1968
FEBRUARY
Crestwood Founded
Crestwood was founded in 1968 by James M. Dobbins, Sr. as Crestwood Hospitals Inc., a convalescent care provider.
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1997
JANUARY
Rebranding
In 1997, the company was reorganized as Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc. to focus more on mental health programs and becomes a leader in behavioral healthcare in California.
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1997
MARCH
Angwin MHRC
Crestwood Center at Napa Valley in Angwin is licensed and opened as a MHRC.
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1998
APRIL
Eureka MHRC
Crestwood Eureka Behavioral Health Center is licensed and opened as a MHRC.
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1999
JUNE
Bakersfield & Fremont
Crestwood Bakersfield is licensed and opened as a MHRC.
Crestwood Manor in Fremont is opened as a non-IMD skilled nursing facility, with a special treatment program.
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2000
FEBRUARY
Meaningful Roles and Supported Employment
In 2000, Crestwood launches an initiative to hire, train, and retain peers in our programs and in the community by creating Dreamcatchers Empowerment Network (DEN), a not-for-profit dedicated to employment of people with disabilities.
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2001
JANUARY
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
Crestwood launches our WRAP initiative in our campuses in 2001. WRAP is an evidence-based treatment tool that is a personalized wellness and recovery approach that helps people to decrease and prevent intrusive or troubling feelings and behaviors; increase personal empowerment; improve quality of life; and achieve their own life goals and dreams.
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2003
JUNE
3-Year CARF Accreditation
Crestwood receives our first three-year Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accreditation of our community programs, accounting office and corporate office
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2004
JANUARY
New Campuses
Crestwood opens Crestwood Rehabilitation and Recovery Center, a MHRC, on our Vallejo campus. We opened the Eureka Bridge Program, a licensed adult residential facility, on our Eureka campus opens. Our House at Crestwood Solano, licensed as an adult residential facility, is opened in Vallejo. Crestwood’s Fresno Bridge Program opens as a licensed adult residential facility and a social rehabilitation program. Crestwood Healing Center in Pleasant Hill opens the Bridge Program, an adult residential facility, on its campus.
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2004
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Spirituality Initiative
Crestwood launches in 2004 spirituality as a core program element in our campuses. Crestwood is now one of the leading providers across California in promoting, training and implementing spiritual practices in treatment.
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