- National Mental Health Association Innovation in Programming
Award for "success in representing state-of-the-art
thinking in the mental health field (and) having client
empowerment as a central component" in the summer of 2002.
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- California Department of Mental Health recognized MHA Village
as a best practice in the "California's Programs to Address
Homelessness" report prepared for the governor in Spring
2002.
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- Fall of 2001 marked the Village for best practices in treating
people with mental illness with the American Psychiatric Nurses
Association Best Practices Awards.
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- National Case Management Association honored MHA Village PSC
Maurice Weeks with "Consumer Case Manager of the Year
Award" in the Fall of 2001.
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- In December 2000, the President's Committee on Employment of
People with Disabilities selected the MHA Village program as one
that "exemplifies best employment practices for people with
psychiatric disabilities." The Village was one of only 24
programs chosen nationwide for this honor.
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- The American Psychiatric Association honored the Village with
the Gold Achievement Award, its highest distinction for
community programs, for 2000. The Village was chosen from
national competition for this prestigious recognition, given for
making "an outstanding contribution to the mental health
field (and providing) a model for other programs."
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- In May of 2000, the International Association of Psychosocial
Rehabilitation Services (IAPSRS) awarded the Village's Director,
Martha Long, with John Beard Award. The John Beard Award
is for "Life Time Achievement in Psychosocial
Rehabilitation."
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- In October of 1999, Eli Lilly presented its Schizophrenia
Reintegration Award to the Village's Employment Director, Paul
Barry, for "outstanding achievements...that provide the
necessary support for those with schizophrenia and related
disorders to reintegrate into their communities."
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- In 1998, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration designated the Village as an "exemplary
practice," paving the way for interested organizations to
receive SAMHSA funds to replicate its model.
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- In 1995, its director, Martha Long, and psychiatrist, Mark
Ragins, received the American Psychiatric Association's (APA)
Van Amerigen Award in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, a national
recognition given for their "long standing dedication...to
innovative client centered programs that provide accessible,
effective, efficient services."
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- Southern California Psychiatric Society honored the Village in
1994 for "pioneering efforts in creating an integrated
service program to provide quality care for patients with
persistent mental disorders."
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- In 1993, the Village received the California Department of
Mental Health's "Programs of Excellence Award."
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- In 1993 the Journal, a quarterly magazine published by
the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill, devoted an issue
entirely to the Village, the first time in the publication's
history that a single program was spotlighted.
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