Anka Behavioral Health, Inc. has developed an array of comprehensive programs providing a broad spectrum continuum of exceptional care.  Services are designed to optimize personal outcomes for each individual served.  Anka’s® core services, include

• Residential Treatment

• Crisis Stabilization

• Outpatient and Day Treatment

• Case Management and Service Coordination

• Outreach and Homeless Engagement

• Community Housing and Supportive Living

Our mental health services team uses a Psycho Social Rehabilitation Model in three different modalities:

1  Crisis Residential
Crisis Residential facilities are licensed, home-like settings within the community. Anka’s®  highly skilled professional staff provide clinical services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; direct care medical provided by a staff psychiatrist.  This provides both clients and communities with an efficient and cost effective alternative to hospitalization. The length of stay can range from 5 to 30 days.

2  Transitional Residential
Transitional Residential facilities are home-like settings within the community providing professional staff services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Transitional Residential programs are designed to meet an array of special needs. Program services are provided to both young adults and adults who are mentally ill; to adults who are mentally ill and have become involved in the criminal justice system; to children and adults who have a developmental disability; to those who have substance abuse and other drug-related issues; and to those single individuals and families who are homeless and have one or more of the disabilities listed above.  The length of stay in Transitional Residential housing can be anywhere from 1 to 18 months.

3  Outpatient

Anka® delivers an array of outpatient services utilizing best practice treatment modalities, which include the “Clubhouse Model”, “Wrap Around” case management and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services.

Staff in our group homes work one-on-one with both children and adults with developmental disabilities. Supported in working through their emotional and behavioral challenges, residents learn skills that allow them to interact successfully with others. These residential programs serve no more than four people in each home and have an exceptionally high staffing ratio. Most children and adults are expected to develop skills that allow them to move to a lower level of care after 90-180 days of Anka® services.
For some developmentally disabled adults, these programs may become permanent homes.

Anka® firmly believes that with proper care and support systems, even the most marginalized of people can achieve a quality lifestyle and be productive members of their communities.  A long history of positive outcomes clearly demonstrates Anka’s® education and treatment services for clients who have been involved in the criminal justice system reduce recidivism.

Anka® currently operates six programs in the State of California, providing thorough psychological and sometimes neurological assessments for forensic patients entering the community from state hospitals.

Outreach & Homeless Engagement
Anka Behavioral Health, Inc. provides programs for homeless populations with unique characteristics and needs.  Services are designed to promote health and well-being by addressing personal health needs and assisting homeless individuals and families identify additional assistance and resources available to them in the community.  Anka operates several homeless shelters where people identified and assisted by Anka® outreach teams can receive emergency housing and immediate care.

Community Housing & Supportive Living

Anka Behavioral Health, Inc. operates programs for persons in need of housing solutions and support services. Anka is unique among not-for-profits in that it has its own Housing Office directed by a licensed real estate broker and staffed by property professionals.

Community Housing includes both permanent and transitional group living environments within the community.

Permanent Housing provides affordable living environments that are safe and secure for persons that have achieved a level of functioning and independence that allows them to be successful within the community.

Transitional Supportive Housing combines shorter term housing opportunities to both individuals and families needing supportive services:  case management coupled with financial, life skills, vocational counseling and training as well as access to health benefits and services. The length of stay for transitional supportive housing service is typically 6-18 months.  During this time services are provided by case managers who are on call to the client and his/her family 24 hours a day,  7days a week.