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A Welcome by our Senior Vice President, Shawn Jenkins

In the Loop with WestCare California

A monthly newsletter that covers

the events of our programs in:

Bakersfield - Chico - Chowchilla/CCWF

Corcoran/CSP - Fresno - Hanford

Jamestown/SCC - Represa/Folsom - Sacramento

San Diego - San Luis Obispo/CMC - Stockton

Tehachapi/CCI - Vacaville/Solano - Wasco/WSP

Issue 48 - Volume 3 - October 2016

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In This Issue

1. A Welcome by our

Senior Vice President,

Shawn Jenkins

2 - 3. California News

3 - 4. Treatment and

Rehabilitation News

4. Housing News

4 - 5. Veterans News

5. Kudos!

5. Question of the Month

6 - 8. Program Directory

“WestCare Family,

In a matter of weeks, we will be proudly presenting the 5th Annual Fresno

AIDS Walk on Saturday, October 22nd at Woodward Park in Fresno. This an-

nual event is a fundraiser for our program, The Living Room, which is Fresno’s

only social support center for those infected, affected or at risk of contracting

HIV/AIDS. This event is crucial to helping them sustain as a program, but is also

a tremendous event for spreading awareness of this disease and paying tribute

to those that we’ve lost, those that persevere and those that lead the charge for a cure. Aside from

our Spring and Fall treatment graduations, the Fresno AIDS Walk is the longest running community

event that we host as an organization. That is not to say that support is not needed. As years go by

and a true cure is not found, the need for support only becomes greater. With this said, I would

like to reach out to our entire WestCare

California family to be there for one of

our own. You can learn about the various

ways that you can support by visiting

www.fresnoaidswalk.org A great way to

do this would be to start a walking or

running team with your fellow staff. I am

happy to announce that our San Joaquin

Valley Veterans Hanford, RSMC and

Housing Services programs have pledged

to start walking teams! The event is free

to participate in with your $5 admission

to the park and will feature a 5K run and a

2K walk, both along the beautiful Lewis

Eaton Trail! Funds raised on this day will

help them cover the cost of utilities, meals

for their clients and ultimately improve

the experience of those that receive ser-

vices and refer to The Living Room as ’A

Place to Belong.’ Regardless of age, gen-

der, race, upbringing or sexual orientation,

this terrible disease affects all of us and

those that we serve in some way. I hope

to see all of you on Saturday, October

22nd at Woodward Park in Fresno.”

Sincerely,

Shawn A. Jenkins, Senior Vice President, WestCare California

Shawn Jenkins

#WestCareCA

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California News

September 2016: WestCare California Celebrates National Recovery Month!

In honor of National Recovery Month, WestCare staff and those that we proudly serve shared what recovery means to

them! Whether we’ve been through it personally or have a loved one who has, addiction affects us all. But, through in-

creased awareness, we can tell the world that treatment works and recovery happens!

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Tri-Annual Board Report Video (May - Aug)

In September, our Senior Vice President, Shawn Jenkins,

rallied the WestCare California Family together to create

our most ambitious tri-annual board report video to date

to be shown at WestCare Foundation to highlight the

“Wow points” from our previous reporting period. Thank

you to everyone that helped make this project as special

as it was! Please follow this link to view it: https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvj0ZhWOR_s

9/20 - 2016 Central California Women’s

Conference:

We were proud to have

staff from our various pro-

grams in attendance at the

2016 Central California

Women’s Conference as

well as the opportunity to

represent our organization

with an vendor booth cov-

ering all of our services.

9/13 – A Client’s Mission of Giving Back

Goes International:

On a recent furniture delivery to a newly housed family

with WINGS Fresno, a film crew from Denmark was on

hand to capture this as part of a snapshot of the various

services that are being offered to the homeless population

in Fresno, California. One of our residents and a frequent

volunteer in the community, Danny, was featured promi-

nently in their segment, which will share his great deeds

to an international audience! We are honored to be a

community partner with WINGS and look forward to

helping them serve the homeless in our community while

also allowing those that we serve to give back!

