Department of Mental Health
Public Defender Leads $1.2 Million Mental Health Diversion Grant
February 7, 2020
The LA County Public Defender’s Office is the lead agency for a $1.2 million grant to divert people suffering from mental illness out of jail and into treatment. LA County has been awarded the two-year grant from the MacArthur Foundation to directly address the over-incarceration of the mentally ill. ...
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Los Angeles County Swears in New Health Officer
August 2, 2018
A family medicine specialist who earned his medical degree from UCLA and practiced extensively in urban and rural primary care and urgent care clinics in Northern and Southern California was sworn in today as Los Angeles County's health officer. ...
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