What We Do

We are committed to assisting individuals and families of individuals ages 15-25 by first identifying any of the following issues and then creating a support plan by connecting the appropriate community resources to find solutions to these problem areas of their lives.

Objectives

  1. Mental Wellness Support Plans – We conduct mental health assessments and screenings to identify mental health concerns and create individualized Mental Wellness Support Plans to assist our clients with addressing the problem areas of their lives to accomplish goal achievement. 
  2. Serve as a psychiatric liaison to help clients manage their mental health conditions 
  3. Holistic Approach – We provided care that is holistic and focuses on every aspect of the lives of the individuals and families of individual we serve 
  4. Community Awareness Programs – Mindful Connection partners with other community organizations to create enriching programs to help decrease the stigma associated with mental illness and bring about awareness and education on mental health. 


Our Focus

We are committed to improving the lives and well-being of adolescents and young adults with mental/behavioral health conditions by cultivating awareness and decreasing the stigmatization that surrounds mental illness by providing our services in a way that is loving, kind, and compassionate. We have over 15 years of experience in working through the specific needs of close loved ones with mental health conditions throughout those years.


We believe in mental/behavioral health care and know it to be extremely effective when coupled with community support.  We are dedicated in our efforts to extend our knowledge and hard work to the betterment of those lives that may truly benefit from our services.

Social Issues

Poverty, homelessness, access to mental healthcare services, LQBTQ+, gender identity issues, hunger/food insecurities, substance abuse

  • Housing assistance,
  • Assistance with access to Family and Children Services
  • Substance Use Support
  • LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Support Services
  • Access to Community Resources
  • Legal Aid assistance 

Family Issues

Any sort of dynamic, behavior, and/or pattern that disrupts the household or family at large (divorce/separation, problems with siblings, parents with mental health issues, work-life balance, communication, unemployment or financial issues, child discipline, extended family) foster care and adoption, divorce/separation, problems with siblings, parents with mental health conditions, communication, financial concerns

  • Family Management Training
  • Family Support Group
  • Support for Foster Families
  • Home Skills Support 

School / Work Issues

  • We help to identify issues related to school/work such as unemployment, poor grades, higher education difficulties, bullying
  • We help to provide tutoring service to meet education requirements or goals
  • Assist with qualifications for 504 Plan or IEP 
  • Assist with college preparation
  • Work study programs
  • Job readiness/training programs
  • Support services for victims of bullying 

Advocacy for Student Mental Health

  • 70% of students in need of professional help for a mental health concern do no receive adequate treatment 
  • End Mental Health Stigma, Advocate for School Mental Health Services
  • Support Student-Led Initiatives 

Mental Health Service Support

  • Mental Health Assessment and Screening
  • Access to mental health treatment providers and services within community
  • Early detection and treatment of mental health conditions amongst the youth
  • Peer Support Services
  • Crisis Intervention

Mental Health Advocacy Services

  • Mental Health Education and Awareness within school systems
  • Mental Health Education and Awareness for the workforce
  • Talk-to-Change Community Action Initiative


Talk-to-Change Initiative

  1. A community outreach campaign for Mental Health Reform that will influence stakeholders with government, political or funding power to implement public projects and policies that primarily benefit individual communities and drive social change. 
  2.  Encourage the mental health community to be more transparent about how the experiences of those with mental illness are impacted by communities that have a lack of mental health awareness. 
  3. Acknowledgment of how the workforce negatively affects the mental health of employees, suggest recommendation to make workforce more mental strong
  4. Acknowledge the detrimental effects of lack of mental health education and awareness within school systems; impose mental health education within curriculum starting as early as grade school. 
  5. Address the need for more community organizations or non-profits to decompress the overwhelmed institutions (hospitals facilities) and governmental agencies (department of family and children services) due to an overall lack of mental health and awareness of individuals within our communities. 
  6. Address the lack of programs that directly provide services, education, and training for the environmental factors that lead to mental illness. 


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Our

Programs

These are a few of our most recent programs. Each and every year, we carry out our programs across the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, Palmdale & Lancaster areas, involving people of every age, interest, and need.