Federal Funds To Ease Cuts to Santa Clara County Services
Federal funding is expected to help reduce some planned cuts to Santa Clara County's safety-net programs. The county's chief executive's 2010 spending plan includes some new protections for emergency psychiatric care and drug and alcohol treatment. In addition, the county will lay off fewer public health nurses.
- "Federal Dollars Help Save Some Santa Clara County Safety Net Programs" (de Sá, San Jose Mercury News, 5/5).