8th Annual Community Health Fair – May 22, 2019

Greetings!!

San Pedro Mental Health Center is proudly hosting our 8th Annual May Is Mental Health Month Awareness Community Health and Resource Fair!

For the past eight years, San Pedro Mental Health Center has worked diligently to develop and leverage community support to help promote recovery, resilience & reintegration with the most inclusive and festive May is Mental Health event in the history of our great Department. This annual event is a large-scale collaborative endeavor that is all-encompassing and will continue to include an array of government entities vital to the well-being of our clients and community, as well as non-profit agencies and other providers specializing in the field of physical health, mental health, housing, and social services. Our MIMHM event, not only allows our consumers, but also the community at large, to interact with service providers to gather information about their services, obtain a free health screening, and/or learn about the various free/low cost resources that are available in their community. A win-win for all!

Please share our fair details with clients, colleagues and social networks!! Clients hoping to enroll or register to certain financial or housing resources should arrive with ID and Proof of Income or government award letter.

CONFIRMED SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE:
AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
Will provide free HIV testing and sexual education to the community.
CAROLYN KORDICH FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
Resources related to support for families with young children with disabilities
CITY OF LOS ANGELES – Office of the City Clerk
Information related to voting
CRYSTAL STAIRS, INC
Resources and information about childcare services, subsidy in addition to other family support services
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA
Legal services provided to individuals with disabilities
EPIPHANY COUNSELING
Mental health services for individual, family, couples and group therapy for children, adolescents & adults
FRED BROWN RECOVERY SERVICES
Fred Brown Recovery Services is a non-profit 12 Step based residential treatment program for adult men serving the community for over 28 years, helping thousands recover from the disease of addiction.
FRIENDS OUTSIDE LA
Provides services to families of those incarcerated and link them to other needed services provided by community organizations and government programs. They also provide support to inmates and ex-inmates in making a successful transition into society.
HARBOR COMMUNITY CLINIC
Primary care, OBGYN, pediatrics, mental health & case management services
HARBOR INTERFAITH SERVICES
Family Source Center provides wide array of resources such as; food pantry, child care and also provides services to those who are homeless
HARBOR OCCUPATIONAL CENTER
Information regarding educational programs such as short term career technical training, high school diploma classes, high school equivalency test preparation (HiSET), math reading and English skills remediation along English as a second language (ESL) classes.
HARBOR GATEWAY WORKSOURCE CENTER
Information for jobseekers regarding opportunities and services tailored to their individual needs.
HERITAGE CLINIC
Mental health treatment for low income adults 50+
INDEPENDENCE AT HOME, A SCAN COMMUNTY SERVICE
Will provide free stroke & thyroid screening and also provide health & wellness educational materials
LA CASA TELECARE
Urgent care walk-in mental health services who provide medication and crisis intervention services & linkage to community providers for continued care
LA CITY VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Assistance to victims of violent crime, court support, crisis intervention, information and referrals to service agencies, criminal case status update, filing for compensation programs
LA COUNTY CHILD SUPPORT SERVCIES
Assistance with child support services such as recalculation of payments and court proceedings
LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (DMH)
Mental health resources related to the 24/7 ACCESS hotline and also meet with your friendly San Pedro Mental Health Center staff who will share about their adult outpatient mental health services and case management resources. Also meet with our Health Neighborhood and Clergy representatives.
LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, FRIENDSHIP PARK NATURE CENTER
Wild animal presentation and information related to Friendship Park activities
LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (DPH)
Health education such as nutrition, emergency preparedness and hands only CPR
LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES (DPSS)
Mobile team will provide on-site CalFresh and MediCal enrollment assistance service as well as educate the community about other programs administered by their department.
LA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Information will be available regarding victims of crime program and resource guides.
LA HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY (LAHSA)
Homeless supportive services including housing assistance and case management.
LA PUBLIC LIBRARY
LAPL will provide information regarding their adult literacy and children programs, online resources, citizenship. Attendees will also be able to sign up for library cards.
LAPD MENTAL EVALUATION UNIT (MEU)/SYSTEMWIDE MENTAL ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM (SMART)
Meet with your 911 crisis LAPD/DMH emergency response team
LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES
General legal services that includes eviction defense, government benefits, family services (divorces, paternities, child custody, etc.) some immigration issues, housing, community development, veterans’ benefits, preventing homelessness and removing legal barriers to income and housing through measure H legal services. Expungements/Prop 47 applications
LONG BEACH ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA
Provide information about asthma education and about their free asthma home visitation program.
PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY COMMJNITY HEALTH AND ACTIVITY CENTER
Providence Community Health will provide blood pressure and glucose screenings along with health education and outreach to providence community benefit programs.
SAFE LINK WIRELESS
Safe Link Wireless® is a Lifeline supported service, a government benefit program for low income consumers.
SAN PEDRO LIONS CLUB
Mobile team will be available to provide free hearing and vision testing
SOUTH BAY COUNSELING CENTER (SBCC), Thrive
Free community-based doula services to pregnant teens and women who are at risk for dv, substance abuse, social isolation, anxiety, depression and other perinatal/postpartum mood disorders.
SHAWL HOUSE
Three Month substance abuse rehabilitation center for women, individual counseling, domestic violence education, life skills, relapse prevention, anger management, case management and transitional housing.
TARZANA TREATMENT CENTER
Drug treatment center, LGBTQI2-S T Transition Age Youth support, community health education & staff trainings
TOBERMAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
Family Source Center provides wide array of resources such as; food pantry, utility assistance, homeless assistance, thrift store clothing, job search, immigration & other legal services, CalFresh, CalWorks, MediCal
WILMINGTON COMMUNITY CLINIC
Community clinic offers primary care for adults, pediatric care, prenatal, dental services, behavioral health
WOMEN IN NON TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ROLES (WINTER)
Trade school education for young women and youth for transformative careers in the construction industry.
YWCA OF HARBOR AREA
Free Mammograms for women 40 +, childcare, thrift store (free clothing) & holiday assistance

We sincerely look forward to seeing you at our 8th Annual May is Mental Health Awareness Month Community Health and Resource Fair on Wednesday, May 22nd 2019 – make sure to save the date and tell a friend 

If you have any questions about this fantastic annual event please contact Maria Salas at msalas@dmh.lacounty.gov or call/text 213 334-5234