Mental Health Archives - Community Foundation Sonoma County

March 30, 2023 Strengthening Sonoma Valley: 13 Nonprofits Benefit from $500,000 in Capital Improvement Grants

Posted at 15:50h in Basic Human Needs, Featured Stories, Homelessness, Housing, Nonprofit Spotlight, Sonoma Valley Fund

Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund (Catalyst Fund) and Community Foundation Sonoma County (CFSC) are pleased to announce $500,000 in new funding for vital capital improvement projects for 13 Sonoma Valley-based nonprofit organizations. This initiative aims to support local nonprofits, many of which operate on tight budgets,...

November 10, 2022 Centering wellness: how La Plaza is helping Latinx communities heal from disaster

Posted at 12:46h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Latino Leadership, Resilience Fund

La Plaza launched into action in 2018, just one year after Sonoma County was hit by catastrophic fires and heading into some of our most challenging years with more fires, historic floods, and a years-long pandemic. Yet the nonprofit, a project grown from a leadership...

Orange background. Text: "We're here to empower the families that come to us for serbvices to create a life free of violence, and to create a happier, healthier exsisiternce for their families and their households." -Madeleine Keegan O'Connell, CEO, YMCA Sonoma County

October 27, 2020 YWCA Sonoma County: Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Posted at 12:06h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Nonprofit Newsletter, Resilience Fund

For more than four decades YWCA Sonoma County has been a safe haven for domestic violence survivors. The organization helps individuals and families through their hotline, housing, therapy services, a preschool, advocacy, and more. Founded in London in 1855, a branch was created in the...

Sonoma Valley Community Health Center employees gathered outside wearing protective medical gear.

September 22, 2020 Serving Uninsured and Underinsured People in a Time of Crisis

Posted at 09:46h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Donor Newsletter, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

From shifting toward Zoom and telephone appointments, to setting up virus testing clinics, Sonoma County’s health centers have handled the sudden changes brought on by the COVID pandemic like the champions they are. In addition to the large healthcare centers, smaller community clinics that serve...

Santa Rosa Community Health Center employees gathered around a Sonoma Community Resilience Hub poster.

September 16, 2020 Helping our Community Heal: Santa Rosa Community Health Centers

Posted at 09:35h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

For more than two decades Santa Rosa Community Health (SRCH) has provided physical and mental health services to Sonoma County’s low-income population. The organization has eight clinics across Santa Rosa, which includes a campus for dental services, and a site that serves unhoused people. According...

August 17, 2020 Taking Care of Mental Health in Times of Crisis – NAMI Sonoma County

Posted at 16:20h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

One of the first contacts many have with NAMI Sonoma County is through the NAMI Warmline, a non-crisis helpline that operates Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 5 PM (call/text 866-960-6264). Although the line is not staffed 24 hours a day, NAMI’s trained staff and volunteers return all...

July 17, 2020 Supporting Student’s Mental Health

Posted at 17:40h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

Established in 1993 by Sonoma State Professor Mark Doolittle, Support Our Students Community Counseling (SOS) continues to draw on the original mission of supporting the wellbeing of Sonoma County’s youth. “Mark created the organization with the idea that we’d keep doing exactly what we are doing:...

July 7, 2020 Feeding Seniors in Sonoma County: Meals on Wheels

Posted at 15:57h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

For more than 50 years Sonoma County’s Council on Aging has provided valuable support to the region’s older adults. Of the many services they offer, the Meals on Wheels delivery program is an essential part of keeping one of our most vulnerable population safe and...

May 7, 2020 Adapting to Shelter in Place: The Living Room

Posted at 09:49h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

Story by Dani Burlison, Photos by Erik Castro Since 1993 The Living Room has provided a safe place for unhoused women and their children to go during the day while overnight shelters are closed. In the early days, a mere handful of women dropped in, had...

March 6, 2020 Making Bilingual Therapy Affordable

Posted at 13:06h in Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

UPDATE: this article was published before Sonoma County's social distancing and shelter in place. Humanidad continues to provide mental health services during this time, and are offering remote appointments with clients. When Isela Vigil lost her Santa Rosa home in the 2017 fires, anxiety and depression...