YOR IV Project Name: Transcend II: Support Beyond Boundaries
Project Description: Supporting our mission is to reduce the prevalence of substance use and addiction within underserved communities, Another Choice Another Chance (ACAC) will continue to prevent overdose and increase access to treatment through its Transcend Program. Building on our findings and experience under YOR III, ACAC services are expanding to include a pop-up community drop-in center and a community street outreach team. This initiative will focus on engaging young people (ages 16–25) in Sacramento County who are at risk for, or currently using, stimulants or opioids.
The Transcend Program is designed to be inclusive and welcoming to youth from all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on reaching underserved populations. The program will provide a safe, supportive, and engaging environment where participants can access mindfulness-based prevention, educational enrichment opportunities, and substance use treatment services.
Partner Agencies: PFLAG, Luther Burbank High School, Sacramento Co. Department of Probation, Sacrament Co. Department of Health and Human Services, La Familia Family Counseling Center, MedMark, Better Life Children Services Foster Family and Adoption Agency
YOR III Project Name: Transcend: Transcend your challenges, embrace your well-being.
Project Description: Another Choice Another Chance is a non-profit organization (established in 1987) that provides outpatient substance use and mental health counseling services to youth, adults, and families with the objective of reducing the prevalence of mental health and substance abuse in underserved communities. The Transcend program will expand services for young people with or at-risk of an opiate and/or stimulant use disorder to include our new drop-in center, which will target young people (ages 12-24) in Sacramento County. Transcend will welcome young people of all backgrounds, with an emphasis on marginalized communities, and provide a safe, welcoming, and engaging environment by which to participate in mindfulness-centered enrichment activities, prevention, intervention, and treatment.
Primary Contact:
Name: Okeema Polite, MA, LMFT
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Email: opolite@acacsac.org
Phone: 916-388-9418
Website: www.acacsac.org