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Nevada

Elizabeth Kelly: “Showing our own strength may bring someone closer to finding theirs.”

In celebration of National Women’s History Month, please join us in celebrating the amazing women at WestCare Nevada. Today’s featured women is Elizabeth Kelly! Elizabeth has been with WestCare Nevada ever since April 2019 and is currently a counselor for the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) at WestCare Nevada’s Las Vegas’s Community Involvement Center. The program provides clients […]

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California

CA: Withdrawal Management Program

WestCare California’s Withdrawal Management program located in Fresno, CA serves men who are intoxicated or under the influence and/or in imminent withdrawal. This program offers 24 hour a day non-medical supervision to those suffering from moderate to severe withdrawal from drugs, alcohol, or both. The 15-bed program is licensed by the California Department of Health […]

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Puerto Rico

Entities Meet to Strengthen Support for Puerto Rico’s Unhoused Population

By Elizabeth Roldan, Program Assistant Puerto Rico’s Department of Family recently organized an event called the Meeting of Entities to recognize the work conducted by the different entities of Puerto Rico who provide services to people experiencing homelessness through funds granted. Guara Bi, Inc. received recognition for its compliance with its pace of meeting expenditures […]

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Oregon

VETCare Oregon Expands Services for Local Vets!

By Charlene Pech, Program Manager VETCare/WestCare Oregon has had a lot of change moving into 2022 and we are anticipating 2023 will bring more of the same. The New Year started off strong with the startup of two new Veteran programs, the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) and VETCare Prevents, a suicide prevention program made […]

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California

Happy Retirement, Lynn Pimentel!

By Michael Mygind, Director of Marketing In early February, our WestCare California family of programs bid a heartfelt farewell and wished a very Happy Retirement to a longtime member of our family and leadership, Lynn Pimentel! While she has been employed with our organization for over 20 years, her history with WestCare goes back even […]

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Texas

DreamWeek 2023 in San Antonio

By Alisa Garza, Administrative Assistant In the month of January, WestCare Texas was honored to be a sponsor and presenter for DreamVoice LLC’s DreamWeek, an annual series of hundreds of events presented by local organizations and individuals with the mutual goal of honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and fostering the free […]

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Kentucky

Reentry Efforts at the Hal Rogers Appalachian Recovery Center

By Gary Compton, Program Director WestCare Kentucky’s Hal Rogers Appalachian Recovery Center in Ashcamp, KY provides reentry resources for our residents during and after their stay. During the final week of January, we hosted several community partners to provide linkage to services and education for residents who were returning to the community. On Jan. 30, […]

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Oregon

A VETcare Success Story: Ivan

By: Jennifer O’Neill, HVRP Program Manager and Vocational Specialist Ivan is a US Army Veteran who served as a 35G Geospatial Imagery Analyst (G.I.S). He served four years at Fort Campbell, Kentucky where he met and married his wife. He deployed for nine months to Nangarhar, Afghanistan, where he helped pick out helicopter landing zones for Blackhawks and […]

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Nevada

Mar-cha Bell: “Bring hope and touch the inner light.”

In celebration of National Women’s History Month, please join us in celebrating the amazing women at WestCare Nevada. Today’s featured women is Mar-cha Bell! Mar-cha has been with WestCare Nevada for two years and is currently the Program Manager for Connections Fatherhood F.I.R.E. (Family-Focused, Interconnected, Resilient, Essential) at WestCare Nevada. The program seeks to elevate men in […]

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Georgia

WestCare Honors the Legacy and Service of Dr. Eugene Walker

By Andrew Moran, Development Director On Feb. 2, leadership from across our organization and on behalf of our board gathered at Sunset Station’s Club Madrid Ballroom in Henderson, NV. This night was not just as part of our most recent board meeting festivities, but was also presented in honor of Dr. Eugene Walker for his […]