La Frontera Center
Administrative Offices
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
502 W. 29th Street
Tucson, AZ 85713
(520) 884-9920
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About La Frontera Center
La Frontera Center, Inc., a
community behavioral health center, has been serving residents of
Pima County, Arizona, for 40 years. Originally established as
Tucson Southern Counties Mental Health Services in 1966, the center
was incorporated on July 3, 1968, as a private, nonprofit
organization. A grant from the National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH) in 1969 provided staffing funds to initiate services. The
agency’s name was changed to La Frontera Center, Inc., on January 8,
1979.
In 1983 La Frontera sponsored the first Tucson International
Mariachi Conference, which has become the agency's primary
fund-raising activity. As a result of the first conference's
success, LFC, Inc. (now known as La Frontera Mariachi, Inc.), was
founded the following year as a separate corporation dedicated to
raising funds for La Frontera. Proceeds from the conference are
earmarked for children’s services, with the Child/Family Center
being the primary beneficiary.
Over the years the agency has grown to include more than 20 service
locations. In fiscal year 2006–2007 La Frontera served more than
18,000 clients, more than half of whom represent ethnic minority
populations. The agency's current service continuum includes but is
not limited to case management; assessment, evaluation, and
diagnosis; outpatient mental health counseling for individuals,
families, and groups; substance abuse identification and treatment,
including outpatient, opioid treatment, emergency/crisis, and
residential services; therapeutic preschool; and services for persons with a
serious mental illness, consisting of psychiatric acute care
(Psychiatric Health Facility and crisis beds), long-term residential
(group homes), vocational rehabilitation, safe haven, and home-based
counseling and supportive services. Other available services include
outreach and referral, and education, prevention, and early
intervention.
In addition to the services identified above, La Frontera Center
conducts and participates in numerous research projects. The agency
is also a training ground for aspiring psychologists via its
participation in the Southern Arizona Psychology Internship
Consortium.
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A Message from Douglas
Long, Ph.D.
Executive
Director
Dear
Friends of La Frontera:
As a relative newcomer to Arizona, I am impressed with the broad
array of behavioral health services available to our enrolled
clients. In providing these important services, La Frontera Center
has allocated significant resources to address behavioral health
needs in the context of the cultural needs and preferences of the
population we serve. Indeed, La Frontera has a long history of
providing culturally sensitive services to the Tucson community, and
our mission reflects this diversity.
A large and complex organization, La Frontera has been a notable
presence in Tucson for almost 40 years, and it continues to grow to
meet the diverse needs of adults, children, and families to help
them to improve their lives. As executive director for La Frontera,
I am committed to maintaining and enhancing the quality and
integrity of our clinical services by empowering our staff to
achieve their maximum potential as caregivers. We strive to bring
compassion, healing, and integrity to our clients, and we are
grateful to play such an important role in the community.
On a
personal note, I am very pleased to be affiliated with La Frontera,
as I have found my experience here to be rich and full. I look
forward to watching La Frontera grow and prosper.
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