NAMI Temecula Valley Monthly Speaker Meeting

Transitional Age Youth (TAY) Drop-In Centers

Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) Drop-In Centers are safe, welcoming spaces for young adults, aged 16 to 25, facing challenges with mental health or substance use, who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, or who have been in the foster care system. TAY Centers are LGBTQ+ friendly and offer resources, support, services, and a place to gather with peers. Services are for individuals and families.

About the Speaker

Tracy Dewing is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She began her therapeutic career over 25 years ago at a sexual assault crisis center in South Los Angeles. She has worked in the group home industry providing therapy and program oversight for several group homes focused on adolescents. After that, she worked as a program supervisor in a collaborative site focused on probationary youth to reduce recidivism. Tracy has also worked as therapist for the San Diego County YMCA running therapy groups for adolescent incest survivors. Since joining the County of Riverside, Tracy has worked with the Department of Public Social Services as an investigative social worker conducting child abuse investigations. She then joined the RUHS Behavioral Health team working on the Therapeutic Residential Assessment and Consultation (TRAC) Team. Most recently, Tracy is the Behavioral Health Services Supervisor for the Mid-County TAY (Transitional Age Youth) Program located in Perris, CA. Outside of work, Tracy has been married for 28 years and enjoys reading, hiking, and spending time with her young adult daughters.

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