PUTTING RECOVERY WITHIN REACH

COMMUNITY ACTION MARIN ASSISTS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

Services are delivered by our trained Peer Support Specialists who have lived through their own experiences with mental health challenges. This evidence-based model of support strengthens outcomes for those needing help and gives our team pathways to recovery too.

Family Partners Spotlight

“It meant so much to us to have Family Partners at our side!” - Community Member

Each day, the Family Partners team goes above and beyond to guide the whole family to improved well-being. The principles that guide them? Honor people’s strengths, meet the unique needs of each family, remain respectful, and ensure a culturallyrelevant and sensitive approach to well-being. Recently, they shared the story of a grandmother and her three grandchildren, who she is raising, and how they worked to help them overcome trauma due to parental addiction issues and

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Hcalls were made to the WARMLINE (English and Spanish) incarceration. The team’s Youth Mentors were a resource to both children and they had regular check-ins for support with the grandmother.

They worked to connect the family to local food resources, helping them get meal deliveries regularly.

Peer Support Specialists

No one can understand mental health challenges quite like someone who has faced them. Our Peer Education Program trains people with lived experience to become Peer Support

Specialists, so they can help others to overcome similar problems. The combination of this training alongside lived experience creates a powerful support for people on the path to recovery. The agency’s Peer Specialist Training is nationally certified by Mental Health America and in the state through CalMHSA.

Our peer-supported programs have helped reduce hospital visits by

50% saving taxpayers $3,000 per visit

IMPACT AT A GLANCE:

63 CLIENTS ASSISTED with crisis planning (of the 63 clients assisted, 67% reported decreased need for intensive support

180 CLIENTS RECEIVED support from our helpful Family Partners Services

40 CLIENTS EXPERIENCED our encouraging Youth Mentor Services

“MY SON WAS INCREASINGLY PARANOID, VOLATILE, AND ISOLATED, AND I NEEDED HELP. The Family Partners team helped me to navigate the county’s mental health system, join a support group, and become an advocate for what my son needed. But I needed help with rent too because of the difficulties in our family with mental health. They got me to Community Action Marin’s Safety Net Services team.

I didn’t even know this kind of help existed! Unless you’re living with someone who has serious mental health issues, you cannot fully understand how impactful it is. Because of the agency’s help, I have a path forward filled with resources and reminders to take care of myself. I am forever grateful!”

-PHYLLIS, SERVICES RECIPIENT, MENTAL HEALTH