About Us
Behavioral Health Focused Prevention
Behavioral Health focused prevention programs aim to promote the prevention and early intervention of behavioral health conditions. These programs are designed to prevent mental illness & substance misuse/abuse conditions from becoming severe and disabling by recognizing the early signs and symptoms and improving access to services and programs. With the help of diverse groups and neighborhood-based organizations, residents learn how to support each other. This strengthens the capacity of communities to reduce the stigma and discrimination of mental illness and develop and/or strengthen protective factors. Two coalitions arose from these efforts to help serve the community:
- The Stanislaus Opioid Safety Coalition aims to build a sustainable community of partnerships committed to preventing & reducing opioid misuse/abuse by promoting a culture of wellness through education, prevention, treatment, and recovery support.
- The Stanislaus County Suicide Prevention Education Coalition (S.P.E.C.) was established in December 2023 and tasked with building a community united in the effort to end deaths by suicide. The coalition aims to achieve this through awareness, prevention, education, and innovative strategies.
Prevention Programs
Prevention programs provide a set of related activities to reduce risk factors for developing a potentially serious mental illness and to build protective factors. The goal of prevention programs is to provide mental health resources, support, and services. To implement services that promote wellness, foster health, and prevent the suffering that can result from untreated mental illness. This includes the reduction of the applicable negative outcomes as a result of untreated mental illness for individuals and members of groups or populations whose risk of developing a serious mental illness is significantly greater than average and, as applicable, their parents, caregivers, and other family members.
Early Intervention Programs Early Intervention (EI) Programs
Emphasize the reduction of the likelihood of the following adverse outcomes:
- Suicide and self-harm
- Incarcerations
- School suspension, expulsion, referral to an alternative or community school, or failure to complete (inclusive of early childhood zero to five years of age, Transitional Kindergarten (TK)-12, and higher education)
- Unemployment
- Prolonged suffering
- Homelessness
- Removal of children from their homes
- Overdose
- Mental illness in children and youth through social, emotional, developmental, and behavioral services and supports in early childhood.
