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You are hereCA Announces Plan to Merge with Places for People
In recognition of the changing environment surrounding health care and the need to continue to deliver quality and innovative behavioral health services to those most in need in the St. Louis area, CA is pursuing a merger, effective January 1, 2011, with Places for People. Please click here to read a special message from Joe Yancey, Executive Director.
In 1995, a small group of mental health professionals set out with one goal in mind:
To seek out and help those people who have been overlooked by mainstream services -- people with mental illness who find themselves homeless, drug dependent, in gripping poverty, and who feel as if the world has turned their back on them.
Over the past 14 years, Community Alternatives (CA) has been a leader in the mental health and social services fields. CA has always sought to identify and serve the unique mental health needs brought to us by our community. We have brought innovative and science-based services to people who are most in need, including survivors of state-sanctioned torture, youth at-risk in our court system, low-income parents of pre-school children, and others struggling with mental illness, homelessness, HIV, and substance abuse. These community-based services (unlike institution-based services) allow for greater flexibility and comfort to help our St. Louis neighbors manage their mental illness and reach their potential in living independently and obtaining employment.
We offer a broad range of innovative and cost-effective services. Our unique approach -- combining science and compassion -- works! And, at a fraction of the cost of institutional care. Funding for our services comes from a variety of sources including federal, state, and local grants/contracts, private foundations, corporations, and generous individuals like you!
We hope you'll explore our website to learn more about us, read some of our stories, and discover ways to be involved in making a difference in the lives of those with mental illness.
"When I was homeless, the people at CA managed to find me wherever I was... even when I didn't want to be found! I know I can depend on them to help me."
It used to be that mental health providers would try to stabilize you through re-covery. But with CA's pro-covery approach, they teach you how to move forward, to live and have a life!"
"CA has been so important to my life. The staff has always been there for me... I know that without them, I wouldn't be where I am today: independent, responsible, able to love myself a lot more, and DRUG FREE!"
"They [CA] would leave and come back the next day, and the next, they never gave up on me... My kids respect me now, way more since I've been sober. They visit me now, and I am so happy and thankful to my Team."