Company Profile
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
Company Overview
Didi Hirsch transforms lives by providing quality mental health and substance abuse services in communities where stigma or poverty limit access.
We offer services at our centers and in neighborhood settings that are welcoming, culturally respectful and responsive to underserved communities.
We provide a continuum of prevention, early intervention and treatment services for individuals, families and the community.
We partner with clients, families and community groups to set goals, identify priorities and evaluate results.
We train staff and future professionals to use state-of-the-art principles in a culture of learning and team excellence.
We produce measurable clinical and fiscal outcomes, seek opportunities for growth, and evolve as needs change to ensure our long-term viability and value.We are dedicated to erasing the stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and addiction and advocating for access to care.
Company History
The first non-profit outpatient mental health clinic in Los Angeles County, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services was founded to help adults cope with the effects of the Great Depression. Over the years, we have evolved in response to the needs of our increasingly complex community.
Through the leadership and generosity of Didi and I. Kingdon Hirsch, in 1974 we became one of the first federally approved community mental health centers in greater Los Angeles. With this designation came a commitment to offer community education, clinic-based treatment and residential care to people of all ages. We subsequently were renamed to honor Didi Hirsch’s leadership in this expansion.
With over 70 years of experience, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services provides mental health support, substance abuse treatment and suicide prevention. Each year, Didi Hirsch helps over 70,000 children, adults, older adults and families wherever they are needed – at our 11 centers, in more than 100 schools, from Pacoima to Los Angeles to Orange County and points in between.
We offer a wide range of services Adult Services, Child and Family Services, Substance Abuse Services, Suicide Prevention and Training. Services include crisis intervention and stabilization, counseling, residential treatment, case management, youth-at-risk and family reinforcement programs, delinquency prevention programs, substance abuse treatment and prevention, and extensive community outreach. As a member of the Lifeline Network, we also operate the only free, accredited, 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, suicide prevention crisis line from Orange County to Santa Barbara.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
•NATIONS FIRST 24-HOUR Suicide Prevention Crisis Line
• NATIONS FIRST Suicide Prevention Center – since 1958
•11 centers – Child & Family, Adult Services
• Only 2 Crisis Residential program in LA County, serving 600 + adults
• FIRST residential treatment center for women & children in LA County