California Law Bolsters Funding for Mental Health Services
The number of mobile crisis support teams and urgent care units in Los Angeles County has increased since the enactment of the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act last year. The mobile crisis teams pair law enforcement officials with a clinical psychologist to respond to mental health crises and avoid confrontation that could land a person in the hospital or jail.
- "New State Funding Improves County Mental Health Services" (Korry, "State of Health," KQED, 11/7).