Press Democrat March 17, 2008 by D. ASHLEY VERRILL
SONOMA COUNTY – Southwest Community Health Center and other community clinics recently finalized an agreement to absorb approximately 300 mental health patients from the county for the purpose of integrating their mental and physical care, according to county officials.
The 300 are described as those with mild [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Three hundred county patients will move to community clinics
Posted in Policy, Services & Support on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Landlords sue to halt Memorial plan to close 2 facilities
Posted in Policy on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Landlords sue to halt Memorial plan to close 2 facilities
By Martin Espinoza
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
March 15, 2008
A lawsuit filed Friday seeks to stop Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital from shutting down acute inpatient services at two medical campuses.
The two owners of the medical buildings, retired children’s dentist Jim Berger and retired psychiatrist Dan Marrin, charge that Memorial [...]
Study Finds Disabled Housing Needs Twice as High as HUD Estimates
Posted in Policy, Services & Support on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Housing Task Force has released the results of a new study that estimates that 1.2-1.4 million very low income non-elderly disabled households without children had worst case housing needs in 2005. This range is more than twice the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s estimate of [...]
"Operation Paper Chase" Memorial for Jeremiah Chase
Posted in Activism, Awareness & Education on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Police Accountability Advocates Announce
“Operation Paper Chase”, Memorial Vigil
It’s been a year since Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed 16 year old Jeremiah Chass. Yet not a single report on the incident has been released to the public, and funding for mental health services continue to be cut across the board. While we’ve waited for [...]
