Our Mission

To fulfill our mission to “ensure that all people with mental illness assume their full and rightful place in the community,” we

• Advocate for quality care and the protection of rights for people with mental illness and for children with emotional problems,

• Innovate by designing and demonstrating service and housing models for people with mental illness,

• Replicate effective models through our training and consultation, and

• Educate about mental illness to increase public awareness, improve access to care and end discrimination.

Our Affiliations

MHA is one of the largest affiliates of the National Mental Health Association (NMHA) and the Mental Health Association in California (MHAC). Founded in 1909, NMHA is the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. NMHA and its 340 affiliates form a network of advocates who work hand in hand with people with mental illness, their families and mental health professionals to improve understanding, treatment and services. MHAC is California’s leading mental health advocacy organization.

We also belong to the:

• International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services
• California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies
• California Coalition for Mental Health
• California Council of Community Mental Health Agencies
• California Network of Mental Health Clients
• Association of Community Human Service Agencies
• Health and Mental Health Coalition – Los Angeles

The employment services of our MHA Village are accredited by the national Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, which commended us for our “noticeable commitment to improving persons’ lives.”

Our Funders

MHA is funded by a combination of private and public sources.

Community contributions are the cornerstone that makes all we do possible, and individuals support our work by being members of MHA, honoring others with tributes and memorials, and providing special support. Our endowment was started and is sustained through bequests and other gifts from individuals.

We are proud to be a United Way agency. Along with its long-standing support for our work, United Way helped us start our Antelope Valley services and is a funder of our Homeless Solutions Access Center.

The generous support of foundations and corporations establish and enhance our services. Our Human Services Academy, the first in Los Angeles to focus on attracting youth to nonprofit work, was built with and benefited tremendously from the support of the ARCO Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation, Crail-Johnson Foundation, Entertainment Industry Foundation, W. M. Keck Foundation, B. C. McCabe Foundation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, S. Mark Taper Foundation and Weingart Foundation.

For our other programs, we have received support from the Boeing Company, Eli Lilly Company, Josephine S. Gumbiner Foundation, Kaiser Permanente – Los Angeles, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and the Robert Ellis Simon Foundation, among others.

We provide services through contracts with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health; California departments of Mental Health and Rehabilitation; cities of Long Beach, Hawthorne, Huntington Park and Torrance; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority; and the Emergency Food and Shelter Program.