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2013 ANNUAL REPORT Building for a Better Future by Kita S 2013 ANNUAL REPORT Building for a Better Future by Kita S. Curry, Ph.D. President/CEO Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and I are cutting been built on top of boulders in a dried-up the ribbon at the dedication of a renovated riverbed. Our contractor shot in a foam-like wing at Via Avanta. There, homeless mothers in substance that hardened and created a solid residential treatment for substance abuse now base for the future. Didi Hirsch does similar also receive mental health services with the work above ground. It’s impossible to foresee goal of rapidly securing a permanent home. or avoid all life’s boulders. But it is possible to help children and adults develop coping skills Adding a mental health component meant they can draw on now and in the future. creating a separate treatment space, a second set of charts and another software system. We are grateful to our friends and clients We didn’t let that stop us. Integrating health who appear in this Annual Report. Their care is one of our strategic goals. We can no successes prove treatment works and longer treat the body as if it were divided highlight the importance of family, friends into compartments just because government and other supports. Fathers like Gerardo regulations and funding streams do. who recognized the symptoms of PTSD in his 4-year-old son because of his training This approach will gradually disappear now as a Marine. Friends like Erasing the Stigma that parity laws mandate equal coverage for honoree Jeff Greenberg who has helped mental illness, substance abuse and “physical” musicians struggling with addiction for disorders. But change takes time, no matter 25 years. Persistent staff like Wendy’s what the law says. employment counselor who didn’t give up The same bifurcation of care exists in when Wendy felt paralyzed by her depression. outpatient clinics. Psychiatry is not a covered Every time we help parents like Wendy, we service for individuals who enter through the lay the foundation for a positive outcome for substance abuse door, even though therapy their children. Early intervention also is at the combined with medication is now the gold heart of the new national Disaster Distress standard for substance abuse treatment. Didi Helpline. Along with four other centers, we will Hirsch isn’t letting that obstacle compromise help disaster victims cope with their emotional care either. We will offer both types of service distress before it negatively affects family life at our outpatient clinics, so that referrals to or turns into more serious problems. psychiatrists will appear seamless to clients. Help and hope are the ingredients necessary to For both individuals and institutions, prove true an observation made by the author perseverance in the face of obstacles is of The Little Prince: “A pile of rocks ceases to the hallmark of resilience. In the midst of be a rock when somebody contemplates it renovations, we discovered Via Avanta had with the idea of a cathedral in mind.” A New Lease on Life The opening of the Zev Yaroslavsky Family Wing marks a new chapter in the history of Via Avanta’s services for homeless mothers Left to right: Lee Baca, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, Dr. Kita S. Curry, Zev Yaroslavsky along with other County officials, worked will benefit 60 homeless women and about with Didi Hirsch for two years to create 100 children over the next two years. Project 60 Women & Children, which helps The new Zev Yaroslavsky Family Wing, mothers regain their health, become more which includes a bright and spacious living effective parents, and secure permanent room, family suites and new treatment housing while their children develop offices, was dedicated on Nov. 22. Didi healthier attachments and get “back on Hirsch Board Chair Michael C. Wierwille track” developmentally and emotionally. kicked off the festivities, saying, “This To make Project 60 a reality, Via Avanta project brings a new dimension to efforts needed to remodel its aging facility. Thanks to end homelessness.” to the generosity of Supervisor Yaroslavsky Supervisor Yaroslavsky spoke glowingly and other funders, Via Avanta underwent about the project. “Didi Hirsch has the an extensive renovation to create new Homeless women with children and Via Avanta has been a haven for women experience and expertise to assure its mothers-to-be who have serious mental with substance use problems and their treatment and living spaces. The program illness and substance use disorders face children for more than 30 years, but a severe challenges in finding effective new project has allowed us to expand the treatment and care. In the current services we provide to include homeless healthcare system, they must get care women who also have serious mental illness. for addictions and mental illness from Key to the project’s development was Los separate providers. Angeles County Third District Supervisor What these families need for real recovery Zev Yaroslavsky, who has long recognized is an integrated program that combines