Public and Mental Health

New Public Partnership Plans Investment in North Pasadena 1024 559 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

New Public Partnership Plans Investment in North Pasadena

City of Pasadena and the County of Los Angeles will transform vacant Kaiser Permanente building into health and housing site    Today, City of Pasadena Mayor Victor M. Gordo and…

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L.A. County and City of Pasadena to Work on Expanding Healthcare and Mental Health Services in North Pasadena 1024 683 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

L.A. County and City of Pasadena to Work on Expanding Healthcare and Mental Health Services in North Pasadena

Today, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger successfully introduced a motion that mobilizes the county’s health and mental health departments in support of bringing services to the north Pasadena region.…

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Barger Joins New Commission Focused on Driving Action on Nation’s Mental Health Crisis 1024 683 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Barger Joins New Commission Focused on Driving Action on Nation’s Mental Health Crisis

Today, the National Association of Counties (NACo) launched a new Commission on Mental Health and Wellbeing that will develop policy and programmatic recommendations at the federal level to address systemic…

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L.A. County Focuses on Bringing More Mental Health Beds into Service 1024 683 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

L.A. County Focuses on Bringing More Mental Health Beds into Service

Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors put a plan in motion to address its shortage of mental health beds that provide care for indigent individuals suffering from untreated…

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L.A. County to Hire More Mental Health Pros to Serve Antelope Valley Youth 641 1024 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

L.A. County to Hire More Mental Health Pros to Serve Antelope Valley Youth

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today approved the Department of Mental Health’s request to hire 32 full-time professionals who will provide a full range of mental health services…

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L.A. County Board of Supervisors Proclaim January as Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month 1024 576 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

L.A. County Board of Supervisors Proclaim January as Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month

Action recognizes firefighters’ heightened line-of-duty deaths due to chemical exposures, emphasizes prevention and support   Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion introduced by Supervisor Kathryn…

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Barger Kickstarts County Effort to Bring Residential Behavioral Health Treatment to Antelope Valley 1024 682 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Barger Kickstarts County Effort to Bring Residential Behavioral Health Treatment to Antelope Valley

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion introduced by Supervisor Kathryn Barger that will bring intensive residential mental health and substance abuse programming to the Antelope…

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L.A. County Supervisors Take Action to Curb Rising Respiratory Syncytial Virus Rates 1024 683 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

L.A. County Supervisors Take Action to Curb Rising Respiratory Syncytial Virus Rates

Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion introduced by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and co-authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn that seeks to curb spikes in respiratory…

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New Veteran Suicide Review Team Kicks Off in Los Angeles County 1024 492 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

New Veteran Suicide Review Team Kicks Off in Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County’s new Veteran Suicide Review Team (VSRT) met for the first time yesterday, kick-starting an innovative and collaborative approach to reducing veteran suicide in the County. The VSRT…

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Barger Reacts to Outcome of Board of Supervisors’ Vote on Providing Mental Health Services to Incarcerated Individuals 1024 597 Supervisor Kathryn Barger

Barger Reacts to Outcome of Board of Supervisors’ Vote on Providing Mental Health Services to Incarcerated Individuals

Today, a motion authored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger that called for the County to comply with the constitution and report back with non-custodial, secure mental health treatment…

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