Admissions & Outreach

Lance Carson’s dedication and commitment to the AKUA Alumni stems from over 20 years of service with the Sacramento County Sherriff’s department. During his career with the sheriff’s department, Lance worked in corrections, patrol, special assignments, and detectives. After 20 years of working in the Sheriff’s department, Lance needed specific treatment for PTSD and alcohol consumption. Lance made the decision to seek assistance at AKUA. In 2017 Lance completed a 45 day stay at AKUA for his PTSD and alcohol issues and “it transformed my life”. Lance returned to the sheriff’s department for another year before officially retiring. After retirement, Lance came back to AKUA to volunteer. Lance was hired on as a clinical tech due to his firsthand experience of treatment and being a First Responder. Lance worked for over a year as a tech and was naturally keeping in touch with the alumni as they left. As of June 1st, 2020, Lance was brought on as the full-time alumni coordinator for the Sacramento Region program. For Lance this is a true passion and feel’s it is his duty to assist people with the help they need. Lance is excited to continue the work with the alumni and assist in their on-going treatment. Lance has the commitment to make the alumni program a community that people can feel safe in and be a proud member of.