mental health

Interim Housing Site for Justice-Impacted Women and Families Opens in LB

To ensure the success of the POWR housing in Long Beach, HHH formed an oversight committee focused on policy development,…

1 year ago

Governors Briefs: State Awards Funds to County Behavioral Health Agencies, State Entities to Address Encampments With Urgency and Dignity

These awards will enhance local efforts to provide immediate housing and support for individuals with serious behavioral health conditions by…

1 year ago

LA Briefs: Mental Health Dept. Provides Ongoing Assistance While Celebrating Pride & Juneteenth and JCOD Launches Pretrial Services Pilot

Take Action for Mental Health, L.A. County campaign encourages people to take action on their mental health for themselves and…

1 year ago

Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank: Nearly Half the Dead Are Children

But Israel has also transformed its tactics in the West Bank. Since June of last year, and with increasing regularity…

1 year ago

Padilla Secures California Investments: Boosting Workplace Safety and Mental Health Care in Bipartisan Funding Package

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) March 23 announced that he secured over $30 million for 27 community…

1 year ago

Fixing a Nation is Possible

Fifty years ago, when I first moved to the harbor area, I worked at a halfway house for the mentally…

2 years ago

Supervisors Support Padilla Bill to Fix 988 Call Routing

The Local 988 Response Act of 2023 (S. 3444) would require the Federal Communications Commission or FCC to promulgate regulations…

2 years ago

Sen. Padilla’s Wildfire, Flooding, Mental Health Provisions Passes in National Defense Authorization Bill

After years of delays due to contracting issues, this amendment terminates the federal contract and immediately initiates the title transfer…

2 years ago

State Puts Mental Health Transformation on March 2024 Ballot

These reforms re-focus billions of dollars in existing funds to prioritize Californians with the deepest mental health needs, living in…

2 years ago

Loss and Grieving in America

We aren’t very good at the grieving process, not very good at talking about it and much better at the…

2 years ago