What We Do
Established in 1974, Asian Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS) offers multilingual and multicultural care that centers on principles and practices that:
- Promote concepts key to strength-based recovery: hope, dignity, personal empowerment, self-determination, respect and social connection;
- Plan for each client’s individual needs;
- Reflect the cultural, ethnic, history and language diversity of our communities; and
- Remain true to our community-based roots and commitment to social justice.
More than 100 experienced and well qualified staff serve our community with professionalism and respect in 8 Asian languages. In addition ACMHS values and supports the involvement of our board, volunteers and consumers and their families. Our integrated network of services is tailored to the needs of children, adolescents, adults, families and seniors in three areas.
Behavioral Health Care Service
Behavioral Health Care Service Unit Staff
ACMHS provides comprehensive, culturally appropriate behavioral health care services for children, adolescents, adults, and their families. Our clinical staff consists of highly trained, committed psychiatrists, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and social workers who are familiar with the needs of immigrant and refugee communities. Our staff also reflects the wide spectrum of age as well as immigrant/refugee cultural status of the API communities.
Multi-disciplinary, multi-lingual services teams provide a broad range of services. Read more...
Services to the Developmentally Disabled and Their Families
Developmental Disabilities Unit Staff
Our DD Unit serves primarily monolingual API families. Services are most often provided in community settings and include assessment, case management, parent training and support, resource development, advocacy, and one-on-one training to build independent living skills. The goal is to promote normalization and consumer involvement as individuals develop to their fullest potential and live as independently as possible. Read more...
Family Support and Youth Services
Family Support and Youth Services (FSS) provides crucial support for families facing multiple barriers to greater self-sufficiency and independence. FSS works to strengthen families by addressing intergenerational conflict, substance abuse, violence, and job readiness training. Programs for “at-risk” infants and pre-school children include assessment, home visits, support groups, and school readiness. Our youth program strengthens assets of API youth to reduce prevalence of violence and associated risk behaviors. FSS is rooted in a strength-based empowerment model that draws on strong ethnic and cultural roots, family and community assets. Read more...