Caminar Connections: March 2024

“We do not give up on our clients. We will help them... until our last effort is exhausted. That to me is certainly a strength.”

‍FY 22-23 Impact: Thank you for joining us on our mission!

“We do not give up on our clients. We will help them... until our last effort is exhausted.
That to me is certainly a strength.”

-Caminar Case Manager

We recently published our Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Impact Report.and invite you to review it if you haven't already.

Thank you for your ongoing support of Caminar, our clients, and our mission!

New Caminar Press Release: Empowering 31,000 Lives Annually

Empowering 31,000 Lives Annually: Caminar's Impact Report Unveils Ongoing Commitment To Bay Area Mental Health Needs
Local behavioral health organization continues building strength and stability through comprehensive mental health and substance use treatment

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Caminar, a leading Bay Area behavioral health care agency, today released its annual Impact Report for the fiscal year 2022-2023. Over the last twelve months, Caminar's programs and services reached more than 31,000 youth, adults, and families across six Bay Area and Northern California counties through services that include counseling, addiction treatment, housing support, and education programs.

Please read the entire press release here.

Caminar in the News: Mark Cloutier, Forbes Nonprofit Council Article

Our CEO, Mark Cloutier, is an official member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council. His first thought-leadership article was recently published, “Social Media and Youth Mental Health: Are You Worried Yet?”

In the article, Cloutier states: “We can no longer overlook the abundance of warning signs and risks to adolescent mental health posed by social media. With up to 95% of youth ages 13 to 17 using a social media platform, the issue has become so concerning that the Surgeon General issued a warning. Yet the warning signs continue to mount.”

You may read the entire article here.

Caminar in the News: California's Prop. 1 Measure Too Close To Call

As California awaits the final results of Proposition 1, our CEO, Mark Cloutier, was interviewed by San Jose Spotlight on the topic.

According to the article, California’s Prop. 1 Measure Too Close to Call, "Mark Cloutier, CEO of mental health nonprofit Caminar, said in a perfect world, there would be funding for all mental health needs, but said he supports Prop. 1 with its funding shifts because it could expand services for a critical state population. 'The net of this, as painful as it is, is a trade-off that I think we have to take given the extreme emergency of unhoused people with untreated behavioral health disorders,' he told San José Spotlight."

Read the entire article here.

You can also read Mark's San José Spotlight op-ed, "Without Prop. 1, our dire housing and untreated mental health crisis will get worse" here.

Save the Date

Please save the date for our 60th Anniversary In Celebration with Caminar!

Saturday, Oct 5, 2024
6 - 9:30 pm
Hotel Nia

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