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Inside LA’s mental health court: meth, homelessness and the judge who wants to help
Addiction and homelessness are a constant presence in L.A.'s mental health court. Its judge wants defendants to "feel like ...
Palo Alto Weekly2d
California’s new mental health crisis line, 988, sees a surge in calls
That’s twice as many as any other state, signaling to mental health advocates that the service was badly needed. Now, California crisis ... Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel10d
Medicaid cuts could upend California’s plans for improving mental health
On March 24, the California Department of Health Care Services, which oversees the state’s Medicaid program, received termination letters from the federal Substance Abuse Mental Health Services ...
The Press Democrat20h
Denied, displaced, dismantled: How a discrimination complaint upended a decades-old Napa mental health program
A federal housing complaint over a support animal set off a chain reaction in Napa County, exposing gaps in the mental health ...
Los Angeles Daily News7d
Kaiser strike by Southern California mental health workers drags on. A hunger strike just ended
Steinberg mediated a similar open-ended strike for Northern California Kaiser mental health care ... recent 88-page report from the state Department of Managed Health Care, which notes that ...
KRMG8d
Stitt calls for review of Dept. of Mental Health as the agency asks for $6M in supplemental funding
News of this review comes just days after three of Tulsa’s largest mental health care providers had their state contracts terminated. Also on Monday, the Department of Mental Health and ...
KPBS5d
New state mental health law offers hope and uncertainty for families in crisis
Senate Bill 43, which took effect earlier this year, expands the definition of “grave disability” in California’s mental health law. It allows individuals with severe substance use disorders ...