Community Alliance
Jessica Dean is an experienced mental health and social work professional with a strong background in supporting diverse populations. Currently serving as the ACT Program Manager at Community Alliance since October 2022, Jessica previously held roles as a Mental Health Therapist at Capstone Behavioral Health and developed extensive experience in trauma-informed care and various therapeutic modalities. Jessica has a solid history of working with homeless veterans and families, having served in multiple HUD/VASH and outreach social worker positions at the Veterans Administration and People Assisting The Homeless (PATH). With a Master's in Social Work from California State University, Northridge, and a Bachelor's in Sociology from California State University, Los Angeles, Jessica combines clinical expertise with a commitment to harm reduction and housing-first philosophies.
Community Alliance
At Community Alliance, our sole focus is, and always has been on adults with mental illness. Since 1981, this fact has separated us from more traditional social service agencies and treatment centers in the Omaha area. We are an organization of over 250 dedicated, concerned professionals and volunteers who believe in the potential of recovery for all individuals with a mental illness and we dedicate all our resources to support the journey of each individual we serve. We work to provide programs and opportunities to encourage individuals to develop the strengths and skills to deal with their mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder. Additionally, we serve as an advocate with doctors, social service networks, and throughout the community. We go outside the walls of the hospital and our own facilities to support people in their own neighborhoods and communities, where the strengths and confidences we have helped them develop can be put into practice. We advocate with government and others for greater access to the life-restoring services and needed policy changes that can ease the journey being traveled by so many individuals with mental illness and their families. And we work to help erase the stigma and myths that still surround mental illness and which still serve as roadblocks along the road to recovery.