Santa Cruz to build a new type of mental health care center for youth
County leaders eye a short-term residential center to keep kids closer to home
Santa Cruz County poised to cancel contract with mental health nonprofit
Also: CORE funding, youth commission
Mental health clinicians at PVUSD speak out: cuts will be ‘devastating’ for students
As layoffs loom, some clinicians are leaving the district early
This Santa Cruz nonprofit gave him a home. Then they took it away.
Left behind by the defunct Mental Health Client Action Network
Months after closure, leaders of Santa Cruz homeless services nonprofit unanimously quit
Future of MHCAN building, program is unclear
PVUSD staff, parents unite against proposed layoffs
Trustees to vote on cuts Dec. 11
County could scale back proposed health cuts
Layoffs remain in budget
Report calls for new jail or mental health facility in Santa Cruz County
More treatment options wanted to reduce criminality
‘A game changer’: More Santa Cruz County residents call 24-hour mobile crisis team
Law enforcement shootings spur years of activism
Santa Cruz County settles $2.2M lawsuit in Tamario Smith jail death
New sheriff discusses jail upgrades, mental health care
Will a new court program address severe mental illness in Santa Cruz County?
State mandate uses county dollars, doesn’t fund services or housing
Mental-health crisis care gets overhaul in Santa Cruz County
More staff and coordination in new 24-hour response