SACRAMENTO – Last Friday, California awarded $1.49 billion in grants focused on addressing the behavioral health crisis impacting every community across the state. These new grants will help people with mental…
ORANGE, Calif. (May 9, 2023) — CalOptima Health’s Board of Directors approved up to $25.5 million in funding for all 29 Orange County school districts to boost access to behavioral…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Lou Correa (CA-46), Chris Stewart (UT-02), and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced The Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act, a bipartisan, bicameral piece of…
(Santa Ana, CA) – The OC Health Care Agency’s (HCA) Mental Health and Recovery Services (MHRS) has released its Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Three-Year Program and Expenditure plan. The…
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement to transform San Quentin from a prison into a…
https://youtu.be/t4eURScOC0M ORANGE, Calif. (December 7, 2022) — CalOptima Health has formed a partnership with National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) Orange County to launch a peer support program for Medi-Cal…
Shannon Pearce Likens Prentis John Hill, a 44-year-old man, is on trail for repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend,38-year-old Shannon Pearce Likens, with a screwdriver and strangled her with a New England…
Santa Ana, Calif. (July 21, 2022) The Orange County Board of Supervisors announced today that the County of Orange was awarded $10 million in state funding to continue delivering mental…
Join us for the Be Well OC #OC Countywide Suicide Prevention Initiative Conference to raise awareness on suicide prevention. The virtual 2-day conference will present keynote speakers and discuss vulnerable…
Orange County is expanding Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation services for children up to eight years old. “Children have experienced unexpected stressors as a result of the pandemic,” said Supervisor Andrew Do,…
Last week, the Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Chairman Andrew Do’s proposal to renew Orange County’s Contract with Child Guidance Center, expanding the Continuum of Care for Veterans…
(Santa Ana, CA) – Recognizing the stresses that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having on OC residents, the OC Health Care Agency (HCA) is launching three new mental health awareness…
The O.C. Health Care Agency has released a list of the eateries (including restaurants, caterers and even school kitchens) that they inspected and shut down for the week of July…
Missing Person Claudia Ruelas was last seen on May 12, 2020 as she walked away from her residence in the area of 1100 N. Flower Street. Ruelas typically returns after…
https://youtu.be/ybNziwvRjxY Santa Ana, Calif. (April 27, 2020) – Clayton Chau, M.D., Ph.D., as the new Director of the OC Health Care Agency (HCA), effective May 4, 2020. Dr. Chau worked…