OC Mental Health Jail Expansion Draws Pushback and Debate
County Government
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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.
Spike in Children’s Mental Health Hospitalizations Draws Silence From OC Supervisors
Conditions of Children in Orange County report
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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.
OC Sees Spike in Children Hospitalized for Mental Crises and Self-Harm
Countywide
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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.
OC Breaks Ground on First Municipal Mental Health Treatment Campus
County Government
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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.
State Senator’s Bill, Backed By County Officials, Aims To Boost County Jail Mental Health Services
County Government
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Orange County jails could widen their funding to treat inmates with mental illnesses while they’re incarcerated, under a bill proposed by California State Senator Tom Umberg (D – Santa Ana).
Under Court Pressure, OC Says Mental Health Spending Will Increase by $85 Million
Healthy Communities
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Last year, as county officials were hauled into federal court over a shortage of homeless shelters, Voice of OC reported the stockpiled mental health funds had reached $186 million beyond the reserves.
Federal Judge Presses OC Officials on Lack of Mental Health Shelter, Housing
Housing & Homelessness
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One of OC’s next homeless shelters could be headed for the affluent south county suburbs, the judge warns after citing a lack of progress by elected officials to create a mental health shelter.
Firm Accused of Mishandling Homeless Healthcare Gets $2 Million Expansion
Housing & Homelessness
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Telecare Corp. has repeatedly declined to comment on complaints it failed to provide health treatment it was supposed to, didn’t clean dirty rooms at a facility it was overseeing, and unnecessarily escalated a situation with a patient into a physical confrontation.
On OC: Funding Mental Health in Orange County
Health & Wellness
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Matt Holzmann, vice chair for Orange County’s Mental Health Board, talks about the unique opportunity facing public officials in Orange County to create a national funding and programming model for mental health programming at every spectrum, from those facing an immediate crisis, to those in need of permanent supportive housing.
County Finalizes Purchase of Building for Mental Health Services
mental health
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The proposed mental health center is seen by advocates and officials as a major step toward addressing a severe shortage of mental health service options in Orange County. There was no word Tuesday on when services will start at the property.