Buckelew Programs

Buckelew Programs We provide supported housing, supported employment, and behavioral health services that promote wellness and recovery from mental illness.

The North Bay's largest nonprofit provider of comprehensive behavioral health services, helping those with mental health & addiction challenges to lead healthier, more independent lives. Buckelew Programs strengthens communities in California's North Bay by helping people with mental health and substance use challenges to lead more sustainable lives. Buckelew Programs is a community-based agency providing a variety of mental health services to children, families, and adults, including Family Service Agency’s childhood trauma services, Suicide Prevention and Community Counseling, family crisis counseling, the Helen Vine Detox Center, and Buckelew Programs affordable housing, employment assistance and individualized, person-centered, holistic services that promote wellness and recovery for adults with serious mental illness. The purpose of our programs is to help people with mental health and substance use disorders to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities.

💖 This week we honor Transgender Awareness Week. It’s an important time to celebrate transgender lives and visibility, w...
11/10/2025

💖 This week we honor Transgender Awareness Week. It’s an important time to celebrate transgender lives and visibility, while also acknowledging the challenges this community faces as a result of the stigma for simply being who they are.

At Buckelew Programs, we want every transgender person to know: You are seen. You are valued. You are worthy of support.

🏠 When Jaldrin arrived in California from the Philippines at just four years old, he absorbed everything around him like...
11/07/2025

🏠 When Jaldrin arrived in California from the Philippines at just four years old, he absorbed everything around him like a sponge. Hardworking and energetic, his zest for pursuing many passions shaped him into the multi-faceted man he is today. His mental health journey led him to Buckelew’s Supported Housing program, where he has lived contentedly for nearly ten years. With the foundation of stable housing and a supportive community, Jaldrin is building a life that nurtures his many talents.

“I battle depression, and my life has been difficult, but it’s okay because adversity has made me stronger,” Jaldrin shares. “Mental health isn’t easy, but I believe it gets better with hope.”

Read Jaldrin’s story: https://buckelew.org/meet-jaldrin/

Learn more about our supported housing programs at https://buckelew.org/services/supported-housing/

As we celebrate 55 years of providing compassionate care, we want to share some photos and a history fact with you! To...
11/06/2025

As we celebrate 55 years of providing compassionate care, we want to share some photos and a history fact with you!

Today’s history fact:
In 1973 we rented our first satellite house, and it quickly became apparent that even more beds and services were needed. So, in 1975, with the support of the Cowell, Hewlett, Lurie, and Irvine Foundations, Buckelew began expanding our Supported Housing program in Marin County. Today, this program supports over 600 people every year!

Thanks for following along as we celebrate these past 55 years of service to our community!

🫶🏼 November is NATIONAL GRATITUDE MONTH, a time to embrace the healing power of gratitude. What are you grateful for? Dr...
11/05/2025

🫶🏼 November is NATIONAL GRATITUDE MONTH, a time to embrace the healing power of gratitude. What are you grateful for? Drop a comment below. We’d love to hear from you.

11/04/2025

Today, on November 4th, Buckelew Programs celebrates 55 years of providing hope and healing to our community. We honor every story like Jill’s, and every donor who made their recovery possible. Watch the full video below.

Help us celebrate this 55-year milestone by making a generous gift today. If you give by December 31, your impact will be doubled thanks to a generous $100K matching gift from the Lindskog Foundation. Donate: https://buckelew.org/55years/

🦃 Hello November! This month is National Gratitude Month and Buckelew Programs celebrates 55 years of service in the Nor...
11/03/2025

🦃 Hello November! This month is National Gratitude Month and Buckelew Programs celebrates 55 years of service in the North Bay! We are for all of you, our followers, partners, and community for spreading the word about the importance of Buckelew’s programs. We’ve been providing our community with mental health and substance use programs since 1970.

Fun history fact: “Buckelew Farms” was founded by Murray and Harriet Richards in November 1970—Marin’s first community-based 24 hour facility serving local residents with mental illness.

Our meetings & support groups:  
* Bilingual Community Resource Clinic Tuesdays 3-4:30 pm
* Survivors of Su***de (English) second & fourth Wednesday of the month 7-8:30 pm
* Survivors of Su***de (Spanish) first Wednesday of the month 6:30-8 pm
* MADF Family Support Group last Thursday of the month 6-7:30 pm
* Sonoma County Behavioral Health Family Education & Support Group second Monday of the month 4-6 pm
For more information, please go to our website at buckelew.org/calendar or the link in our bio.

The Halloween fun continues…Happy Halloween! 🦃
11/01/2025

The Halloween fun continues…Happy Halloween! 🦃

🎃 More Halloween fun from our Athena House crew!
10/31/2025

🎃 More Halloween fun from our Athena House crew!

🎃Wishing you a safe and Happy Halloween! 👻
10/31/2025

🎃Wishing you a safe and Happy Halloween! 👻

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201 Alameda Del Prado #103
Novato, CA
94949

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+14154576964

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Buckelew Programs helps people with mental health, addiction, and related behavioral health challenges lead healthier, more independent lives, strengthening families and communities in the process. Founded in 1970, Buckelew Programs opened Marin County’s first 24-hour residential mental health treatment facility, which offered supported housing for six adults. Today, we serve nearly 10,000 people each year throughout Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake counties, making us the North Bay’s largest provider of community-based mental health and support services and a critical component of the area’s healthcare safety net.