Behavioral Wellness
Living with Love
Living with Love (LwL) is a mental health and domestic violence program designed for indigenous migrant populations. It operates under the California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP), an initiative under the California Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity, and in partnership with PARC at Loyal Marymount University and the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity.
ACCESO
The ACCESO program was created in 2019 to connect indigenous families who have children aged 0-25 years with intellectual and developmental disabilities to needed services. It is the first program of its kind in Ventura County with funding from the California Department of Developmental Services. ACCESO provides advocacy and case management with a holistic voice to help families access many services in our region. ACCESO is composed of five case managers and one outreach specialist.
Healing the Community
"Healing the Community" (Curando la Comunidad in Spanish or Na' Sanaeé Nañueé) is a program that aims to integrate traditional Indigenous wellness and healing practices with local behavioral health services to alleviate symptoms of anxiety, stress, and depression. This initiative is based on the Curando el Alma research project, which validated the effectiveness of these practices. The program relies on various traditional indigenous practices, such as plant medicine, energy work, and vapor baths, which are shared by curanderas and healers and practiced by trained community promotoras.
Opportunities for Youth (OFY)
Opportunities For Youth (OFY) is a new pilot program that provides support services to Unaccompanied Minors who have been detained at the US Border and need assistance after they have been released to a sponsor in Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties. Through case management, mentoring and resource navigation services, OFY's goal is to help nurture youth's social-emotional well-being, assist them in integrating into their new communities, and to ease their reunification with sponsors.
Voz de la Mujer Indigena
Funded by the Community Development Block Grant, Kaiser Wellness Foundation, and Esperanza United, Voz de la Mujer Indígena (Voz) collaborates with MICOP’s Wellness Programs to address domestic violence among Indigenous communities. Voz de la Mujer Indigena provides culturally and linguistically responsive education on domestic violence to Indigenous survivors, creating safe spaces of peer support for DV survivors and providing case management and referrals to local safety net systems