{"id":358030,"date":"2026-06-12T16:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358030\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:28:10","slug":"valle-monte-league-expands-mental-health-network-los-gatan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358030\/","title":{"rendered":"Valle Monte League expands mental health network\u00a0 | Los Gatan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Operation<\/a>NONPROFIT – Operation Freedom Paws is one of the organizations Valle Monte League, Inc. is now working alongside. (OperationFreedomPaws.com)<\/p>\n

On June 10, Valle Monte League<\/a> announced it was partnering with two mental health organizations\u2014Operation Freedom Paws and Parents Helping Parents\u2014while continuing its ongoing work with Hearts & Minds Activity Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese additions strengthen Valle Monte League\u2019s network of community-based services to better support individuals and families across the region,\u201d a spokesperson said in a release.<\/p>\n

Teaming-up witll help to expand resources in therapeutic services, peer support, family-centered care and community outreach, an organization official said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to welcome Operation Freedom Paws and Parents Helping Parents to the Valle Monte League family and to continue our strong partnership with Hearts & Minds Activity Center,\u201d Christine Robbins, president, Valle Monte League, said in the news blast.<\/p>\n

Valle Monte League\u2019s partners are:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cf Hearts & Minds Activity Center: A nonprofit day program for persons living with dementia, providing compassionate, individualized services with a full schedule of customized activities designed to slow cognitive decline as well as family caregiver education, support and guidance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cf Operation Freedom Paws: A nonprofit specializing in service dog training and canine-assisted therapeutic programming that supports veterans, children and adults coping with trauma, anxiety, PTSD and other mental health challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cf Parents Helping Parents (PHP): Empowers families raising loved ones with disabilities through education, support, and advocacy. PHP provides parent-to-parent support, advocacy training, resource navigation and workshops that help caregivers build resilience, strengthen their well-being and access services and resources for their families.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to collaborating with Valle Monte League to increase reach and streamline referrals so clients and families can access the right support,\u201d said Jilliann Matteucci, Director of Development, Operation Freedom Paws<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPartnering with Valle Monte League gives us a stronger platform to connect parents with peers and practical tools,\u201d said Mark Fishler, Chief Development Officer, Parents Helping Parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHearts & Minds remains committed to our partnership with Valle Monte League,\u201d said Maria Nicolacoudis, CEO of Hearts & Minds Activity Center.<\/p>\n

Valle Monte League, Inc., a 501(c)(3) and an all-volunteer nonprofit organization of 130 women in Silicon Valley, was established in 1950. Valle Monte League supports mental health organizations and continues to operate without an office and with no paid administrator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NONPROFIT – Operation Freedom Paws is one of the organizations Valle Monte League, Inc. is now working alongside.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[145797,5751,145798,88,90,89,145799,513],"class_list":["post-358030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-hearts-minds-activity-center","tag-nonprofit","tag-operation-freedom-paws","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-valley-monte-league","tag-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}