Yolo Community Care Continuum

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.