Mission

Community Access expands opportunities for people living with mental health concerns to recover from trauma and discrimination through affordable housing, training, advocacy, and healing-focused services. We are built upon the simple truth that people are experts in their own lives.

VALUES

HARM REDUCTION

We embrace policies and practices that promote dignity, well-being, and access to health care.

HEALING AND RECOVERY

We seek out and promote culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and research-based opportunities for individual and community wellness.

HUMAN RIGHTS

We challenge and lead the mental health system towards greater rights-based policies and practices.

PEER EXPERTISE

We are dedicated to a workforce where at least 51% of our employees identify as having a personal experience using mental health services.

RACIAL EQUITY

We are committed to becoming an anti-racist organization – understanding and addressing the harms caused by racism and anti-Blackness, and increasing inclusion, belonging, and access.

SELF-DETERMINATION

We defend the right of all individuals to create lives of their own choosing.