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.