Yolo Community Care Continuum

A nonprofit organization

$7,987 raised by 30 donors

80% complete

$10,000 Goal

Since 1979, Yolo Community Care Continuum has been providing community based mental health support services. The organization was founded when a small group of concerned parents gathered to resolve a dilemma they shared. Each of the parents had young adult children who had been diagnosed with mental illnesses too severe to be cared for at home. They believed it would be beneficial to their children if they could live close by, in a community setting, while receiving the professional support necessary to avoid institutionalization. These parents decided to create a place that felt like home, where their children could get the professional treatment and compassionate support they needed to live as productive lives as possible. Their vision has become a statewide model of mental health care. The philosophy of our founders is still reflected today in the agency's mission: to better the lives of people with a mental illness through direct services, advocacy, education, and volunteer efforts.

To meet this mission, YCCC manages 8 different programs offering compassionate, innovative direct services to clients. Each component of our service continuum is designed to meet each client's needs at specific points in the recovery process. Our programs provide a continuum of service including residential treatment, supportive housing, and support and referral for mentally ill, dual-diagnosis and homeless clients. 

  1. Safe Harbor Crisis House and Cornerstone Crisis Residential are short-term crisis residential treatment facilities that provide crisis intervention in a supportive, group living environment for adults who are experiencing acute emotional distress.
  2. Farmhouse and Farm-to-Mouth are rehabilitative treatment facilities which provides a supportive group living environment for adults who are transitioning from a locked residential facility to a community-based setting.
  3. Supported Housing Program has five houses and two apartment complexes which offer permanent residence and support services for individuals with a psychiatric disability.
  4. Harmony House is an adult residential facility with a treatment component program that offers mentally ill individuals a group living environment. Adults live at Harmony House cooperatively, learn the skills necessary to live independently while receiving support as needed from highly trained Mental Health Workers.
  5. Solano House is an adult residential program that offers two unique programs. Both programs serve individuals with severe mental illness. Solano House Foundations is a long-term program that will support individuals that have been appointed by the mental health court. Foundations will provide mental health clients with the environment to learn about and live with their mental health conditions
  6. Haven House Interim Care Program is a short-term medical respite care facility that offers homeless individuals a quiet and secure environment to focus on improving their health. The stable, shared-living environment at Haven House allows residents to obtain outpatient services that would otherwise be unavailable to them, such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, or home health care. Additionally, residents receive transportation to health-related appointments and are linked to community resources to assist them upon release from the program.

In addition to providing direct services, our agency is actively involved in advocacy efforts on behalf of persons with mental illness by addressing their health, social, emotional, economic and vocational needs in their communities. We understand a diagnosis is not a destiny.

Mission

Yolo Community Care Continuum is a non-profit organization established to better the lives of people with a mental illness through direct services, housing and homeless services, advocacy, education and volunteer efforts. Yolo Community Care Continuum excels as a dynamic presence in our community. Our goal is to provide client driven services that assist people in attaining the highest level of mental health possible.

Needs

Funding of $50,000 per year is needed for housing support services.

General funds are needed to help with transportation, property management, indirect expenses, and personal essentials for clients.

Energetic people with compassion for individuals living with mental illness and/or homelessness are needed to fill open vacancies on the Board of Directors.

Funding of $5,000 per year is needed to continue the Farm to Mouth program.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Yolo Community Care Continuum

other names

YCCC

Year Established

1980

Tax id (EIN)

94-2623205

Mission Category

Mental Health & Crisis Intervention

Operating Budget

$5,000,001-$10 million

Organization Need

Board Members, Funding: Program, In-Kind Donations, Funding: Unrestricted

Demographics Served

Individuals with disabilities, Homeless/Underhoused/Unhoused

BIPOC Leadership

Executive Director/CEO

Local Counties Served

Placer, Yolo

Address

285 W. Court St 207
Woodland, CA 95695

Service areas

Yolo, CA, US

Placer, CA, US

Solano, CA, US

Sacramento, CA, US

Phone

530-758-2160

fax

530-758-1386

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