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Steinberg Institute applauds Governor Gavin Newsom’s vision to care for California’s most vulnerable residents

Today Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new framework for providing community-based care and support for Californians struggling with severe mental health and substance use disorders. Called “Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court,” the proposal would create […]

Nation’s Leading Mental Health Organizations Offer a Comprehensive Roadmap for Reimagining Crisis Response for Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders and Suicide Prevention

With More than Half of Americans Experiencing Emotional Distress, Comprehensive Plan for 988 Crisis Hotline Envisions Robust Continuum of Care – from Prevention to Recovery Washington, D.C. – November 18, 2021 – A collaborative of 15 of the […]

Newsom Proposes Visionary Investment in Mental Health Care

Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget calls for bold and strategic investments in mental health care that would set the stage for large-scale transformation and launch California into a new era of service delivery.

Newsom’s budget proposal, released Thursday, highlights the debilitating impacts of untreated mental illness on families and communities throughout California. In response, it promises aggressive investment across the treatment spectrum, vastly expanding early detection and intervention in mental illness, and infusing significant new funding into housing and treatment for people whose mental illness is already progressed and disabling.

In addition, he signaled an end to what has been a longstanding leadership vacuum in the state’s approach to mental health care, saying that in the coming weeks he would establish a new “mental health czar” to drive California toward a more visionary approach to care.

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