9/17 – WestCare Clients Help Make the

Walk to End Alzheimer’s a Success:

Our amazing clients

from our residen-

tial treatment facili-

ty played a tremen-

dous part in the

setup for this year’s

Walk to End Alz-

heimer’s event pre-

sented by the Alz-

heimer’s Association. They helped with the setup the day

before, early the morning of and assisted with various du-

ties on the day of the event before helping break down

after the event. The coordinators said the volunteers

were "The work horses that were needed". That’s not to

say that they didn’t have a great time while helping a great

cause. They could be seen dancing with the event’s partic-

ipants as well as joining in on the walk. The coordinators

were extremely grateful for the efforts of those that we

serve and visited our information booth at the Central

California Women’s Conference and Fresno County

Combined Federal Giving Campaign Kick-Off events later

that week just to share their appreciation with our mar-

keting staff! Amazing work, everyone!

Treatment and Rehabilitation News

9/7 - Recovery Happens Sacramento:

In honor of National Recovery Month, our residents had

an absolute blast at the 2016 Recovery Happens kickoff

event at the California

State Capitol, visiting our

WestCare California

booth, learning about ser-

vices from other provid-

ers, hearing testimonies

and coming together with

their fellow brothers and

sisters in recovery to cel-

ebrate their sobriety!

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9/19 – A Special Treat for Our Ladies in Res-

idential:

“We were able to take some of the RMSC’s female clients

to a Fresno Pacific Volleyball match. For many of the cli-

ents who were able to attend, this was their first college

sports match that they have ever been to. The clients had

a great time as well as my fellow counselor, Tracy and I!”

- Jessie Alcorn, RMSC Job Coach, MLK Residential

9/23 – WestCare Clients Gain New Skills

Through an Exciting New Class:

We are proud to see several of our clients successfully

graduate from a two week employment readiness class

presented by Catholic Charities, Diocese of Fresno and

Fresno City College! This pilot program aims to teach

prospective job searchers new skills from resume building

to job searching and more. Upon their completion of the

program, they were invited along with their loved ones to

a graduation ceremony held at Catholic Charities in honor

of their accomplishments! We would like to thank Catho-

lic Charities and Fresno City College for allowing those

that we serve to take part in and grow from this amazing

new program!

Veterans News

9/19 - 3rd Annual Central Valley Female

Veterans Stand Up:

Our staff from our HomeFront transitional living program

for female Veterans and their children were proud to be

on hand for this year's Stand Up event for female Veter-

ans! It was an empowering event and included an inspiring

keynote from Fresno County Sheriff, Margaret Mims!

Housing News

9/28 - 30 - 2016 National Zarrow Mental

Health Symposium:

Our Senior Vice President,

Shawn Jenkins, recently attend-

ed the 2016 National Zarrow

Mental Health Symposium in

Tulsa, OK along with our com-

munity partners from the Fres-

no Housing Authority to learn

more about the progress that

has been made to reach func-

tional zero nationwide among

homeless Veterans and the

chronically homeless and more we as providers can do!

Preston Prince, CEO of the Fresno Housing Authority,

even gave a presentation on how far Fresno has come!

9/23 - 4 - SoberStock XI:

Along with the other community based providers that

make up Community Partners 4 Recovery, we were hap-

py to help present the 11th Annual SoberStock concert

and recovery festival in celebration of National Recovery

Month! The event featured live music, powerful testimo-

nials, a car and bike show, Native American drummers

from our Wellbriety program and dozens of booths from

local providers including our San Joaquin Valley Veterans,

The Living Room/Fresno AIDS Walk and Housing Services

programs! It was truly another great year for all involved!

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9/21 - 22 - 26th Annual Central Valley

Veterans Stand Down:

Our San Joaquin Valley

Veterans staff from Fres-

no and Hanford were

once again a part of an-

other great Central Valley

Veterans Stand Down

event. This year’s event

featured a wonderful cer-

emony in honor of those

who have served for our

freedom including a powerful speech by Assemblyman

Jim Patterson in which he

promised to our Veterans,

"We will be your voice,

we will be there for you. It

is the least that we can do

for all that you have done

for us."

Question of the Month:

“Cat? Dog? Other Pet?

Who’s your favorite?”

Question of the Month for November:

“What’s your favorite television commercial?”

Kudos!

Virginia Sparks:

Farewell to Virginia Sparks after 16

years with WestCare California

amd almost 2 years as our Deputy

Administrator of Criminal Justice

Services!! We wish only the best

for her on her road to becoming a

Licensed Therapist! You may have

left, but you will always be a big

part of the WestCare Family!

