San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc.

OUR MISSION The San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc., founded in 1970, is a private, non-profit agency dedicated to improving the mental health of individuals and families within the Greater San Fernando Valley community. This is achieved by providing effective and culturally sensitive therapeutic services based on each consumer's individualized needs, strengths and choices. Through its programs and services, the San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc. strives to: Facilitate and encourage the development of each consumer to his/her highest level of functioning and potential including vocational opportunities. Provide effective and culturally sens... read more OUR MISSION The San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc., founded in 1970, is a private, non-profit agency dedicated to improving the mental health of individuals and families within the Greater San Fernando Valley community. This is achieved by providing effective and culturally sensitive therapeutic services based on each consumer's individualized needs, strengths and choices. Through its programs and services, the San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc. strives to: Facilitate and encourage the development of each consumer to his/her highest level of functioning and potential including vocational opportunities. Provide effective and culturally sensitive therapeutic services based on each consumer's individualized needs, strengths and choices. Maximize the involvement of consumers and family members in planning, evaluation and implementation of services. Provide a continuum of therapeutic programs that include appropriate alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization and effectively serve consumers in the least restrictive setting possible. Provide early intervention programs that serve to prevent the onset of mental illness or the development of more serious mental illness. Eliminate negative perceptions and increase awareness and understanding of mental illness. Promote the highest level of social inclusion and community integration for all persons served. Provide education on current issues and problems in the community to citizens and community agencies.