"URDC brings affordable health care to uninsured"
When Dr. Al Sorkin talks about the agency he helped create to bring affordable health care to uninsured, low-income families in northwest Pasadena, there’s not a trace of bravado… On May 3, URDC’s board of directors announced Sorkin’s retirement as executive director of the agency… "I have always looked for ways to integrate health and behavioral care services to best meet the overall health needs of my patients," he said. "The affiliation of URDC with Pacific Clinics is the correct approach in moving forward.."
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"Yucca Valley center hoping to give at-risk youth breather"Pacific Clinics Transitional Age Youth is a two-pronged program for young adults ages 16 to 25. The drop-in center offers a safe place for young people to socialize, do their homework, watch TV, access a computer and play pool or arcade games. It also offers kids who are homeless or nearly so a place to shower, launder their clothes and eat a meal…
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"Pacific Clinics CEO announced that the agency installed four additional Board Members"President/CEO Susan Mandel, Ph.D. announced that the agency installed four additional members to its Board of Directors. New members include Chief Marilyn Diaz, Sierra Madre Police Department.
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"Center a refuge for at-risk youth"Young adults who recently left the foster care system, homeless youth and those coping with substance abuse or mental illness all have a place at a transitional assistance youth drop-in center in the Monterey Business Center.
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"Fighting mental illness stigma"Rep. Grace Napolitano joined with Pacific Clinics officials Thursday to urge an end to the stereotyping of people with mental illnesses. "Stigma is what keeps many people from seeking the help they need," ...
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"TAY center a safe haven for homeless teens"Quentin Anderson doesn't know where he'll sleep tonight.
It could be under a bridge, in a park or under library steps, but one thing he's pretty sure of is that it won't be any place he calls home.
Quentin, 22, is homeless.
His mother died of cancer in 2006 shortly after Quentin graduated high school. . .
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"Exploring the links between spirituality, mental health"For decades, religion and psychotherapy-like oil and water-did not mix. Not anymore. At the third annual national conference on spirituality and mental health, sponsored by Pacific Clinics ...
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"Glendora Police Department's Sergeant Jamie Caldwell Honored"On October 26, 2005, Sergeant Jamie Caldwell will be recognized for his work with the city of Glendora's homeless population when he receives the 2005 "Extra" M.I.L.E.S. Award at the 14th Annual M.I.L.E.S. Conference. M.I.L.E.S. (Mental Illness and Law Enforcement Systems) is a coalition among the San Gabriel Valley Police Chiefs' Association, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Pacific Clinics...
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"Mentally ill get help from peers in new program"Gane Brooking still feels the pain of a traumatic childhood. Mark Carlisle is homeless and trying to beat a dependence on alcohol ...
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"Search for shelter: Passageways pairs the homeless with resources"Hundreds of people turned out for the 7th Annual Passageways Homeless Resource Fair in Pasadena on Friday. Designed to gather and advertise the free resources available to homeless people in Pasadena, the fair was held at Pacific Clinics' Wilson Auditorium.
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"Youth Center Funded"An El Monte youth services program, which serves homeless or mentally ill teens and young adults, will move to Irwindale on Monday to a new drop-in center. . .
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"Mental health office moves to YV"In mid-December, Pacific Clinics Twentynine Palms Child and Family services will move to a new location in Suite H at the Monterey Business Center in Yucca Valley.
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"Extraordinary residents making most of life after major setbacks"For homeless youths, especially those with mental health and substance use conditions, life on the streets is cold and dangerous and a dead end. According to the Institute for Urban Initiatives, from 24% to 50% of former foster care and probation youths become homeless within the first 18 months of emancipation. . . .
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"Hestia House a unique shelter for area homeless"There are places that serve homeless children and others that cater to homeless adults, but homeless teens and young adults may find little or no help at all. Hestia House is one exception ...
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"Bringing Homeless Youth Off the Streets"For homeless youths, especially those with mental health and substance use conditions, life on the streets is cold and dangerous and a dead end. According to the Institute for Urban Initiatives, from 24% to 50% of former foster care and probation youths become homeless within the first 18 months of emancipation. . . .
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"Pacific Clinics moves to new sites"Pacific Clinics has relocated its services from its facility at 909 S. Fair Oaks Avenue. Three outpatient programs have been formed to continue to the meet the mental health needs of Pasadena clients.
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"East Mind, West Mind"Terry Gock, director of Pacific Clinics' Asian Pacific Family Center in Rosemead, Calif., explains that the Chinese are more likely to say that they're tired or that their "chi is low" . . .
