May 15, 2024
When Leroy Cooper’s sister experienced a health crisis, the result of organ rejection following her kidney transplant, he quit his job and moved to San Francisco to become her caregiver. Sadly, she passed away, and Mr. Cooper was left without a job. An older adult, he...
Feb 15, 2024
Dr. Michelle Clark, Medical Director for Felton Institute’s Justice Services Division, brings her diverse experience working with justice-involved populations, particularly African American communities, impacted by mental health issues. Racism and societal factors...
Sep 6, 2023
Felton Institute’s Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) is a survivor-led, postvention program that provides support to those impacted by suicide. Felton’s LOSS team, the first of its kind in the Bay Area, provides support and services for family members and...
Jun 26, 2023
Thomas Taylor, a Bay Area native and Lead Case Manager for Felton’s Bayview Site F, has witnessed many challenges and successes with the unhoused populations he works with. In his role, he oversees case managers and connects clients with life-changing resources. This...
Mar 21, 2023
The essence of social services work can be described as a practice-based profession that promotes social change, development, cohesion and the empowerment of people and communities. Karen Ip, a Clinical Case Manager for Felton’s Senior Services Division who holds a...
Jan 12, 2023
“My mother used to always tell me, ‘Be kind to everybody, because you never know what their struggle was just to open their eyes and get up out of bed.’ And in this case,” Brenda Jackson, the Director of Safe Sleep Site, a program that serves the unhoused, explains,...
