News release
Samuel Dixon Family Health Center Inc. announced Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, has secured $655,000 in state funding to eliminate the mortgage on the Dixon center’s stand-alone behavioral health facility.
“This investment represents far more than paying off a building,” Philip Solomon, CEO of the nonprofit Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, said in a news release. “It is an investment in the emotional well-being of our community and demonstrates Assemblywoman Schiavo’s commitment to ensuring that every resident — regardless of income, insurance status, or language — has access to quality behavioral health care. On behalf of our board of directors, staff, and the thousands of patients we serve, we are incredibly grateful for her leadership and partnership.”
Located at 23206 Lyons Ave., Suite 202, Newhall, the behavioral health center serves one of the Santa Clarita Valley’s most economically vulnerable communities, making access to affordable mental health care especially critical, the release said.
As the need for accessible and affordable behavioral health services continues to rise, this investment will strengthen the long-term sustainability of these essential services by eliminating debt associated with the facility, allowing SDFHC to redirect future financial resources toward expanding behavioral health programs, recruiting additional clinicians and enhancing patient services, the release said.
“As a former nurse advocate, I know that communities thrive when everyone has access to the care they need, and Samuel Dixon fully embodies that ideal,” Schiavo said in the release. “This is an investment in all of us, in our mental health, in our families, and in our future.”
“Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo understands that investing in behavioral health is investing in the future of our community,” SDFHC board chair Gloria Mercado-Fortine said in the release. “This extraordinary investment ensures that children, families and individuals throughout the Santa Clarita Valley will continue to have access to compassionate, high-quality mental health services when they need them most.”
