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GROWING GROUNDS FARM, TRANSITIONS - MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (TMHA)

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• Description:

  Provides minimum wage gardening work to people with mental health challenges. Farms are supported by private foundations and product sales. Employs over 50 people each year: growing vegetables, flowers, seedlings, and landscape plants. Employees work varying shifts, from 3-20, hours per week. Services include:

  • Training in the agricultural and horticultural fields.
  • Job-skills training in a supervised environment among peers.
  • Opportunities for job advancement and increased responsibility.
  • Enhanced physical, mental and social health through the use of therapeutic horticulture.
  • An opportunity to meet with the on-site vocational specialist. Who can help individuals gain competitive employment

  • Daily contact with co-workers and an on-site mental health worker. To discuss work, socialization, or other areas of interest. As well as concern to the individual.

• Website: http://www.t-mha.org
• Phone(s): (805) 934-2182, (805) 543-6071
• Hours: Mon 10am - 4pm; Tue 10am - 4pm; Wed 10am - 4pm; Thu 10am - 4pm; Fri 10am - 4pm; Sat 10am - 1pm;
• Eligibility: Must be an individual with mental health challenges. Potential employees are often referred through the Santa Barbara Department of Behavioral Wellness or another agency.
  
• Requirements: -I-9 -ID, social security card, or green card
• Areas Served:
  • Santa Maria Santa Barbara United States
• Categories:
  • Job Finding Assistance
• Contacts:

Location(s)

Location Name: MAIN OFFICE

• Accessibility: Designated, accessible parking spaces
• Physical Address: 784 High Street, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401