA, AA, Social Hour and a number of Community Integration groups. Bowling, nature hikes, walk about trips to museums, gardens are a few of the excursions offered at the Center.”

Wellness Center – Central – California

This is a nationally recognized program that offers an array of groups, classes and resources to increase the wellness of the Orange County community through four key areas Physical, Emotional, Spiritual and Social/Community. The mission of the Wellness Centers (WCs) are “To provide a safe and nurturing environment for each individual to achieve their own vision of recovery while promoting acceptance, dignity and social inclusion”. WCs are entirely peer run programs with each member of the staff having “lived experience” with mental illness, substance use or both and working with their own recovery. Members of the Centers must be 18 years or older, reside in Orange County and are seeking Mental Health Services now or in the past. WCC and WCS each offers 100 groups a week from Arts and Crafts to Yoga, positive thinking, DBSA, AA, Social Hour and a number of Community Integration groups. Bowling, nature hikes, walk about trips to museums, gardens are a few of the excursions offered at the Center.

The Peer Mentoring Program – Orange County – California

The Peer Mentoring Program is a peer run program that assists consumers with mental health conditions to pursue mental health recovery goals. Peer Mentors work alongside consumers to enhance their recovery by focusing on client strengths, modeling recovery practices, and empowering consumers to eliminate the stigma of mental illness.

• Track 1 – Assists Adults and Older Adults with serious and persistent mental illnesses who are referred by county and county-contracted Mental Health Clinics to achieving recovery goals.
• Track 2 – Assists Adults and Older Adults with serious and persistent mental illnesses who are pending discharge from inpatient services at the County Crisis Stabilization Units or regional hospitals to provide linkage to outpatient mental health services within the County of Orange Behavioral Health System

CalWORKS – Orange County – California

CCS-CalWORKs helps participants remove Mental Health and/or substance abuse “barriers” to employment to aid the progress of moving from welfare to active participation in employment activities. CCS-CalWORKs has been providing these much-needed Mental Health and substance abuse services to CalWORKs recipients for the past 16 years. Clinics in Santa Ana and Westminster offer services to Orange County residents at multiple locations. Participants must be California Welfare recipients with Mental Health and/or substance abuse issues and enrolled in CalWORKs or Cal-Learn programs. CCS-CalWORKs provides Evaluation and Assessment Services, Individual and Group Therapy, Crisis Intervention, Case Management, Family Support and Education and Referrals to Community Resources. CCS-CW Evidenced Based Practice (EBP) Services offered: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Seeking Safety and Active Parenting.

Camino Nuevo Adult Recovery Center – California

Camino Nuevo Adult Recovery Center provides recovery-oriented services for Medi-Cal eligible adults (18 and over) with a serious and persistent mental illness living in Orange County. Camino Nuevo is an open access site, which takes walk-in referrals and consumers referred through the Orange County Health Care Agency. Services provided are coordinated, effective and comprehensive. Camino Nuevo provides all services in Spanish and English and all staff are bicultural/bilingual. Camino Nuevo provides Evaluation and Assessment Services, Psychiatric Treatment Planning, Psychiatric Follow-Up Care, Individual and Group Therapy, Crisis Intervention, Intensive Case Management, Medication Support, Family Support and Education, Recreational and Clubhouse Activities, Vocational and Educational Support, Referrals to Community Resources, and Weekly Consumer Advisory Board Meetings.

Anaheim Recovery Center – Adult – California

Provides recovery-oriented services for Medi-Cal eligible adults (18 and over) with a serious and persistent mental illness living in Orange County. Consumers are referred through the Orange County Health Care Agency. Services provided are coordinated, effective and comprehensive. The Recovery Center provides Evaluation and Assessment Services, Psychiatric Treatment Planning, Psychiatric Follow-Up Care, Individual and Group Therapy, Crisis Intervention, Intensive Case Management, Medication Support, Family Support and Education, Recreational and Clubhouse Activities, Vocational and Educational Support, Referrals to Community Resources, and Weekly Consumer Advisory Board Meetings.

Opportunity Knocks FSP – Orange County – California

Opportunity Knocks is a volunteer mental health program providing outpatient services for individuals between the ages of 18-59, with severe and persistent mental illness, recent history of incarceration due to mental illness, and are currently homeless or at risk of homelessness. Our services include intensive case management, psychotherapy, skill-development groups, medication management, vocational linkage, temporary housing support, benefits processing, and outreach and engagement.

Oasis FSP – Orange County – California

Oasis is a volunteer mental health program providing outpatient services for individuals ages of 60 and over; with severe and persistent mental illness, with functional impairment in daily living due to mental health symptoms, and are currently homeless or at risk of homelessness. Our services include intensive case management, psychotherapy, skill-development groups, medication management, vocational linkage, temporary housing support, benefits processing, and outreach and engagement.

Recovery Support / MHSA Consumer Learning Center – Kern County – California

Clarvida provides peer-led activities in learning centers intended to be recovery based to empower individuals ages 18 and older suffering from mental illness or who have a significant person who suffers from mental illness. The learning centers offer education classes, support groups, self-help, peer support activities, recreational and volunteer opportunities, forums, and socialization events.