COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES
PO BOX 3076, MONTEREY, CA 939423076 www.chservices.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ADDICTION, MENTAL ILLNESS AND HOMELESSNESS DESTROY LIVES AND WEAKEN FAMILIES, THEREFORE COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES (CHS) PROVIDES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH THE TOOLS AND SUPPORT TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES AND CREATE LASTING CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES.

ORGANIZATION PROVIDES AT RISK YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN MONTEREY COUNTY WITH HIGH QUALITY, LOW-COST AND CONFIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESS SERVICES. CHS IS A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AND 501(C)(3).

GENESIS HOUSE IS A STATE LICENSED RESIDENTIAL DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WITH 28 BEDS FOR MEN AND WOMEN AND 8 BEDS FOR PERINATAL (PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM) WOMEN. SIX CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 5 MAY LIVE WITH THEIR MOTHERS WHILE THEY ARE IN TREATMENT. SERVICES INCLUDE MEDICALLY SUPERVISED DETOXIFICATION AND ONGOING MEDICAL SUPPORT, ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT PLANNING, INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING, RELAPSE PREVENTION, PARENTING EDUCATION, DISCHARGE PLANNING, REFERRALS TO ANCILLARY SERVICES AND AFTERCARE. LAST YEAR THE CO-ED PROGRAM TREATED 164 INDIVIDUALS WITH 8,480 DAYS OF SERVICE, WHILE THE PERINATAL PROGRAM SERVED 7 INDIVIDUALS WITH 513 DAYS OF SERVICE. GENESIS HOUSE IS ACCREDITED BY CARF (COMMISSION ON THE ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES). IT IS FUNDED BY MONTEREY COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

OFF MAIN CLINIC PROVIDES METHADONE MAINTENANCE AND DETOXIFICATION SERVICES TO ADULTS SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION TO HEROIN AND OTHER OPIATES, INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION PILLS. THE CLINIC IS STATE LICENSED AND ACCREDITED BY CARF (COMMISSION ON THE ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES). METHADONE MAINTENANCE IS A COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM THAT INVOLVES THE LONG-TERM PRESCRIBING OF METHADONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OPIOID ON WHICH THE CLIENT WAS DEPENDENT. CENTRAL TO THE TREATMENT IS COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER MEDICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SERVICES. METHADONE SUPPRESSES OPIOID WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS, REDUCES CRAVINGS FOR OPIOIDS, DOES NOT INDUCE INTOXICATION (I.E. SEDATION OR EUPHORIA) AND REDUCES THE EUPHORIC EFFECTS OF OTHER OPIOIDS SUCH AS HEROIN. LAST YEAR THE CLINIC TREATED 334 INDIVIDUALS WITH 73,516 DOSES OF ORAL METHADONE, NARCAN AND BUPRENORPHRINE AND 324,067 MINUTES OF COUNSELING. IT IS FUNDED BY MEDI-CAL, THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION, CLIENT FEES, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

THE FAMILY SERVICE CENTERS' MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS PROVIDE OUTPATIENT THERAPY FOR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. TREATMENT CONSISTS OF BRIEF OUTCOME-FOCUSED THERAPY USING BEST PRACTICES SUCH AS COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING. SERVICES INCLUDE ASSESSMENT, INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION AND REFERRAL TO ANCILLARY SERVICES. THE COUNSELING ADDRESSES A VARIETY OF ISSUES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE, BODY IMAGE, GENDER IDENTITY, GRIEF AND LOSS. THE PROGRAMS ARE CARF (COMMISSION ON THE ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES) ACCREDITED. LAST YEAR 661 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED 318,895 UNITS OF COUNSELING. THE PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED BY MEDI-CAL, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT FUNDING, CLIENT FEES, PRIVATE GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

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