Painted Brain

11/27/2025

This Thanksgiving, your support ensures we can continue working with partners like Community Space Food Bank and expand our reach to other organizations to serve even more people in need—feeding their plates as well as their souls.

As Medi-Cal and community services suffer major cuts, the need in our community continues to grow. By standing with us, you help protect the lifeline we provide to those who depend on Painted Brain and our community partners.

Donate today ❤️

11/25/2025

Interested in a career in Mental Health?
Join us for our Painted Brain Open House, where you will discover everything about becoming a Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist🌟

📅 Date: Monday, Dec 1
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
📍 Virtual Event on Zoom

🔗 Click link in our linktree, first link in bio!

Passionate about community support?
Ready to create meaningful change?
Looking for a purpose-driven career?

Imagine turning your personal experiences into a powerful career.

✓ 100% Scholarship for qualified CA Applicants
✓ Professional Career Pathway and placement support
✓ No Previous Experience Required
✓ Language Support Available
✓ Learn Remotely
✓ Testing & Resume Writing Support Available

Your journey of transformation starts here. No cost. No barriers. Just opportunity.

Let’s break barriers in mental health together! 💛🧠

11/24/2025

11/21/2025

A donation to our End-of-Year Campaign today ensures that more people like Alan can access peer training, build careers, and create positive change in their communities. With cuts to Medi-Cal and community-based services, your support is needed now more than ever.

Click post to donate or link in bio 🧠

Your support helps:
Keep our Community Wellness Center open, where over 1,400 people annually access peer-led mental health programs.

Fund The Painted Path™ Recovery Model, empowering people to connect, create, learn, and lead

Launch Medi-Cal Benefit Services, preventing homelessness, crisis hospitalization, and over-incarceration.

Advocate for community-based, peer-led solutions—because nothing about us should happen without us.

You can take direct action to ensure recovery stays within reach for California’s most vulnerable communities.


Donate. Share. Get involved.

Together, let’s be the solution.

11/20/2025

For nearly 20 years, Painted Brain has built safe, creative, peer-led spaces where people with lived mental health experience can connect, heal, and grow. Our work strengthens Medi-Cal programs like Enhanced Care Management and Community Health Workers, expands access to community-based support, and trains the next generation of Peer Support Specialists.

Our team, licensed professionals, certified peer supporters, and community leaders,works together to ensure people feel understood, supported, and empowered.

We believe recovery happens in community through creativity, connection, and purpose. Join us in protecting the spaces that make that possible.

This end-of-year season, Painted Brain is calling on our allies, friends, and biggest supporters to follow along, share, and give what you can. Healthcare cuts are coming and they’ll hit the people who can least afford to lose support. But together, we can protect what matters most.🧠🤝

11/17/2025

Congratulations to Samantha Trejo Cortes and Terrill Ross, recent graduates of our Peer Training Specialist Program! Their hard work and dedication earned them a Peer Support Specialist certification and it’s opened the door to a new job opportunity for both of them. We couldn’t be prouder! 🧠 🤝

Samantha and Terrill were recently featured in our Graduate Newsletter, which keeps alumni up to date on program updates, job openings, continued education, and more.

Interested in becoming a Certified Peer Specialist? Click the linktree in our bio to learn more! Whether you're looking for a fresh start, want to deepen your skills, or feel called to give back, our program can help you turn your lived experience into purpose and earn a state-recognized certification that truly makes a difference.

2026 training is now open for enrollment! Spots are limited — secure yours today.

Jan 13, 2026 - Mar 3, 2026
Tuesdays and Thursdays 8wks 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Jan 24,2026-March 28, 2026
Saturdays 10wks 9:00am.-5:30pm.

Feb 18, 2026 - March 11, 2026
TWTh 4wks 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

11/14/2025

With cuts to Medi-Cal and community-based services, your support is needed now more than ever. A donation to our End-of-Year Campaign today can help people like Caro find belonging, purpose, and hope through peer-led mental health programs that make a powerful difference when it’s needed most.

Donate to link in bio 🧠

Your support helps:
Keep our Community Wellness Center open, where over 1,400 people annually access peer-led mental health programs.

Fund The Painted Path™ Recovery Model, empowering people to connect, create, learn, and lead

Launch Medi-Cal Benefit Services, preventing homelessness, crisis hospitalization, and over-incarceration.

Advocate for community-based, peer-led solutions—because nothing about us should happen without us.

You can take direct action to ensure recovery stays within reach for California’s most vulnerable communities.

Donate. Share. Get involved.

Together, let’s be the solution.

11/13/2025

TOMORROW❤️join us for the opening ceremony of “Second Nature,” an art show by Maggie Ly at the Community Center!

Experience Maggie’s powerful journey with mental health through her art, and explore the resources Painted Brain offers to support your own mental health journey.

The opening ceremony will be a celebration of art, life, and community. We’d love to see you there 6pm tomorrow!

Address:

3350 W 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90004

11/13/2025

We’re in a photo contest! Vote for us and help us win a cash prize to support our community programs and grow our impact. 💪 🧠Voting open through Nov. 21, every vote counts! Link to vote in bio

Photo was taken during our Community Day, where we invited local residents to join one of our resident artists in painting a mural for our community center. As a mental health organization, we’re proud to support the community through creative, art-based initiatives. People of all ages and backgrounds came together to collaborate and create something truly beautiful.

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11/11/2025

Painted Brain’s job fair took place this past Saturday 💼❤️🧠 A huge thank-you to our amazing partners and Painted Brain Peer Training team for showing up and sharing valuable resources with our attendees.

You can reach out for support from Painted Brain by:

-coming by our community wellness center at
3350 W 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Hours: 11am-4pm Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

-emailing hello@paintedbrain.org or calling (213) 289-3578

-visiting our website https://hubs.ly/Q03SxBnL0 and checking out our resources

11/08/2025

Looking for a fresh start?

Join x on Thursday for a Free Legal Help Clinic to clear your criminal record! Meet with experienced attorneys, check your eligibility, and open new doors to jobs, housing, and opportunities.

Your path to a clean slate starts here!

Thursday, Nov. 13th | 2:30–4:30 PM
📍 3350 W. 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90004