The Center is dedicated to improving the mental health of individuals and families within the Greater San Fernando Valley by providing effective, culturally-sensitive therapeutic services, based on each consumer’s individualized needs, strengths and choices. A full continuum of behavioral health services assist clients from infants to older adults. The Center specializes in serving adults diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and youth diagnosed with severe emotional disturbance. Adult programs integrate recovery principles - hope, empowerment, self-responsibility, development of meaningful roles, and wellness activities. Children’s programs embrace the child resiliency and recovery model; staff are trained in the treatment of childhood trauma.