An employee of ten years, I think like all Community Mental Health we do the best we can to address a wide range of community needs. We are constantly evaluating our process to better assist as many as we can. I can say in ten years, however, that Bridges Inc and our site in El Monte has been a nurturing and caring environment with many success stories

If you need an immediate place to stay, and youre already moderately self sufficient, its adequate. If youre genuinely looking for a kind of program that they have advertised as a place of growth, learning important skills, and finding your footing, then you can forget about it. I will miss the garden, and some of the staff members who would make their best from what they were given, but the management has made this place a grueling experience for me. If youre a manipulative and/or an emotionally unstable person, then dont worry, youll practically run the outpatient program. But if youre a sensitive person who doesnt want any trouble then youre pretty much screwed. The higher up the staff goes, the less I feel like I was treated like a person. The program director was particularly condecending. She would do things without warning and would never give a reason as to why she was doing things. Apparently not even the staff was aware sometimes. The groups consisted of poorly researched articles and an overall preschoolish tone to it. I think one client put it well that it was infantilizing. Ive had my own problems coming in, and now I have all the gaslighting from that place that I have to process. The living conditions are fine as long as you dont live wtih messy clients. The little stars I left on this review was for the garden, the fact that, as I have been informed, there are places worse than this, and for the staff like Andrew who tried their best to make the clients comfortable. Hes he only reason why I found another place to stay. Unfortunately, again, these shining elements are tarnished by the egreegious downsides. Enter at your own risk.

I was assaulted, humiliated, ignored, and told lie after lie... how much is your need for shelter because personally I am about to be homeless and this place was good for one thing, holding onto stuff... This place should not exist here, The director is incompetent, The staff she hires serves no one without attitude, telling us we are spoiled, should think about what homelessness was is like, and maybe it would be best if you left the state like that can be their slogan joke off service... not to mention the drug tests that happen for cannabis while on site clients not patients are given cigarettes with their medication. I am a vegan so that means nothing here, I wanted to compost food was told dont, I thought this was a family environment, this is a religion based on employment... funding for this place should have stopped long before covid.

Working at Bridges for almost 4 years now has been very rewarding. Like all businesses, there are changes, adjustments and improvements to be made. And, thanks to the caring and professional leadership Bridges has become a well recognized and referred to mental health agency in the community. I am proud to be part of this ever growing agency!

I was employed with Bridges outpatient programs for 5 years. During my employment with the company I was able to grow professionally and develop my clinical skills by earning all my hours towards licensure, attending multiple trainings, earning different certifications and being given the opportunity to take on leadership roles as the company grew and expanded its programs. Community mental health is not easy work but providing quality treatment and services to our clients was always most important to staff and the leadership team. I know that the mental health services Bridges provided to the community has made a real positive impact on the lives of many and I am grateful to have been a part of that.