
June 2025 Newsletter: Latest News & Updates from Pacific Clinics
Thank you for reading the Pacific Clinics newsletter sharing news about our agency and the communities we serve.
Pacific Clinics employees, clients and families we serve have been impacted by the Southern California fires. For ways to give, click here: Donate to Pacific Clinics Assistance Fund
Pacific Clinics delivers high-quality behavioral health and social services to advance health equity and well-being for children, adults and families. Learn more about our life-affirming services offered on-site, at home, virtual and in the community.
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)
Individualized Complex Care Services
Neurodevelopmental Services
Intensive Community-Based Services and Wraparound
Mobile Crisis Services
Placement Supportive Services
Prevention and Early Intervention Services
Substance Use Disorder Treatment
First 5
Hope Program and Katie A Program
Support Services offer various programs to address social determinants of health, including housing and employment coaching and placement, among other critically needed services.
Thank you for reading the Pacific Clinics newsletter sharing news about our agency and the communities we serve.
Uplift Family Services is pleased to announce the receipt of a two-year $4M grant from SAMHSA, a federal agency with a mission to reduce the impact of substance use and mental illness in the United States.
We are pleased to announce the receipt of a two-year $4,000,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a federal agency with a mission to reduce the impact of substance use and mental illness in the United States. As part of the grant, Uplift Family Services, in partnership with Pacific Clinics and School Health Center of Santa Clara, will form a consortium to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Agency (CCBHA).
Our second video of the ReNew.ReFresh.Rejuviate series was created by Mental Health Therapist Brooke Dicken who explains how to cope with loss and grief during COVID-19.
We are excited to celebrate Ike Barinholtz’s appearance and $125,000 win on ABC’s newest iteration of “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire” with host Jimmy Kimmel!
Through COVID-19, Pacific Clinics’ Recovery Education Institute continues to educate the community in Orange, CA.
Through various efforts, we are helping to stop the stigma around mental, informing people on when it’s time to seek help, and also learning how some of our clinicians decompress after work.
Herman Corteza, MS, MSW, LCSW is the recipient of our 2019 President and CEO Achievement Award. Meet Herman and a team of people who share why he is deserving of this special honor.
Pacific Clinics honors generations of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who work to advance mental health and the well-being of their communities.
As essential workers, it’s critical to practice self-care and wellness to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue.
National Prevention Week is dedicated to increasing the prevention of substance use and promotion of mental health by promoting prevention year-round.
ReNew.ReFresh.Rejuvinate with Mental Health Therapist Brooke Dicken who shares four tips to help sustain relationships through the COVID19 pandemic.
In order to better address the changing landscape of behavioral health service delivery during these uncertain times, Uplift Family Services pivoted by moving to full agency implementation of telehealth within one week of California’s unprecedented shelter-in-place mandate.
“We all need help in one way or another and by reaching out, you could be stopping a child from going astray. They
Hosted by Region 9 Head Start Association, this virtual meeting focuses on effective strategies that leadership teams should consider during the pandemic. Discussion is facilitated by Wassy Tesfa, Executive Director of Pacific Clinics’ Head Start/Early Head Start and includes guest speaker Thaddeus Juarez, MD, Medical Director. Click here to learn more and register to participate.
Dr. Glenn Masuda, PhD joined Senator Susan Rubio and a panel of experts to discuss mental health for children and families during COVID-19. Listen here.
Every day at Uplift Family Services, you—our staff, community partners, regional and statewide boards, auxiliaries, donors, and supporters—live our mission to do “whatever it takes” to provide a better life for children and families in crisis. In all of our achievements and growth over the past year, we celebrate you.
Myeisha Peguero Gamiño, Chief Communications Officer
mgamino@pacificclinics.org
626-254-5000
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