Sutter To Donate $1.5M Toward Improving Mental Health Services In State
The money will be given to the Steinberg Institute.
Sacramento Bee:
Steinberg Institue, Sutter Health Tackle Homelessness, Mental Illness
Sutter Health will donate $1.5 million to the Steinberg Institute to advance mental health services and promote an understanding of mental illness throughout California, the institute announced Friday. The 2-year-old Steinberg Institute, founded by former state Senate leader and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, advocates for expanded services for the mentally ill, including health care and affordable housing. The Sutter donation is the largest in the institute’s history and will be used in part to bring mental health services to more communities, with an emphasis on children and adolescents, according to a statement released by the institute. (Caiola, 1/13)
In other news from across the state —
Ventura County Star:
Fresh Fruit, Veggies Given Away Each Month In Camarillo
The cost of a healthy diet that includes fresh fruits and vegetables can be out of reach for some people. That's why the Camarillo Health Care District gives away fresh produce to about 250 people who show up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the district offices on East Las Posas Road. During the first Produce Day of the New Year on Thursday, those who braved the rain were able to pick up a bag of pears, apples and bananas, which are supplied by FOOD Share, the Ventura County food bank. (Kallas, 1/13)
Modesto Bee:
Taking Pot Cookies To Ill Granddaughter In Texas, Californian Wound Up In Jail
All Newman resident Phillip Blanton wanted to do, he said, was bring some comfort to his granddaughter, who has stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But his California medical marijuana card counted for nothing in Texas, where the 67-year-old now faces felony drug possession charges. (Farrow, 1/16)