“I would never be able to decide between a cat or a dog

because we have both in our life. I love all animals and

have been known as ‘The Animal Whisperer.’ We love

both of our girls, Fatso (Cat) and Daisy (Dog).”

– Erin Shelton, Administrative Assistant, LTOP,

Central California Women’s Facility

“1000% agree! They are our kids and we love them both

equally!” – Cleadus Shelton, Director of Contract

Compliance, Administration

“I'm defi-

nitely a cat

person! I

have 5 of

them. Their

names are

Dyna, Jam-

mies, Elsa,

Ana and

Kitty Kitty -

my son CJ named all of them with exception to Dyna,

who is just about as old as him. I am going to look into

an Autism Dog in the future but he's going to have to

like cats!” - Gabriela McNiel, Director of Marketing,

Administration

“I’ve always been a dog guy.

My wife and I love our four

legged son, Monty (Short for

Monticello). He makes our

little family complete!”

Michael Mygind,

Special Projects Officer,

Administration

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Program Directory

Fresno Office

1505 N. Chestnut

Fresno, CA 93703

(559) 251-4800

Services: Management, Administra-

tive Support, Human Resources,

Accounting/Billing, Contract Compli-

ance, IT Support, Marketing/Media,

Procurement, Creative Services

Administration

The Living Room

901 E. Belmont

Fresno, CA 93701

(559) 486-1469

Services: Case Management, Hot

Meals Program, Housing Opportuni-

ties for Persons With AIDS

(HOPWA), Linkage to Testing and

Medical Care, Social Support

Education and Prevention

MLK Residential

2772 S. MLK Blvd

Fresno, CA 93706

(559) 265-4800

Services: Men’s/Women’s Short

Term Residential, Men’s/Women’s

Long-Term Residential, Residential

Treatment Program for Women and Children (M’ella), Resi-

dential Treatment Program for Men and Children: Papa Natal,

Residential Multi Service Center (RMSC)

Y-MAX Adolescent Program

410 E. 7th St,

Suite 5, 7, 9

Hanford, CA 93230

(559) 584-8100

Services: Adolescent Outpatient

Drug-Free Program

Treatment and Rehabilitation

Liberty Plaza (Sober Living)

4605 E. Liberty Fresno, CA 93702

(559) 237-3420 Ext. 20367

Services: Sober Living for Women

Bakersfield Residential

2901 S. H Street Bakersfield, CA

93304

(661) 398-4303

Services: Men’s Long-term Residen-

Belmont Health & Wellness

611 E. Belmont Fresno, CA 93701

(559) 237-3420

Services: Admissions, Adolescent

Outpatient Drug-Free Program,

Adult Outpatient Program,

Day Reporting Center (DRC)

McKinney Plaza (Sober Living)

1388 & 1398 E. Bulldog Ln

Fresno, CA 93710

(559) 237-3420 Ext. 20367

Services: Sober Living for Men

Crisis Psychiatric Response

Services (CPRS)

209 E. 7th St.

Madera, CA 93638

(559) 673-3508

Services: Mobile emergency

department response services,

Mental health services, crisis intervention, wellness planning, dis-

charge planning, Consumer centered and team based interven-

tions, Service coordination to adults and older adults receiving

services from designated hospital emergency departments within

Madera County who are deemed appropriate for an assessment

for involuntary psychiatric treatment pursuant to California Wel-

fare and Institutions Code Section 5150

Mental Health and Wellness

Supportive Overnight Stay

(SOS)

2772 S. MLK Blvd

Fresno, CA 93706

(559) 512-6802

Services: Provide a safe, supportive

environment to spend the night for

individuals who arrive at an ER with a mental health condition

needing services that don’t require a legal hold, Case Manage-

ment and transportation to ensure client engagement with

outpatient mental health services, Linkages to outpatient men-

tal health programs and supportive services such as housing,

food stamps, general assistance and SSI

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Veterans Services

Merced

399 George Drive

BLDG. F

Merced, CA 95341

(209) 662-6073

Stockton

4545 Georgetown Pl.

Building D

Stockton, CA 95207

(209) 662-6073

Fresno

1617 E. Saginaw Way

Suite 102

Fresno, CA 93704

(559) 255-8838

San Joaquin Valley Veterans (SJVV)

Services: Drop-In and Ancillary Services, Supportive Services For Veteran Families (Services provided to Veterans through SSVF

include: Short-term case management, legal assistance, housing counseling services and placement assistance, financial planning ser-

vices, financial assistance for move in, eviction prevention, utilities, transportation, childcare and emergency supplies.)

