The Peer Mentor and Parent Partner Support program is designed to help individuals living with a serious emotional disturbance (SED) or serious mental illness (SMI), who may also have a co-occurring substance use disorder. Peer Specialists include peer or youth mentors and/or parent partners who can work with a participant’s...

Orange County funds three Wellness Center locations that serve adults 18 and older who are living with a serious mental illness and may have a co-occurring disorder. All Wellness Center participants are actively working on their recovery and join in Wellness Center groups, classes, and activities. Wellness Center West also...

Serves individuals ages 60 years and older who are living with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI), experience multiple functional impairments and may also have a co-occurring substance use disorder. Many of the older adults served in this program are homebound due to physical, mental, financial or other impairments. They...

Older Adult Services provides mobile mental health services and episodic treatment services to community-dwelling older adults (60 and older) that emphasize individual needs, strengths, choices, and involvement in service planning and implementation. We seek to identify those situations which could benefit from services leading to a better quality of life...

Behavioral Health Services consists of three divisions which provide a culturally competent and client-centered system of behavioral health services for all eligible county residents in need of treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse and mental health care. The divisions include: Adult Mental Health Services, Children and Youth Mental Health...

REI serves adult participants, eighteen (18) years of age and older and currently receiving services with OCHCA's behavioral health system and their family members. REI provides trainings on basic life skills, career management and academic preparedness. It also offers certificate programs to solidify the personal and academic skills necessary to...

The Supported Employment (SE) program serves Orange County residents 18 and older who are living with serious mental illness, may have a co-occurring substance use disorder, and require job assistance to obtain competitive or volunteer employment. Participants are referred to the program and must be engaged in behavioral health services...

Updated 3/3/2025 Name Scientist/Non-Scientist (S/N) Affiliation with Institution (Y/N) Alternate Richard Chhuon S Y Marya Forster S N Gagandeep Grewal S Y Sandra Okubo* S Y Almaas Shaikh S Y Min Suh N Y Matthew Zahn S Y Regina Chinsio-Kwong S Y x Tiffany Kalaitzidis S Y x Crystal Null...

The Early Intervention Services for Older Adults (EISOA) program provides behavioral health early intervention services to older adults ages 60 years and older who are experiencing the early onset of a mental health condition and/or who are at greatest risk of developing behavioral health conditions due to isolation or other...