Afghan Newcomers Program

MLCC delivers services via phone, in-person within all three offices in Oakland, Newark, and San Leandro, and throughout the community.

MLCC will provide outreach and increase access to mental health services for underserved Farsi-, Dari-, and Pashto-speaking Afghan newcomers upon arrival to Alameda County.
Peer counselors and outreach workers, who are new arrivals themselves, will guide the Afghan newcomers. They understand the language and cultural needs of this community and will coordinate services with other agencies in the Bay Area that assist Afghan newcomers.
The outreach workers will engage the new arrivals to inform them of services to help adjust and function in their new country. They will visit the new arrivals where the community gathers to let them know of the services MLCC offers to them, such as brokerage, case management, and mental health services.
MLCC has Farsi- and Darsi-speaking LMFTs to provide mental health services. They will help clients increase functioning and coping skills.
MLCC will help clients increase understanding of their mental illness and receive outpatient and case management/brokerage services.