Company Profile
Momentum for Mental Health
Company Overview
At Momentum for Mental Health, our mission is to help individuals achieve mental and emotional health, discover and reach their potential, and fully participate in life. With an annual budget of over $23 million, Momentum is a leader in providing a broad array of effective, community-based mental health services in Santa Clara County.
The mission of Momentum for Mental Health is to help individuals achieve mental and emotional health, discover and reach their potential, and fully participate in life. Momentum builds stronger communities by giving individuals affected by mental and emotional illness treatment, support, and opportunity to lead healthier lives. Our work is based on the knowledge that individuals who have a mental illness can, and do recover through available, effective, culturally competent services that encourage self direction and hope enhance recovery. Momentum offers a comprehensive array of treatment, rehabilitation and housing programs and services to people of all ages recovering from psychiatric disabilities.
Company History
On January 1, 1997, four respected agencies with a total of 100 years of service to the community joined together to create Momentum for Mental Health. The reasons to do this included increased ability to provide a wider array of more easily accessible culturally competent services for people who have a mental illness; strengthen quality improvement, data systems and staff training; improve efficiency of operations; enhance community education capabilities; and continue to implement effective innovative services.
The staff, volunteers and clients of Momentum for Mental Health believe that people with a mental illness can recover, lead responsible and productive lives and contribute to society. We focus on people’s strength, potential and competence. We know that hope is a very important element in achieving recovery. We serve our clients and the community with integrity, dedication, compassion and excellence.
Momentum also supports efforts to educate the public about mental health and mental illness to decrease “myths” about these illnesses and the people who have them; share the facts, which include that the treatment works and what many people think is mental illness is really the effects of not receiving early and effective treatment. Education of the general public is critical because stigma often creates delay in seeking treatment and lack of support for easily accessible treatment services. Both of these are needed to maximize recovery.