“Instill Hope:  Believe in Recovery.”  Full Service Partnerships provide an environment of communication which integrates values, resources and strategies to achieve outcomes:

Recovery is the single most important goal for the mental health service delivery system:  It is a journey of healing and transformation:  This is the basis for Lassen County’s Mental Health Service Act Plan and the implementation of the One Stop Service Centers in Big Valley, Herlong, and Westwood. 

In response to the Consumer and Family Movement that has evolved in recent years, Lassen Aurora Network, Inc. has evolved to work in concert with Lassen County Mental Health and Lassen County Health and Social Services.  The intention of this partnership is to create a set of services that will be seamless from initial engagement through possible intensive treatment periods and as a continuing aftercare support.

The Lassen Aurora Network, a private nonprofit consumer/family run organization, values the partnership established with Lassen County Mental Health and Lassen County Health and Social Services.  This partnership is experienced in many ways; from participating in the planning and implementation  process of Lassen County‘s Mental Health Service Act, in providing services to Lassen County Mental Health,   through collaborations in hosting special events like Mark Ragins, Brian Wetzel, Peer Support Trainings with Nate Rockitter, and the presentation made at the recent Health and Social Services Quarterly Meeting.

In addition, Aurora Partners with other community organizations:  The local chapter of Lassen County Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) maintains a mutual in-kind support network in serving families:  Crossroads Ministries provides in-kind resources in shared projects such as co-hosting a community Alternatives To Violence Workshop (experiential  self-empowerment training).  This is the same training that has been taken into State Prisons for inmates.  The Lassen Aurora Network maintains an in-kind partnership with the Northeastern Sierra Regional Food Bank Network, working to develop resources, food systems and emergency readiness, participating in Food Forums and Regional Summits. Partnerships with Rays of Hope and Modoc County Mental Health have provided training opportunities to Aurora with participation in a week-long Warm Line Training in Alturas:  Aurora continues to seek new resources and opportunities for collaboration in the community.

Partnerships involve team building:  We learn from each other and all have something to give:  it is this exchange that builds community. Building relationships through partnerships facilitates more open communication that establishes trust. This exchange seems to somehow, almost magically, facilitate everything else that happens and stimulate a very special energy and spirit.

Partnerships provide a platform for recovery; through Hope; Empowerment; Self Responsibility; and Meaningful Roles in Life.