{"id":63537,"date":"2024-03-21T16:02:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T23:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=63537"},"modified":"2024-03-21T16:02:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T23:02:21","slug":"work-accelerates-on-historic-transformation-of-californias-mental-health-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=63537","title":{"rendered":"Work Accelerates on Historic Transformation of California\u2019s Mental Health System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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LOS ANGELES<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 California took a major step forward in correcting the damage from 50 years of neglect to the state\u2019s mental health system with the passage of Proposition 1. This historic measure \u2014 a signature priority of Governor Gavin Newsom \u2014 adds rocket fuel to California\u2019s overhaul of the state\u2019s behavioral health systems. It provides a full range of mental health and substance abuse care, with new accountability metrics to ensure local governments deliver for their communities.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThis is the biggest reform of the California mental health system in decades and will finally equip partners to deliver the results all Californians need and deserve. Treatment centers will prioritize mental health and substance use support in the community like never before. Now, it\u2019s time to roll up our sleeves and begin implementing this critical reform \u2013 working closely with city and county leaders to ensure we see results.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n
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The newly passed initiative builds on the Newsom Administration\u2019s prior investments (here<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0here<\/a>) and reforms (here<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0here<\/a>), and will enable California to fully transform its behavioral health system for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n

WHY THIS MATTERS<\/strong>: These reforms focus billions of dollars in existing funds to prioritize Californians with the most serious mental health and substance use issues, too often experiencing homelessness, jail, and crisis hospitalizations. The $6.38 billion bond will provide funding to build more than 11,150 new behavioral health beds and supportive housing units and 26,700 outpatient treatment slots \u2013 capacity that will touch many tens of thousands of people\u2019s lives every year \u2013 filling critical needs across the state for everyone from homeless veterans\u00a0to kids suffering from depression, to elders facing isolation, and everyone in between. Polling from the\u00a0Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)<\/a>\u00a0found an overwhelming majority (87%) of Californians say there is a mental health crisis in the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE REFORM HERE<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING:<\/strong><\/p>\n