Our History

2026

• Monterey Outpatient program established.

2025

• Doors open at the new Huntington Recovery Center in Salinas for Outpatient and Sober Living.

2024

• Hope Housing opens at Pueblo Del Mar for people dual-diagnosed and unhoused.

2022

• Huntington House sober living environment opens in King City thanks to local contributions including a generous gift from Lou and Roberta Huntington.
• San Luis Obispo residential treatment program opens to support early recovery.

2020

• 1st Annual Recovery Run is held in Marina.
• Sun Street Centers breaks ground on new Sober Living Environment (SLE) in King City.
• Telehealth is incorporated into all behavioral health programs.

2019

• Sun Street Centers opens residential treatment program in King City, for men and women.

2018

• 50th Anniversary of Sun Street Centers is celebrated all year.
• Women’s Perinatal Residential facility in Hollister is establish in June.
• New Recovery Facilities in King City opens in September.

2017

• Outpatient in Soledad for adults is establish.
• Sobering Center in Salinas is establish.
• Outpatient services opens in Seaside for Teens.

2016

• Preventing Alcohol-Related Trauma (PARTS) celebrates its 20th Anniversary.
• Outpatient Services open in Seaside for Adults.
• The Road to Success Youth Pre-Diversion program opens in South Monterey County.

2015

• San Benito County Services open, including two Sober Living Environments for Men and Women.

2014

• The Anne C. Leach Scholarship was created.  It is named after long time board member and volunteer, Anne C. Leach.  The scholarship benefits men and women without the financial means to attend Sun Street Centers’ residential programs or sober living environments.

2013

• Sun Street Centers celebrates our 45th Anniversary.  Pueblo del Mar celebrates its 15th Anniversary.
• South County Prevention and DUI Services move to Soledad.
• Outpatient serves private insurance clients on the Peninsula.

2010

• Safe Teens Empowerment Project of South County (STEPS) is established.
• Men’s Residential and Outpatient Services receive CARF Accreditation (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities).

2008

• Sun Street Centers celebrates 40 years of service.

2007

• Safe Teens Empowerment Program (STEPS) is established in Seaside.

2005

• Sun Street Centers establishes its fourth Community Recovery and Resource Center in the City of Greenfield as part of its Prevention Program.

2002

• The Men’s Residential Program expanded to include Family Empowerment Program counseling and support services to participants and family members.

2001

• South County Prevention Coalition is established (now PARTS South County).

2000

• The Nancy Dodd Community Center in Marina, CA, was established.

1998

• Sun Street Centers, in collaboration with several county agencies and nonprofits, established Pueblo Del Mar Family Recovery Community.

1997

• Sun Street Centers established the Employee Assistance Program, offering residential and outpatient recovery services for employees with third party insurance or an employee assistance plan.
• Sun Street Center begins providing Responsible Beverage Service Training (RBS) to Alcohol Retailers and Special Events groups in Salinas.
• Prevention Services expand to Seaside. Seaside Community Coalition established (now PARTS on the Peninsula).

1996

• Preventing Alcohol Related Trauma in Salinas (PARTS), a nonprofit prevention organization, merges with Sun Street Centers to establish the first prevention component for Sun Street Centers.
• Safe Teens Empowerment Project (STEPS) was established. Currently located in Salinas, Seaside, Soledad, Greenfield & King City.

1993

• Sun Street Centers established Outpatient Recovery Services in Salinas. Currently located in Salinas, Marina, Seaside, Monterey, and King City.

1992

• Preventing Alcohol Related Trauma in Salinas (PARTS) was founded as its own non-profit.

1990

• The first Community Recovery and Resource Center providing services in community education, prevention and advocacy, was established in King City. Currently, Sun Street Centers operates three other Community Recovery Resource Centers located in Salinas (1992), Seaside (1993), and Greenfield (2005).

1985

• Sun Street Centers was one of four agencies approved by the County to provide both first and multiple offenders Driving Under the Influence (DUI) education services. In 1990, SSC was elected to the county as the sole provider for first offender DUI Education services in Salinas and the Monterey Peninsula. Currently located in Salinas, Seaside, & Soledad.

1982

• Sun Street Centers develops the Alcohol Certificate Studies programs at UC Santa Cruz Extension and Hartnell College. The UCSC program has since extended to all UC campuses. Sun Street Centers was selected by Monterey County to provide Driving Under the Influence education services to community members.

1980

• Sun Street Centers established the Alcohol Awareness program in cooperation with the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital and Hartnell College. This program published the Alcohol Awareness Digest and brought nationally-known experts in the field of alcoholism to Salinas: Betty Ford, Dr. Joseph Cruse, Dr. Ernest Noble, Tom and Katherine Pike, Claudia Black, and many others.

1974

• Sun Street Center opened the Swinging Door to address the problem of public inebriation and homelessness. The Swinging Door was closed in June 1996.

1968

• The Salinas Valley Council on Alcoholism refurbished an old labor camp at 8 Sun Street and established Sun Street Centers. Founders Martin and Nancy Dodd and other community members began offering Men’s Residential Recovery Services and Community Education.