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"Throw Away Kids - Family Business"For a crash-course in area youth homelessness, the very real aftermath of failures in the state's foster care system, catch a ride with Saul Zepeda. He's an outreach worker for Pacific Clinics' Healthy Transitions Program ...
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"Healthbeat - Stress Relief"Ruben Gallegos and Kitty Galt, two outreach specialists with Arcadia-based Pacific clinics, a large mental-health service provider, said numbers are up about 25 percent at a cold weather shelter in Pasadena. Many residents have returned from previous years and have significant mental-health issues. But most newcomers to the shelter are not the traditional homeless. They are people who had jobs until the downturn . . .
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"Home, sweet home"Until the 1970's, people suffering from mental illness had little more to look forward to than a bleak, institutionalized existence, dependent on the care of others. The new Pacific Housing Development in Monterey Park ...
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"Pacific Clinics Transitional Age Youth Center Offers Hope to Youth with Mental Health Challenges in San Bernardino County"
August 5, 2009For homeless youth, especially those with mental health and substance abuse conditions, life on the streets is a cold and dangerous place. -
"Pacific Clinics therapists Provide Trauma Therapy Services "
May 5, 2009Four mental health clinicians from Arcadia-based Pacific Clinics’ Asian Pacific Family Center traveled to China just a few weeks after the devastating earthquake centered in Sichuan province May 12, 2008. Three of those individuals provided services in the most devastated areas and the fourth in two major cities in Northern China where the quake was also strongly felt. -
"2009 Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Divas to perform at Pacific Clinics Fundraising brunch at El Cholo Café in Pasadena"
March 19, 2009To raise awareness and benefit its Portals' Western Avenue Renovation Project, Pacific Clinics is holding its third Portals and El Cholo Fiesta Brunch fundraiser in Pasadena. The brunch will be held on Sunday March 29, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m, at El Cholo Café, 958 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena.. -
"M.I.L.E.S. collaboration between Los Angeles area law enforcement agencies and Pacific Clinics to be recognized for successful partnership"
March 9, 2009Thomas J. Moran, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of New York-based Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, announced today that Arcadia, Calif.-based Pacific Clinics and local Los Angeles area law enforcement agencies have been recognized with a Mutual of America Community Partnership Award for their collaboration on the M.I.L.E.S. program.. -
"Pacific Clinics' Jason West Honored with National Award for Excellence in Consumer and Family Advocacy"
March 6, 2009Jason West, Peer Partner at Pacific Clinics, is being recognized with the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare's 2009 Award of Excellence in Consumer and Family Advocacy for his outstanding ability to advocate on behalf of those overcoming mental health challenges.. -
"Alhambra Unified School District’s Gateway to Success Program receives award from M.I.L.E.S. Coalition "
October 8, 2008Remember when you were in school? Can you recall those days when you didn’t do too well in class because you didn’t get enough sleep the night before or were upset by something that happened at home? Now try to imagine what it’s like for children with mental health problems not only struggling to complete their schoolwork but faced with incredible stigma from their peers.. -
"Pacific Clinics presents its first Visionary Leadership Award at the 16th Annual M.I.L.E.S. Conference"
October 7, 2007This year, Pacific Clinics' presented its first Visionary Leadership Award for Mental Health and Law Enforcement to Chief Ronald C. Banks (ret.). The annual M.I.L.E.S. Conference, held on September 27, 2007, attracted over 330 mental health and law enforcement professionals to hear domestic violence expert David B. Wexler, Ph.D. -
"USC School of Social Work names Pacific Clinics 2006 Agency of the Year"
May 7, 2007"Pacific Clinics is in the forefront of treatment of their consumers utilizing the psycho-social model and the inclusion of current field research in their practices," stated USC School of Social Work Assistant Dean, Micki Gress, Ph.D. -
"Eighth Annual Passageways Homeless Resource Fair held at new location"
October 16, 2006Pacific Clinics President/CEO Susan Mandel, Ph.D. announced that San Bernardino County Mental Health Commissioner May Farr has joined Pacific Clinics Board of Directors. Ms. Farr has been a strong mental health advocate since the 1990's. She is very active in the NAMI Inland Valley chapter and assisted its start-up in the region.Farr's background as a nurse has proven to be beneficial in her advocacy work. -
"Pacific Clinics' Healthy Transitions program receives a $25,000 grant from"
August 11, 2005Pacific Clinics President and CEO Susan Mandel, Ph.D. announced receipt of a generous grant of $25,000 in support of its Healthy Transitions Program. The Healthy Transitions Program provides street outreach, case management, and mental health and substance abuse treatment to transitional age youth in the San Gabriel Valley.
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