Date

5-2025

Document Type

Capstone Project (Open Access)

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Department

Health, Human Services and Public Policy

Major

Collaborative Health and Human Services

Abstract

United Way Santa Cruz County is a nonprofit organization which serves in various counties across the nation. The Jóvenes Sanos (JS) program, helps support youth in providing support and mental well being to the community. In supporting the cause of reducing the stigma of mental health. This project, Cultivating Community, was a resource fair which was aimed to support low income individuals of the community to learn about the different resources surrounding mental health, and increase knowledge of the importance of self care and mental wellbeing. In collaboration with other non-profit organizations, several workshops were implemented to demonstrate different forms of self care and resources to community members of Watsonville. A post survey was conducted in which over 50 participants shared which self care tool one will utilize in the future. This project met the expectations of being able to have over 30 partners within the county, share their resources to the community in which created a safe environment for the families, youth and children to be able to feel more informed about community resources. In the future, when hosting more resource fairs such as Cultivating Community. It is extremely important to be able to connect the communities to more valuable resources, in providing a safe space, for community members to come together and become informed in taking care of one’s own mental health.

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