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CASRA is a statewide organization of private, not-for-profit, public benefit corporations that serve clients of the California public mental health system.

Member agencies provide a variety of services that are designed to enhance the quality of life and community participation of youth, adults and older adults living with challenging mental health issues.

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The California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies

Mailing Address:
3350 E. 7th Street, #509
Long Beach, CA 90804

Email: casra@casra.org

Phone: (562) 343-2621

To reach us: use our Contact Form

Our member agencies are continually looking for new employees or volunteers to join their workforce.

To see current openings and find out additional information about CASRA's partners, please click on the agency name.

Please note that the city listed for each organization is the headquarters location. Several CASRA member agencies serve multiple service areas and sites. Check each to learn more.

• Baker Places (PRC), San Francisco
• Bay Area Community Services, Oakland
• Bonita House, Oakland
• Buckelew Programs, Novato
• Caminar, San Mateo
• Community Action Marin, San Rafael
• Commuity Connections (Volunteers), Santa Cruz
• Community Solutions, Gilroy
• Conard House, San Francisco
• Consumers Self-Help Center, Sacramento
• Didi Hirsch CMHC, Culver City
• El Hogar, Sacramento
• Hope Cooperative (Formerly TLCS), Sacramento
• Interim, Inc., Monterey
• Mental Health America of Los Angeles, Long Beach
• Mental Health Association of San Francisco, San Francisco
• Momentum for Health, San Jose
• NVCCS - Iversen Center, Chico
• Pride Industries, Roseville
• Progress Foundation, San Francisco
• Project Return Peer Support Network, Huntington Park
• San Fernando Valley CMHC, Van Nuys
• Transitions - MHA, San Luis Obispo
• Turning Point Community Programs, Sacramento
• Turning Point of Central CA - Hope House, Madera
• Visions Unlimited, Sacramento
• Yolo Community Care Continuum, Woodland

A benefit of membership in CASRA is receiving 4 hours of training for your staff. Check out our list of offerings.

Join Us to Celebrate Betty Dahlquist

After 40 years at the helm of CASRA, Betty has retired from the organization but not the mission. To honor her, CASRA is hosting a vitrual retirement celebration on Friday, September 24th at 4 PM PST. Click here to join the event on the 24th. Looking forward to sharing stories with friends and colleagues.

It's time again to shine the spotlight on five more CASRA member agencies. Please click on each and learn more about these members of the CASRA Family.

Mental Health Association of San Francisco

Momentum for Health

NVCCS - Iverson Center

Pride Industries

Progress Foundation

More to come!

Registration is now open!
Click here for more information

The theme for the Fall Conference is "Making Connections". How we connect with our world and those in it happens in many different ways. We are focusing on how reducing harmful behaviors, being employed, and having a sense of belonging all contribute to our feelings of connection and worth.

Day 1 - October 19th
Chad Costello, CASRA Executive Director wecome to the conference

PGuyton Colantuano, Executive Director from Project Return Peer Support Network, describing and exploring harm reduction

Day 2 - October 26th
Mark Erlichman, Deputy Director from the California Department of Rehabilitation, talking about the current and future plans of DOR to serve people living with disabilities

Joe Marrone, Senior Program Manager with the Institute for Community Inclusion, talking about the importance working and our role supporting the people we serve to obtain employment

Day 3 - November 2nd
Rayshell Chambers, Co-founder and COO of Painted Brain, presenting on digital literacy and its usefulness in the overall wellness of people who live with mental health conditions

Bruce Anderson, Executive Director of Core Gift Institute, exploring the Four Paths to Belonging

See you there!

‘Virtual’ Mental Health Matters Day
September 29, 2021 | 9:00am - 1:00pm Pacific Time
For the Event Flyer, Click Here

Make sure to stop by CASRA's Booth!

SOCIAL RESILIENCE

Underserved Black communities are often depicted as dysfunctional. Their resiliency has long been overlooked

From Science American
By Nancy Averett

Good Evening,” Jacqueline Mattis says, setting a glass of water down on a podium in the downtown branch of the Ann Arbor District Library in Michigan. The audience, mostly white and middle-aged, murmurs, “Good evening.”

“Oh, no, no, no, no,” Mattis says in a silky voice, holding up her hands in mock surprise. “I study religion. I study religion in the Black context, so let’s start this again: good evening!”

“Good evening!” the crowd exclaims in return. Read More

Health Care Unions Defending Newsom From Recall Will Want Single-Payer Payback

from CaliforniaHealthline
By Angela Hart - September 13, 2021

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Should Gavin Newsom survive the Republican-driven attempt to oust him from office, the Democratic governor will face the prospect of paying back supporters who coalesced behind him.

And the leaders of California’s single-payer movement will want their due.

Publicly, union leaders say they’re standing beside Newsom because he has displayed political courage during the covid-19 pandemic by taking actions such as imposing the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order. But behind the scenes, they are aggressively pressuring him to follow through on his 2018 campaign pledge to establish a government-run, single-payer health care system. Read More

“If I can turn my mess into a message and my test into a testimony, then my pain was not in vain. I am no longer a victim, but a victor! No longer merely surviving but thriving!”

Sandy Rives, CPRP, Program Supervisor
Helping Hands of Lompoc/RLC
Transitions-MHA