that without a roof over your head, it is dual-diagnosis treatment, family therapy hard to take advantage of services that and rapid re-housing. Nothing of its kind get you back on your feet. He and his staff, existed in Los Angeles County—until now. success,” he said. “I look forward to Facility renovations were generously seeing once-vulnerable families leave Via supported by the County of Los Angeles, Avanta with a home and all the social Third District; The Ralph M. Parsons support that comes from being rooted in Foundation; The Ahmanson Foundation; a community.” City of Los Angeles, Council District 7; and the California Health Facilities Financing Other speakers included: Dr. Curry, Authority. Staff training and treatment L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca, California for female veterans was funded by the Assemblymember Raul Bocanegra, L.A. Veterans Healing Initiative. L.A. County 2013 EXECUTIVE STAFF Department of Mental Health Chief Deputy Department of Public Health’s Substance Director Dr. Robin Kay, and L.A. County Abuse Prevention and Control program Department of Public Health Director Dr. and the L.A. County Department of Mental Jonathan Fielding. Health fund ongoing services. PRESIDENT/CEO Kita S. Curry, PhD MEDICAL DIRECTOR Curley L. Bonds, MD VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES Cynthia Bryan, SPHR VICE PRESIDENT OF CLINICAL OPERATIONS Lyn Morris, MFT VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS Michael A. Gassis, MA VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION John P. McGann, CPA VICE PRESIDENT OF BEST PRACTICES Rebecca J. Gaba, PhD, MFT VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT Joel Safranek, MA, MFA Didi Hirsch 2013 Annual Report Design & Layout Joey Buda Stories by Kim Kowsky Prepress Curtis Hill Clockwise from top: Attendees listen to speeches; Assemblymember Raul Bocanegra; Group photo (left to right): Printed by Weber Printing Co. Michael C. Wierwille, Kathleen Price, Dr. Robin Kay, Flora Gil Krisiloff, Dr. Kita S. Curry, Zev Yaroslavsky, Mary Marx, Dr. Jonathan Fielding, Lee Baca HELP Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text: TalkWithUs (‘Hablanos’ for Spanish) to 66746 IN TIMES OF When disaster strikes, people suffer many In a highly competitive process, Didi types of loss. Loved ones may have died Hirsch was one of only five core crisis DISASTER or be missing; food, shelter and clothing centers in the nation selected to provide suddenly become scarce; precious crisis counseling on the Helpline, and the mementos vanish. only one with the ability to provide 24/7 Didi Hirsch’s Suicide Prevention Center becomes one of five Core services in both English and Spanish. Region Centers for the nation’s first Disaster Distress Helpline. Even survivors who escape a loss of life or property suffer when disaster strikes. More than 180 volunteer crisis counselors Disruptions to their daily routines can and their supervisors at Didi Hirsch’s make people anxious or angry. Some have Suicide Prevention Center received trouble sleeping or need help dealing with intensive online training in disaster relief clingy children or strained relationships. and trauma-focused “psychological first aid” to prepare them to take calls or texts These are all normal reactions to abnormal from people struggling to cope with man- circumstances. A little help early on can made or natural disasters. make a world of difference for everyone. For some, early intervention can prevent “We have always helped out after local their distress from turning into full-blown disasters such as the ’94 earthquake and illnesses like depression or Post-Traumatic Santa Monica Farmers Market tragedy,” Stress Disorder. said Didi Hirsch President/CEO Dr. Kita S. Curry. “But now, as part of the The Disaster Distress Helpline is the first Disaster Distress Helpline, we can reach national hotline dedicated to providing survivors of disasters wherever they occur support and resources to people with and provide the kind of support they disaster-related emotional distress. otherwise might not receive.” Without social support, disaster victims are more likely to develop PTSD. This initiative is under the auspices of the federal government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and is funded by Link2Health Solutions, Inc., which administers the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Disaster Distress Helpline. A father and his daughter take refuge after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Image courtesy of The Los Angeles Times. Over 92% of mothers who are homeless have experienced severe physical or sexual abuse in their lifetime. Four years ago, Karina was desperate to get her life together. FINDING Depressed, homeless and drug-addicted, Eventually, Karina felt better, stopped the young mother was under a court using drugs and completed a 12-week order to get mental health counseling to parenting class where she learned how to keep custody of her 3-year-old son, but cope with stress, better ways of reacting couldn’t find any affordable services.
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