MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR HONORED WELCOME BACK AWARDS RECOGNIZE ACHIEVEMENTS.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Judy Cooperberg, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley director for the Mental Health Association, has been selected as the 2002 Welcome Back Awards special recognition honoree hon·or·ee n. The recipient of an honor. Noun 1. honoree - a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments recipient, receiver - a person who receives something for lifetime achievement. The Welcome Back Awards is a national program sponsored by Eli Lilly Eli Lilly can refer to:
The awards committee selected Cooperberg for her messages of hope, recovery and greater social involvement with, and acceptance of, those who have mental illness. The awards ceremony will be held May 18 in Philadelphia. ``For the past 14 years, Judy has been the visionary 1. visionary - One who hacks vision, in the sense of an Artificial Intelligence researcher working on the problem of getting computers to "see" things using TV cameras. (There isn't any problem in sending information from a TV camera to a computer. behind all we do to help people with mental illness become productive, participating members of mainstream valley life,'' said Richard Van Horn, Mental Health Association chief executive officer. ``Along with the services she has brought to the valley, her passion for increasing understanding about mental illness and participation in many parts of the valley's service network reflect her tireless dedication to answering the mental health needs of her community.'' As director of the health association's valley services, Cooperberg oversees the organization's five local programs, which served more than 1,200 individuals last year. The programs include mental health care, housing assistance, money management training, substance abuse recovery and social skills services. Another program tailors these types of services to young adults with mental illness. Cooperberg has started two programs to serve homeless individuals. Under her direction, the health association serves as lead agency for the Homeless Solutions Access Center, a United Way sponsored collaborative of 20 valley housing and service providers. The health association's Homeless Assistance Program targets homeless individuals with mental illness. She has served as chairwoman of the Antelope Valley Homeless Coalition, the United Way Antelope Valley Council of Executives and the Antelope Valley Transit Authority's Advisory Committee on Disability Issues. She also serves on the Antelope Valley Human Relations human relations npl → relaciones fpl humanas Task Force and Partners for Health. Founded in 1924, the Mental Health Association in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County is a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that advocates for improved services for people with mental illness, educates to increase awareness about these illnesses and demonstrates innovative service models. |
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