How we help
We walk with clients and families through every step of the mental health system, from the first phone call to lasting recovery.
Our approach
The difficulties we have faced ourselves, and our determination to help others, drive everything we do. Advocacy and education are the principles we lean on to show that stabilization is possible for every client and their family.
We guide clients along the path to stabilization and stay with them through the entire course of recovery, connecting them with the right public and private mental health services.
Drawing on our lived experience, we help clients and families understand their options and make confident, informed choices about their care.
We track progress across ten stability indicators, turn it into clear data, and adjust our support to keep each client moving forward.
Ten stability indicators
Recovery is more than treatment alone. We assess and support ten areas that together make lasting stability possible.
Safe, stable housing is the foundation for everything else.
Access to counseling and consistent therapeutic support.
Connection to psychiatric care and medication management.
Support for co-occurring substance use and recovery.
Physical health cared for alongside mental health.
Help navigating legal issues that affect stability.
Guidance toward financial footing and access to benefits.
Reliable ways to reach appointments and services.
Pathways back to learning, work, and purpose.
Breaking cycles of repeated crisis, hospitalization, or incarceration.
Working alongside each person, we assess these ten indicators to build a clear picture of their goals and progress. We use that insight to help individuals make their own informed decisions on the path toward stability. Our role is to provide the mechanism and support that make those decisions possible.
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The Candela Group is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift helps more people across Ventura County reach stable, dignified mental health care.
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