Our main focus is to promote recovery and wellness through healthy and productive lifestyle changes while using a whole-person approach to care.
At Valley Health Associates, we believe access to healing should never depend on your zip code or whether you have a roof over your head.
So, we're expanding treatment and wellness initiatives throughout the county, bringing vital substance use and mental health care closer to the communities that need it most.
And with our mobile wellness unit, we're taking it a step further—bringing street medicine and compassionate support directly to people experiencing homelessness or crisis.
Our approach meets people where they are, with dignity, trust, and culturally responsive care.
Your support powers life-saving services, bringing treatment and human connection to people in the places others overlook.
From shelters to schools to community events, we meet people where they are—saving lives and helping Monterey County heal, grow, and thrive.
Valley Health Associates (VHA) serves youth and adults across all of Monterey County, including rural and underserved areas. We provide comprehensive, evidence-based substance use treatment and recovery support—ranging from Medication Assisted Treatment and crisis intervention to life skills counseling and peer-led life navigation. Most of our clients are Medi-Cal eligible, meaning they are economically disadvantaged and face barriers to care.
Our programs are tailored to each individual’s needs using the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) framework. Services include family counseling, overdose prevention, relapse prevention, and Enhanced Care Management. Youth benefit from Positive Youth Development programs, including equine and art-assisted wellness.
Our outreach team conducts mobile street medicine, distributes naloxone, educates the public, and connects people to care. From shelters to schools to community events, we meet people where they are—saving lives and helping Monterey County heal, grow, and thrive.
Going to Valley Health was the best move I could have made. The counselors actually talk and listen to you, and I have no urge to use drugs. I’m building a future I’m proud of—and I’m grateful to Valley Health for helping me get here.
- Zachary Anonymous, Peninsula
