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no more deafened ears and blinded eyes...
The Opportunity Project's Community Intervention Program is aimed at developing clinically quantifiable parameters and evidence based practices for treating the needs in our communities regarding the rise of random (lone wolf) acts of violence and the seeming impotence of helping professionals within local communities to accurately recognize and respond to the signs and characteristics of individuals at-risk for such violence.
Our unique vision and unparalled scope of ambition, furthered by our progressive approach to bringing our services to the people in need of them, has truly positioned us as the tip of the spear concerning the advent of lone wolf violence.
Our unique work has allowed us to see a clear nexus between criminal behavior and mental health on a scale and scope that traditional recovery systems and an outdated criminal justice system could never coalesce into meaningful data or practical solutions.
We have already developed a system of target populations (which within have target profiles), and began identifying the common practices (used in peripheral social services) as well as developing the incidental practices necessary for confronting this need within our continuum of care.
The many facets of why this work is so important, could never be fully iterated here,
from protecting our community members from the very real threat of being stereotyped and demonized because of some tragic incident or continued violence,
to dissuading affected individuals from commiting their first act of violence,
teaching disabled adults to recognize the dangers of being groomed for violence (i.e. gangs, religious extremism, racism, racist nationalism)
and accelerating the efficacy of exposing and dealing with those engaged in predatory behavior... just to name a few.
We actively seek to promote universal standards of screening and changes to traditional clinical instruments and interviewing techniques that recognize the findings of our research and experience with at-risk, disabled, and transient/homeless populations,
such as
*Ensuring that Clients seeking services aren't rejected without following up via an extended continuum of care.
*Placing data collecting facets into instruments such as asking clients seeking services to detail services they're seeking elsewhere and if/how many times they have been turned down (or how long they have been waiting to address specific complaint)
*Transitioning to a fully integrated system of care where client wait times are CLIENT specific rather than AGENCY specific. Creating priorities for clients who have been engaged in their search for services longer - before they reach a point of no return.
Beginning January of 2017
The Opportunity Project will open a help line, aimed at reaching back to those who have been reaching out for far too long without a helping hand...
You can call (209)232-1310 anytime, day or night - if you need help getting help for any mental health service or need.
We will return ALL calls within 24 hours
***Regardless of CiP Area Restrictions***
and hope to soon expand our Response Commitment to never having to miss a call by the end of 2017.
Within CiP areas, we will coordinate with a member of the community to meet with you if possible/necessary (although CiP areas are restricted to a small section of Stanislaus County at the moment), should you desire.
No cry in our community
should go unheard.
You may be going through something...
But you don't have to go through it alone.
Our unique vision and unparalled scope of ambition, furthered by our progressive approach to bringing our services to the people in need of them, has truly positioned us as the tip of the spear concerning the advent of lone wolf violence.
Our unique work has allowed us to see a clear nexus between criminal behavior and mental health on a scale and scope that traditional recovery systems and an outdated criminal justice system could never coalesce into meaningful data or practical solutions.
We have already developed a system of target populations (which within have target profiles), and began identifying the common practices (used in peripheral social services) as well as developing the incidental practices necessary for confronting this need within our continuum of care.
The many facets of why this work is so important, could never be fully iterated here,
from protecting our community members from the very real threat of being stereotyped and demonized because of some tragic incident or continued violence,
to dissuading affected individuals from commiting their first act of violence,
teaching disabled adults to recognize the dangers of being groomed for violence (i.e. gangs, religious extremism, racism, racist nationalism)
and accelerating the efficacy of exposing and dealing with those engaged in predatory behavior... just to name a few.
We actively seek to promote universal standards of screening and changes to traditional clinical instruments and interviewing techniques that recognize the findings of our research and experience with at-risk, disabled, and transient/homeless populations,
such as
*Ensuring that Clients seeking services aren't rejected without following up via an extended continuum of care.
*Placing data collecting facets into instruments such as asking clients seeking services to detail services they're seeking elsewhere and if/how many times they have been turned down (or how long they have been waiting to address specific complaint)
*Transitioning to a fully integrated system of care where client wait times are CLIENT specific rather than AGENCY specific. Creating priorities for clients who have been engaged in their search for services longer - before they reach a point of no return.
Beginning January of 2017
The Opportunity Project will open a help line, aimed at reaching back to those who have been reaching out for far too long without a helping hand...
You can call (209)232-1310 anytime, day or night - if you need help getting help for any mental health service or need.
We will return ALL calls within 24 hours
***Regardless of CiP Area Restrictions***
and hope to soon expand our Response Commitment to never having to miss a call by the end of 2017.
Within CiP areas, we will coordinate with a member of the community to meet with you if possible/necessary (although CiP areas are restricted to a small section of Stanislaus County at the moment), should you desire.
No cry in our community
should go unheard.
You may be going through something...
But you don't have to go through it alone.