Tell Governor Newsom to Support Mental Health and Support Services
Senate Bill 1338 (Umberg) would establish the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program and the CARE Act to provide comprehensive treatment, housing, and support services to Californians with complex behavioral healthcare needs.
SB 1338 will deliver mental health and substance use disorder services to the most severely impaired Californians who too often end up homeless or incarcerated, unable to access the treatment they desperately need. The proposed CARE court program is a response to the urgent need for innovative solutions for individuals who are suffering with untreated schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders, often unhoused in our communities, and who face high risks for repeated hospitalization, incarceration, institutionalization, mental health conservatorship, and premature death.
SB 1338 will create a program to connect a person in crisis with a court-ordered Care Plan that provides individuals with a clinically appropriate, community-based set of services and supports that are culturally and linguistically competent, helping and rehabilitating the most vulnerable members of our communities.
Tell Governor Newsom to Support Mental Health and Support Services
Senate Bill 1338 (Umberg) would establish the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program and the CARE Act to provide comprehensive treatment, housing, and support services to Californians with complex behavioral healthcare needs.
SB 1338 will deliver mental health and substance use disorder services to the most severely impaired Californians who too often end up homeless or incarcerated, unable to access the treatment they desperately need. The proposed CARE court program is a response to the urgent need for innovative solutions for individuals who are suffering with untreated schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders, often unhoused in our communities, and who face high risks for repeated hospitalization, incarceration, institutionalization, mental health conservatorship, and premature death.
SB 1338 will create a program to connect a person in crisis with a court-ordered Care Plan that provides individuals with a clinically appropriate, community-based set of services and supports that are culturally and linguistically competent, helping and rehabilitating the most vulnerable members of our communities.