Chicanos Por La Causa (also known as CPLC) was founded in 1969 to confront oppression facing Latinos in Phoenix, Arizona as part of the movement led by Cesar Chavez, who undertook a fast at our original headquarters. Since then, we have become one of the largest Hispanic nonprofits in the country, promoting stronger and healthier communities throughout the southwestern United States. We provide direct services impacting more than 306,000 individuals annually in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.
Our vibrant community presence spans a comprehensive range of bilingual and bi-cultural services in Health & Human Services, Housing, Education, and Economic Development. As one of the largest community development corporations in Arizona, we are focused on individuals and families with low to moderate income levels and complement our services with cultural and linguistic competencies.
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Services Offered
Behavioral Health Services: * Centro De La Familia - Centro De La Familia provides outpatient behavioral health services for families and individuals of all ages. The program offers counseling and therapy services to those living with serious mental illness, general mental health issues, and substance abuse issues. These issues can be related to depression, anxiety, relationships, loss, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts, and trauma from sexual, emotional and/or physical abuse. Outpatient services offer flexible office hours and home-based services for children and their families, public transit accessibility, therapy in English and Spanish, and professional staff who utilize best practice models for treatment.
* Friendship - CPLC Friendship's community-based Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for SMI adults provides intensive services following, or to prevent, a psychiatric hospitalization. We offer coordinated care with other community providers for long-term integrated psychiatric and substance abuse treatment as well as crisis prevention and medication management. Our services include both 1:1 and Group Counseling and serve both SMI Title 19 and non-19 populations.
Domestic Violence * Crisis Programs - Provide immediate safety and security for families from domestic violence, along with assigned supportive staff that offer family support counseling, case management, and lay legal advocacy.
* Housing and Advocacy Intervention - Supportive housing enabling families an opportunity to begin a violent-free, self-sufficient life; serves survivors of violence or stalking who are unable to obtain stable housing because of abuse.
* Youth Programs - Prevention education, support and positive interaction for children living in the shelter and in the community who have been affected by domestic violence.
* Community-based Programs - Counseling and case management services to victims of domestic violence in the community, as well as after-care/follow up services to families leaving the De Colores Domestic Violence shelter.
HIV Services * Mental Health - Psychological and psychiatric treatment and counseling services including Spanish-language support groups and counseling.
* Substance Abuse - Treatment and counseling to address substance abuse issues including alcohol, prescription drug abuse, and illegal drug abuse.
Substance Abuse CPLC Corazón features a range of substance abuse services, including group, individual, family, and couples therapy, in addition to nightly community 12-step support groups. Our 65-bed, ADA accessible residential facility provides all meals, an on-site laundry facility free of charge, a basketball court, and a garden. We offer holistic health techniques including yoga, tai chi, chi gong, and sweat lodge.
Fees and Payment
This is a non-profit agency.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual
Payment: Sliding Scale Medicare Medicaid
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