Colorado’s mentally ill are seeking help in jails, courts
Troy Null listened to the 22-year-old man she considered a son as he very earnestly told her he believed he was God. Junior’s mental health had been declining for months …
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Colorado’s competency process keeps mentally ill in court cycle
Tucked along a dirt path in a memorial garden not far from Interstate 225 in Aurora, a flat red brick is carved with just one date: 12/27/1990, the day Patrick …
San Jose considering sanctioned encampments as interim options face long wait lines, timelines
In an effort to shrink the number of homeless people living on city streets, San Jose’s mayor said he is considering sanctioned encampment sites for those residents — an approach …
Angelenos reflect on LA Mayor Karen Bass’ first year on the job – Daily News
“I will not accept a homelessness crisis that afflicts more than 40,000 Angelenos and affects every one of us. It is a humanitarian crisis that takes the life of five …
Colorado officials weigh rule change to give longer hospital stays to mentally ill patients
Barbara Vassis keeps a spreadsheet to track her daughter’s years-long journey through Colorado’s patchwork mental health system. The sheet goes back 11 years, a third of Erin’s life. There are …
Is Millbrae using a ‘racist’ amendment in the state constitution to block homeless housing?
When San Mateo County supervisors agreed in September to buy a Millbrae motel to convert to homeless housing, neighbors were furious that the county had pushed through the plan over …
More than 1,900 Angelenos were housed by Inside Safe, Mayor Bass’ initiative – Daily News
During Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ first year in office, the city housed more than 21,000 homeless people, including more than 1,950 who found shelter through Inside Safe, the mayor’s …
N.B. minister’s comments on homeless state of emergency lack compassion: mayor
The mayor of a New Brunswick municipality that declared a state of emergency due to unprecedented levels of homelessness — and a recent death of an unhoused person — says …
NDP ridings got more federal housing cash; Conservative ridings got less – National
Funding from a multi-billion-dollar federal government program to house homeless individuals or those at risk of being homeless has so far been disproportionately distributed in favour of ridings held by …
New California mental health court sees more than 100 petitions in first two months
By TRÂN NGUYỄN | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — An alternative mental health court to compel treatment for people with severe mental illness has received more than 100 petitions since launching …