$1.5 million in state money will be put into local outreach to get the word out.
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OC Mental Health Jail Expansion Draws Pushback and Debate
There was no discussion of how much money would be devoted to the plan or how many doctors or nurses would be treating inmates. Answers weren’t provided after the meeting.
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Spike in Children’s Mental Health Hospitalizations Draws Silence From OC Supervisors
OC’s top elected officials had nothing to say Tuesday when they officially received a report showing jumps in children going to the emergency room for mental illness crises and suicide attempts.
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OC Approves $334 Million in Raises Covering 11,000 Employees
Most Orange County employees are on track to get 2.5-percent annual raises for most of the next three years, on the heels of larger raises for sheriff’s deputies approved two weeks ago.
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OC Sees Spike in Children Hospitalized for Mental Crises and Self-Harm
The rate at which children were hospitalized for serious mental illnesses rose 87 percent over a nine year period, according to the annual Conditions of Children in Orange County report.
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OC Poised to Approve $334 Million in Raises Covering 11,000 Employees
Most Orange County employees are on track to get 2.5-percent annual raises for most of the next three years, on the heels of larger raises for sheriff’s deputies approved two weeks ago.
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OC Breaks Ground on First Municipal Mental Health Treatment Campus
Plans call for mental health and drug addiction treatment programs to be available to all county residents, regardless of who their insurance provider is, which officials said would be the first facility in the nation to do so.
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OC Leaders Spar While Appointing New Top Financial Watchdog
In heated arguments over the appointment of Frank Davies as Auditor Controller, Orange County Supervisors air concerns about his dead predecessor’s lax staff oversight calling for a Performance Audit of the department.
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OC Approves $151 Million in Sheriff’s Deputy Raises
County supervisors approved the raises without public discussion Tuesday.
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Transparency Questions Swirl Around County Auditor Controller Appointment
The handling of the appointment for a new Orange County Auditor Controller is raising concerns that county supervisors may have violated transparency laws.
