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Crestwood Through the Years

A Legacy Begins

James M. Dobbins, Sr. founded Crestwood Hospitals, later rebranded as Crestwood Behavioral Health, a company dedicated to providing transformational mental health care.

Raising the Bar

Crestwood’s commitment to offering accessible behavioral health services leads to the opening of new campuses, cutting-edge recovery modalities, and innovative program initiatives.

A Path of Prosperity

Crestwood continues to experience prolific growth in partnership with California's counties, further solidifying itself as the leading behavioral health care provider in the state.

Unstoppable Growth

Now, in business for more than 50 years, Crestwood continues to expand its reach, upholding the highest standards of mental health care to empower persons served.

2012

JANUARY

4th CARF Accreditation!

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) renews Crestwood's three-year accreditation for their community programs, accounting office, and corporate office.

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2012

JULY

Sacramento PHF

Crestwood opens their fifth Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF) at Crestwood Center Sacramento.

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2012
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AUGUST

SAMHSA Grant

Crestwood is awarded a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) training grant, bringing the national trauma trainer, Raul Almazar, to Crestwood for consultation, facility visits, and a two-day intensive training. 

2013

JULY

SAMHSA Sponsored Training

Crestwood is selected for a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) sponsored training on the Integration of Trauma-Informed Care.

2014

APRIL

Solano PHF

Crestwood Solano opens a Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF). This PHF program provides an alternative to traditional psychiatric care through collaboration, empowerment, peer providers, family partners, and a healing environment.

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2014
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JUNE

San Diego MHRC

Crestwood San Diego opens as a Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC), the first Crestwood campus in San Diego County.

2014

DECEMBER

Electronic Health Records Implementation

Crestwood implements a new Electronic Health Record program using PointClickCare.

2015

JUNE

5th CARF Accreditation!

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) renews Crestwood's three-year accreditation for their community programs, accounting office, and corporate office.

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2015

JULY

Chula Vista MHRC

Crestwood Chula Vista opens as a Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC) and is the second Crestwood campus in San Diego County.

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2015

DECEMBER

Eureka Pathways

Crestwood Eureka closes the Bridge Program and opens Pathways, an Adult Residential Facility (ARF) featuring a Medi-Cal certified social rehabilitation program.

2016
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FEBRUARY

Kingsburg MHRC

Crestwood Kingsburg Healing Center opens as a Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC) in Fresno County. 

2016

JULY

Freise HOPE House

Crestwood assumes operations of Freise HOPE House, a 14-bed Crisis Residential Treatment program (CRT) in Bakersfield.

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Work at Crestwood

We are always looking for individuals to join our team who share our commitment to serving those with mental health needs in the community.

Internships

Gain field experience! Learn about the behavioral health system of care and participate as part of the interdisciplinary team.

Locations

Crestwood serves virtually all of California’s counties in campuses throughout the state. 

Programs

We offer the people we serve and their families a continuum of care and treatment, from traditional psychiatric services to innovative recovery programs.

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