Program areas at Sacramento LGBT Community Center
Health & Wellness - Our health and wellness programs help LGBTQ+ people lead healthier, happier lives. The center provides vital safety net services with a special focus on direct assistance, education, and prevention. The center offers LGBTQ+ community resource navigation, mental health, sexual health, youth-centered programs, and housing. All our services are free. In 2021, we supported 834 adult clients with over 4,311 services through our community resource and mental health respite services. Through the mental health services department, the center provided 451 therapy appointments. The center's lavender heights location and Marsha P. Johnson Center South provided over 65,000 sexual health barriers, nearly 500 HIV tests, and 3,000 COVID-19 tests.
Community Engagement - The Center provides community building programs designed to provide a sense of belonging, affirming visibility, and support amongst chosen friends and family. Engagements include sacramento pride (virtual in 2021), Q-Prom, Out at the Fair, Friendsgiving, World Aids Day and the National Inaugural Transgender March. We provide access to information and resources on our community bulletin boards and through our on-site computer lab. We offer volunteer opportunites for ongoing direct service working directly with clients, general office administrative activities, outreach and events, fundraising and event planning. We hosted approx. 125 community building events in 2021.
Advocacy - The Center is an advocate for equity and social justice within and externally to the LGBTQ+ community, acknowledging that identities of LGBTQ+ people are intersectional by breaking down systems of oppression that harm the most marginalized amongst us. We work to increase visibility, understanding, and access to services for LGBTQ+ people throughout the Sacramento region through individual advocacy and legal assistance, public policy and community organizing, outreach and training, and showcase our queer voices ensemble. In partnership with our economic justice program that develops LGBTQ+ friendly employers' recruitment and retention pipelines for prospective employees, the center supported over 80 public policy changes, trained 3000 people, and over 50 organizations. Additionally, the center's economic justice program hosted 3 job fairs with over 350 job seekers and 60 employers.