Submitted by Brandy Kolmer
Sierra Family Health Center CMO Peter Van Houten, MD and Lael Walz, quality assurance and improvement coordinator, with the new gas card voucher.
Sierra Family Health Center recently received a $15,000 grant from Dignity Health to help provide needed assistance to current patients seeking dental, behavioral health, chiropractic, and medical services at the center’s two care sites.
The funding from Dignity Health’s Greater Sacramento Service District’s 2021 Community Grant will be used to provide patients with lower incomes with $25 gas cards, which can be used to purchase gas at several locations, and may be applied for quarterly.
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It’s been 20 years.
On Jan. 10, 2001, Scott Thorpe went on a shooting rampage in Nevada City and Grass Valley, killing Laura Wilcox, 19, Pearlie Mae Feldman, 68, and Michael Markle, 24. Several other victims were wounded in the attacks that paralyzed the entire county.
Spurred by the death of their daughter, Nick and Amanda Wilcox became nationally known advocates both for gun control and for Laura’s Law, legislation designed to authorize court-ordered outpatient treatment for people with severe, untreated mental illness.
Nevada County Behavioral Health Director Phebe Bell called Laura’s Law an amazing legacy from the Wilcoxes.
“I have so much personal, deep respect for Nick and Amanda, for turning so much pain into such a positive and beautiful thing,” Bell said. “To not end in bitterness – there were so many other places they could have landed, but (instead) they doubled down on compassion and turned it into a useful solution.”
Crisis Teams in the Community: Assisting People into Services and Treatment
January 15 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
“Crisis Teams in the Community: Assisting People into Services and Treatment” in a virtual forum.
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Western Nevada County, the presentation will take place online as a live Zoom webinar.
The forum will include Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon; Director of the Nevada County Behavioral Health Department Phebe Bell, Grass Valley Police Chief Alex Gammelgard; Nevada City Police Chief Chad Ellis, and Executive Director of Hospitality House Nancy Baglietto.
The focus of the discussion will be two new mobile crisis team programs. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Nevada County Behavioral Health Department. The Grass Valley Police Department and Hospitality House have partnered with the help of a grant.