NTEE Code:
E- Health Care
F- Mental Health, Crisis Intervention
P- Human Services
Mission Statement:
To provide caring and comprehensive health & supportive services, linking people experiencing homelessness to individual and collective solutions, and to be a leader in creating service delivery models and solutions to homelessness. Vision: to live in a world that is just and without homelessness.
Programs:
AHCH addresses the health-related causes and consequences of homelessness through extensive outreach and free site-based services, including:
* Primary medical, dental, and specialty care
* Con Niños treatment team medical/social outreach for homeless children and their families
* ArtStreet, a community-based arts and art therapy studio project
* Harm reduction street outreach, including syringe exchange, auricular acupuncture detox, and a peer education/prevention project
* Social and behavioral health continuum
* Social Transition and Resource Services (STARS) drop-in center & social services (intensive case management and social work)
* Re-Entry Collaborative Project (REC), medication-assisted treatment for individuals addicted to opiates, recently released from jail / prison and experiencing homelessness, including comprehensive, wrap-around social services, such as housing, case management, and client advocacy.
* Counseling and therapy programs for women and men, including psychosocial rehabilitation
* Casa Los Arboles, a 12-bed social model residential recovery home for men,
* Tierra del Sol, a residential recovery program that houses 12-15 women and some children,
* Villa de Paz, 23-unit transitional housing for men and women in recovery, and housing placement and subsidies (29 units over a 12-month period) so that individuals can access affordable housing.
Board and Volunteer Positions:
Accepts inquiries about volunteering
Accepts inquiries about board member positions
Nonprofit Status:
Has 501(c)(3) nonprofit status from the IRS