Hanford

410 E. 7th St

Suite 5

Hanford, CA 93230

(559) 584-8100

HomeFront

3605 Eugenia

Fresno, CA 93725

(559) 266-1169

Services: Transitional housing for fe-

male Veterans with/without children for

up to two years, case management

Veterans Plaza

119 N. Calaveras

Fresno, CA 93721

(559) 241-8751

Services: Transitional housing

for male Veterans for up to

two years, case management

Housing Opportunities Housing Services

2443 S. Orange Fresno, CA 93725

(559) 241-8753

Services: Assistance with supportive housing to families who are currently or chronically

homeless, Housing programs to assist individuals and families with or without disabilities, Pro-

ject LiftOff: Housing programs for low income families with a disabled family member, Emer-

gency Solutions Grant (ESG), Fresno Madera Continuum of Care (FMCoC) Coordinated En-

try, HERO (Homeless Engagement Resource Outreach) Team.

Criminal Justice

Bakersfield

2901 S. H St.

Bakersfield, CA 93304

(661) 326-0485

Fresno

2772 S. MLK Blvd

Fresno, CA 93706

(559) 265-4800

Specialized Treatment for Optimized Programming (STOP)

Services: Case management, treatment placement in residential, outpatient and sober living, domestic violence education, voca-

tional training, pre-employment, job placement services and transportation from prison to treatment.

Chico

2585 Ceanothus Ave.

Suite 170

Chico, CA 95973

(530) 830-1180

Area 1 Area 3

Sacramento

1804 Tribute Rd.

Sacramento, CA 95815

(916) 564-4400

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Calif. Men’s Colony

CA Highway 1

San Luis Obispo, CA 93409

(805) 547-7900 Ext. 7966

Re-Entry Hub - Women’s Services: Provides 250 female in-

mates where treatment services are based on the Cognitive Be-

havioral Therapy (CBT) principles with a strong focus on contin-

ued treatment upon parole.

Folsom State Prison (FSP)

300 Prison Rd,

Represa, CA 95671

(916) 985-2561 Ext. 4086

Calif. State Prison

2100 Peabody Rd.

Vacaville, CA 95687

(707) 451-0182

Stockton

1609 N. Wilson Way

Stockton, CA 95205

(209) 642-8488

Custody to Community Transitional Reentry

Program (CCTRP)

Services: Provides treatment services to female inmates (83

in San Diego, 50 in Stockton) who have a minimum of 45 day

and a maximum of 2 years left on their sentence. We provide

an array of gender responsive trauma informed services in-

cluding substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence,

education, vocational and employment readiness.

Long Term Offender Program (LTOP) - Women’s

Services: A cognitive based program that includes substance

abuse treatment specifically structured for long-term offend-

ers who will not be released in the near future.

Central Calif. Women’s

Facility (CCWF)

23370 Road 22

Chowchilla, CA 93610

(559) 665-1408

San Diego

3050 Armstrong St.

San Diego, CA 92111

(619) 359-8266

Long Term Offender Program (LTOP) - Men’s

Services: Serves Long Term Male Offenders who will

not be released in the near future. Provides access to

cognitive behavior therapy programs, substance abuse,

criminal thinking, anger management and family rela-

tionships.

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Single Level Substance Use Disorder Treatment

(SUDT) Program - Men’s Services: Provides evidence-

based SUDT programming to male inmates who are high-risk

offenders.

Wasco

701 Scofield Avenue,

Wasco, CA 93280

(661) 758-8400 Ext 6181

Corcoran

4001 King Avenue

Corcoran, CA 93212

Tehachapi

24900 Highway 202

Tehachapi, CA 93561

(661) 822-4402 Ext 4503

Jamestown

5100 O'Byrnes Ferry Rd.

Jamestown, CA 95327

(209) 984-5291 Ext 5637

Multi-Level Substance Use Disorder Treatment

(SUDT) Program - Men’s Services: Provides multi-level

evidence-based SUDT substance abuse, criminal thinking, an-

ger management and family relationships programming for

male inmates who are high-risk offenders.