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Santa Cruz Mental Health Care-lessness. |
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Santa Cruz County
Local Mental Health Board held a
Mental Health
Summit on October 13-14, 2003.
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California budget compromise restores funding for community
services.
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NAMI Santa Cruz
County in the early days...
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SC Supervisors voted to put back 2% of the Mental Health Budget.
Santa Cruz County
Budget Cuts - help save mental
health services!
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NAMI-SCC letter to the Governor regarding the budget cuts |
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Donations Needed - your
help is needed for supportive client services in Santa Cruz
County. |
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Thank you NAMI Santa Cruz
County ... |
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Thomas Leavitt, candidate for Santa Cruz City council
answers our candidate questionaire. |
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Minutes
from the June 9 board meeting. |
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David Hacker
writes to Governor Davis. |
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Minutes from
the March 7 board meeting. |
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Great new website for seniors with resource directory and
Santa Cruz County information. |
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A local resident
writes asking for help in her battle against Blue Cross
and their WellPoint Behavioral Mental Health Program. |
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The Santa Cruz
Public library now has a number of videos that we have
provided as a local resource... |
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NAMI Santa Cruz
County donates books to the main library. |
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MHCAN may receive planning grant for housing on the
adjacent site of Grace Methodist Church which was destroyed
by fire in October, 2000. |
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Family involvement is an essential part of helping a family
member control his/her illness. |
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NEW Date/Time:
Santa Cruz workshop with
Rebecca Woolis on September 20, 2002. |
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What are Assembly bills AB34 and
AB2034? |
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Individual Mental Health Rehabilitation Services include
services to assist a client in improving, maintaining or
restoring various community living skills such as functional
skills, daily living skills, social skills, and leisure
skills. |
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The second week long Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) for the local police
was again a success. |
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Justice Officers Ponder Treatment of Mentally Ill. |
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NAMI-SCC
donations to the Santa Cruz Public Library. |
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Skills Builder classes offered by Santa Cruz Interfaith
Compeer. |
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Owen Peterson
named NAMI-SCC Honoree for the Year 2002. |
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Your support is
needed for the Family Partnership Program. |
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MHCAN will
collaborate with NAMI Santa Cruz County to offer Peer to
Peer education series. |
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Bonnie Schell of
Santa Cruz MHCAN is looking for volunteers to work on a
group to see how to get mental health clients to get proper
recommended health screenings, x-rays, lab work, etc. |
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Winter
2002 events and news - From the NAMI-SCC Board. |
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NAMI
Santa Cruz County and Santa Cruz County Mental Health worked closely
with the Santa Cruz Police Department to sponsor the first 25 Santa Cruz
Police Officers to receive CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Training in
Santa Cruz County. |
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Results
from the NAMI Santa Cruz County survey of families
experiences with Dominican Behavioral Health have been
compiled. |
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NAMI-SCC
requests Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to
provide legal assistance to those in financial need who
need to create an
LPS
Conservatorship. |
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NAMI
SCC Board members recently toured the Cordilleras Mental Health Center
locked treatment facility in Redwood City. |
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Santa
Cruz NAMI has written a letter of support for the proposed SAMHSA
Community Action Grant to support creation of a housing center next to
the MHCAN community drop-in center. |
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NAMI-SCC Meeting Notes - Speakers meetings and Board meeting minutes. |
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Efforts to prevent repeal
of the Santa Cruz County utility tax failed and so County
Mental Health services faces cuts next year. |