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Letter from our CEO

Dear Friends,

Thank you for being a part of the Caminar community! I want to share a brief update on the impact of your contribution to support Caminar's work this last year, as Caminar's fiscal year 21-22 ended on June 30, 2022. 
 
In July 2021, we launched the Behavioral Health Equity Fund to respond to the persistent and heightened impact of COVID-19 and its behavioral health toll on lower-income BIPOC communities and adolescents. Thanks to you and all our generous donors and funders, we exceeded our fundraising goal last fiscal year. Thank you for your commitment to improving the quality of life for our most at-risk neighbors.  

Here are some highlights of the work you helped make possible in the last fiscal year:   

  • Addressed the complex mental health, substance use, and co-occurring needs of our clients and community by delivering high-quality, compassionate, evidence-based treatment that had a positive impact on the lives of our clients and the community 

  • Reinforced wrap-around services that address the social determinants of health, including 

  • Expanded services in our LGBTQ Youth Space and LGBTQ Wellness Programs 

  • Launched an adolescent behavioral health awareness campaign funded by a grant from Sutter Health / Palo Alto Medical Foundation, which reached 200,000 local adolescents last holiday season and continues today thanks to another generous grant from Sutter Health / Palo Alto Medical Foundation

  • Presented Caminar's Speakers Series featuring Dr. Hardy, who brought his expertise on racism to our supporters and the general public, free of charge, in the spring 

  • Designed and built a program model to reach and serve under-insured adolescents and their families struggling to access quality mental health and substance use treatment 

  • Worked to support and grow our expertise and amazing staff, our most valuable resource 

  • Ended our fiscal year in a favorable financial position 

We are halfway through our new fiscal year, and I am happy to report that we continue to make tremendous progress on last year’s work. We are 

  • Continuing our focus on new services for young people aged 11-25, these new services will be at reduced rates to ensure those who are underinsured do not fall through the cracks 

  • Expanding school-based services because we know that youth and adolescents are more likely to access the counseling they need when offered in schools at no cost to the family 

  • Relocating some of our key offices to improve client services and accessibility: more news on the moves in the coming months 

  • Broadening our service reach into new areas, new services, and exciting new partnerships; I can’t wait to share these news items soon 

  • Embarking on our next strategic planning process

Thank you for your compassion and generosity; together, we can help. 

Please contact me if you want to learn more about ways to get involved with Caminar or to share your thoughts – I value your feedback.   

With gratitude,   
Mark Cloutier, MPP, MPH   
CEO 

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