Mission
TO IMPROVE ACCESS, QUALITY OF CARE AND POSITIVE LIFE OUTCOMES OF UNDERSERVED AND INAPPROPRIATELY SERVED AFRICAN AMERICANS ACROSS ALL AGES, GENDERS AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONSTHROUGH DELIVERY OF CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION AND OTHER SERVICES WHICH ARE SENSITIVE TO CULTURAL DISPARITIES, OPPRESSION, POVERTY, AND OTHER SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.OUR SERVICES ARE PREDOMINATELY DELIVERED WITHIN SACRAMENTO COUNTY, THE GREATER EAST BAY AREA OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, CITY OF BERKELEY (SOUTH/WEST BERKELEY), CONTRA COSTA AND SAN FRANCISCO COUNTIES. WE TARGET SERVICES TO PRIMARILY VULNERABLE NO AND VERY LOW INCOME AFRICAN AMERICAN/BLACK WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO MAY BE HOMELESS AND/OR HOUSED AND IN A PERIOD OF TRANSITION IN THEIR LIVES. WE OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. ALTHOUGH SERVICES ARE PRIMARILY DIRECTED TO SUPPORT DISADVANTAGED AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, WE SUPPORT AL