Expanding Rural Behavioral Health and Community Support Services

We are proud to share that River Sage Revival has been awarded $1.1 million through the PATH CITED grant to expand real, hands-on support across Kern, Inyo, and Mono Counties, with plans to grow into Tulare County. In plain terms, this funding helps us do what rural communities have always done best, show up for each other. But now we have the structure and staffing to do it at a larger scale.

What This Means for Our Community

This grant allows us to provide Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports. Those are formal terms, but what they really mean is this:

• Walking with people through complicated systems

• Helping with housing stability and preventing homelessness

• Coordinating medical and mental health care

• Assisting with applications, transportation, and appointments

• Standing beside individuals and families when life feels overwhelming

We are not a referral sheet. We are extra muscle.

We sit at kitchen tables. We attend appointments. We make phone calls together. We follow through.

Housing is a major focus. Stable housing is health. When someone does not know where they are going to sleep, nothing else works. Our team approach brings case management, housing navigation, and community health support together so people are not left trying to figure it out alone.

Integrating Behavioral Health

This funding also strengthens our goal of integrating behavioral health into everything we do.

River Sage Revival already provides therapy services, and to date, we have given over $2,700 in free counseling services to individuals who otherwise would not have been able to access care. We believe mental health support should not depend on zip code or income.

By combining therapy services with case management and housing support, we are creating a system where people do not have to bounce between disconnected services. Support can be coordinated, consistent, and local.

Creating Local Jobs That Stay Local

This grant creates 14 positions over the grant year, each paying over $50,000. These roles include case managers, community health workers, housing support staff, and program leadership.

We are hiring from within the communities we serve. Rural communities deserve good jobs with fair pay. This investment strengthens families, builds careers, and keeps resources here at home.

Built on Rural Relationships

This work has grown through strong local relationships.

We have partnered with the Women’s Small Business Association, learning from their consultants, workshops, and network to strengthen our foundation. We are grateful for rural advocates who continue to fight for equity and access in places that are often overlooked.

We are also working alongside partners such as Access Plus Capital, Senior Citizens Inc., and other local organizations committed to housing stability, financial navigation, and community well-being.

Rural progress happens when neighbors collaborate.

Looking Ahead

Serving Kern, Inyo, and Mono Counties now, and expanding toward Tulare County, this grant marks a shift. Rural communities are not an afterthought. We are building infrastructure that reflects who we are and what we value.

We believe in practical help. We believe in dignity. We believe in walking beside people through hard seasons.

If you want to learn more about services, employment opportunities, or partnership possibilities, we invite you to connect with us.

This is made rural by rural. And we are just getting started.