To:   Our Residents, Guests, Persons-Served and Family Members As we are transitioning to the next phase of COVID-19,  our focus on ensuring our persons served, staff and family members are safe and healthy. The guidance from CDC, CDPH and our Pandemic Support committee has changed as the State and Federal State of Emergency has ended regarding the Global Pandemic. Family is one of our Crestwood values and we understand that connecting with family members is incredibly important. All visitors to Crestwood campuses are encouraged to mask while in the campus.  We ask if you have any symptoms to please refrain from visiting to support the health and wellness of all our persons served, staff and visitors. In the event you are not able to visit in person, we have a variety of other ways visitors might consider connecting with your loved ones. These include telephone, email, text, or through Skype or Facebook. We will do what we can to support these alternative ways to communicate. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Campus Administrator. For additional information, please visit the CDC COVID-19 information page @ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html . Thank you for your understanding and help during this time.

May 1-3, Crestwood, Crestwood Recovery Resilience Solutions (CRRS), and Dreamcatchers Empowerment Network were represented at NatCon23 , one of the largest mental health and substance use treatment conferences! The annual conference is held by National Council for Mental Wellbeing and took place in Los Angeles this year!

On May 24, members of the community gathered near the steps of the State Capitol in recognition of Mental Health Matters Day! Crestwood was proud to once again be a sponsor for this annual event presented by Mental Health America of California. The event is an opportunity for people to discover mental health resources and listen to several speakers on various topics of mental health, wellness, and fighting stigma. Thank you to staff from our Sacramento Home Office, as well as two Crestwood interns who helped staff our table to talk about Crestwood and hand out swag! It was also nice to see some persons served and staff from Crestwood Center Sacramento stop by our table!

Peerpocalypse is a conference of leaders, emerging leaders, innovators, and peers who want to become more involved in the peer community. Adopting the philosophy that peers bring with them a great deal of knowledge and expertise, the event is about bringing the community together to share information, skills, and experience. Members of the Recovery, Education, Advocacy and Leadership (REAL) Team presented “Storytelling as a Wellness Tool for Connections,” highlighting how Crestwood developed creative ways to foster community support and connection through storytelling during COVID-19. The presentation also allowed for participants to share their stories of recovery, which beautifully demonstrated the value of the peer voice.  Gitane Williams, Greg Parnell, and Shanel Mayo presented in-person, with the support of Ruth Gonzalez and Patty Blum virtually. This presentation was a hybrid (in-person and virtual) and had 302 people in attendance. The conference as a whole was attended by 900 people from all over the world!