WestCare's mission is to empower those they serve through a process of healing, growth, and change. They are dedicated to continually improving and strengthening the quality of their services. WestCare addresses a variety of at-risk populations through multiple programs, including substance abuse treatment, mental health services, and transitional housing for homeless youth. The Alpha Zeta Phi program provides housing and support services to help pregnant and parenting homeless youth gain life skills and independence.

1. “Uplifting the human spirit”

2.  WestCare’s mission is  WestCare devotes
to empower our best collective
everyone whom we and individual efforts
come into contact to uplift the human
with to engage in a spirit by consistency
process of healing, improving,
growth and change, expanding and
benefiting strengthening the
themselves, their quality, efficacy and
families, coworkers cost-effectiveness of
and communities. everything we do.

3.  Excellence: Our first priority is to provide the highest
quality service to the people and community we serve.
We value and reward success & are committed to
continual improvement in all we do. We have the
willingness to succeed, and we have the means to
create and foster success for ourselves, our
coworkers, and those we serve.
 Dedication: We are committed to doing what it takes to
get the job done ethically and efficiently. We are
committed to hard work. We are passionate about
what we do. We are compassionate with our coworkers
and everyone we serve.
 Growth: We are committed to learning and continuous
improvement. We recognize that growth is a dynamic
process, not an event. We recognize that the key to
success is meeting our goals and building the resources
we need to fulfill our mission.
 Ethical Behavior: We value and expect integrity in every
aspect of our work and will accept nothing less.

4.  WestCare addresses a
variety of at-risk
populations
 Some include:
› Men & women
inpatient/outpatient
drug and alcohol abuse
programs. (short & long
term)
› Adolescent Outpatient
Drug-Free Program
› Alpha Zeta Phi-
Transitional Living Facility
for pregnant and
parenting youth

5.  Crisis Psychiatric Response  Education & Prevention
Services (CPRS) (HIV/AIDS)
 The Living Room Project  San Joaquin Valley
(people affected with Veterans Project
HIV/AIDS)  OPTIONS Daily Access
 SMART 2 (reduce the risk of Program (develops skills for
abuse or neglect of consumers with serious
children by substance- psychiatric conditions)
abusing caregivers)  Substance Abuse Services
 Los Servicios de WestCare Coordinating Agency
California (SASCA) Program (Provides
 Padawans (Prevent intensive case
alcohol & drug Abuse to management services for
non-traditional students) substance-abusing
 Violent Heintz Education parolees)
Academy  YMAX (substance-abusing
teens)

6. o What’s significant
about WestCare is that
we work with just about
every population. Most
agencies focus on
substance abuse, or
foster care, or mental
health, or veterans
while WestCare does it
all.
 Each program is unique
and completely
different and that is
what I like most about
the agency.

7.  I have had the pleasure of visiting quite a few
of the programs.
 I was able to visit/shadow at the impatient and
outpatient facilities for both women and men,
SMART 2, San Joaquin Valley Veterans Project,
OPTIONS, Substance Abuse Services
Coordinating Agency (SASCA) Program ,
Violent Heintz Education, Academy,YMAX and
Alpha Zeta Phi.
 Through all the programs I have learned so
much. Each program, different and unique in its
own way, has exposed me to populations that I
never thought about working with.

8.  I am currently interning for AZP which is a
transitional living program for pregnant and
parenting (homeless) youth between the
ages of 16-21.
 The young women are required to
complete their education (high school
diploma or GED), be employed, or both.
 They also take part in parenting and basic
life skills classes.
 Funded by the Administration for children and
families, Runaway, homeless, youth services
and Family and youth bureau.

9.  Life skills assessment  Health services
 Case management  Counseling
 Positive living skills  Budget & money
 Parenting skills management
 Substance abuse  Employment
counseling assistance
 Child development  Mental health services
services  Tobacco cessation
 Transitional living program
programs  Transportation
assistance

10.  Responsibility
 Independence
 Support
 Empowerment

11. Director (MSW)
Case Manager
House Manager
Child care specialist

12.  The young women pay rent  The women also have EBT which
but it is only 10% of their is how they get food. To assure
they are getting groceries that
income.
they NEED they have to make a
 If they receive $400 in grocery list and it is approved
cash aid their rent is $40 by the case manager. They turn
 If they receive $200 in in all receipts.
cash aid their rent is $20  They can make a funds request
 Then 25% is given to them for at anytime for clothes, shoes,
necessities. etc and the money will be
taken from their savings
 65% is put into a savings
accounts.
account for them. The money
 The young women are allowed
is given to them after the exit
up to 2 kids. The program
the program to help them
cannot accommodate more
start living on their own. Some
than 2 kids per mother.
girls have left with up to $4000.
 They program holds up to 9
young women at a time.

13.  This programs goal is to
provide homeless young
women with the necessary
skills, resources and support
to live independently while
becoming self-sufficient.
 The AZP also seeks to
provide pregnant and
parenting young women
with the support and
assistance needed to
ensure the health and well-
being of their child,
effectively parent and
successfully maintain a
household.

14. WestCare is the home for many different faces and continuously works to uplift the
human spirit.