This is an exceptional community resource for everyone, but the main focus is on people of color & our most vulnerable community members.
In addition to the numerous outreach & in-house programs, The Village Project offers a unique space with a balcony for hosting small events. Contact the staff to find out more. All costs for the room rental are priced fairly & the African theme throughout the building is amazing! read more
This is an amazing setup with lots of programs and amazing people. I'm most familiar with the support they can provide for children and youths. It's positive, structured, and run by such wonderful individuals who are leaders, role models, and inspirations. read more
Village project is work going to it's a black owner/black American/African-American resource center for all the resources you need and it's a great nonprofit for all the resources and all the events they host for mental health for African-Americans they may be social workers at heart but this is death place to go for mental health and to connect to African culture. It's worth it I've had good experiences with them and the good stuff they have going on I've been doing this for years keep it going horse therapy an African-American therapy talking about our Pacific needs and other people color come is diverse the people to help but it's definitely the whole point of it was biased for us to support this I questionably don't wanna go to black on business but this black African-American local resource and Seaside keep going to do this place. I'm a keep going you guys should start going to the Village Project read more
Services:
Counseling for Children and Families
Individual Adult Counseling
Couples Counseling
Cultural Competency Training
Young Ladies Of Empowerment Teen Leadership Program
After School Education and Cultural Enrichment Academy (1-12)
Cal-Am Water Treatment Certification Class
Plant Propagation Horticulture Program
S.T.E.A.L.T.H.
Grief Support Services
Jubilee
History
Established in 2008.
The Village Project (TVPI) is a newly established, non-profit, tax-exempt, organization founded in 2008. It was created because there were no therapeutic services available facilitated by African Americans for African American. TVPI provides culturally-appropriate services to everyone we serve and has a mission of helping underserved communities reach a greater state of well-being by strengthening low-income families through the delivery of community-based culturally specific services. In order to address the needs African America population, TVPI is able to address the needs of other populations of individuals within our county and to address unmet needs that existed in communities of color. While the focus of TVPI is to serve African Americans, TVPI is also committed to providing services to anyone who needs them and since we began, our constituency has consisted of the diverse population of Monterey County.
While our current services focus on mental health counseling, we also have
Meet the Business Owner: Mel M.
Mel Mason - Executive Director / Clinical Director
Mel Mason is the Co-Founder, Executive Director and Clinical Director of The Village Project, Inc. Mel grew up in Seaside. He is perhaps better known in many local communities as a long time nationally and internationally recognized human and civil rights activist who has helped lead many movements for social justice. Professionally, Mel is also an acknowledged psychotherapist who places cultural competence at the center of the work of psychotherapists today. Founded in 2008 by Mel and his wife Regina Mason, a retired supervisor in Monterey County's Child Welfare System. The Village Project provides clinical and other support services to youth, families and young and older adults. Mel takes pride in the fact that The Village Project, in its work with interns and student trainees, has become a highly regarded training ground for what Mel calls "a new breed of therapists" who will not only be able to work cross-culturally and effective