State Senator Mike McGuire announced the funding for nursing education and a mental health crisis center.
Two million dollars of that spending is going into a new crisis residential center in Humboldt County. McGuire says, right now, people suffering from a mental health crisis will either go to a psychiatric hospital, the emergency room or be locked up in jail. He says that’s not acceptable.
“This facility will keep folks out of local emergency rooms and provide patients with the care that they desperately need and deserve,” he explains.
According to Connie Beck, the director of health and human services for Humboldt County, once a property is secured, they hope to get the facility up and running within a year. Eventually, it will be self-sufficient through Mental Health Services Act funding and Medicare billing.
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Everyone is on edge.
In recent conversations about county finances with officials, staff members and outside agencies, everyone chooses their words carefully, speaking with diplomacy to avoid inflaming an already volatile situation.
The tense atmosphere was apparent during the most recent meeting of the Humboldt County Audit Committee, an oversight group that was formed specifically to address rampant dysfunction in the county’s fiscal management, which has devolved into a slow-motion catastrophe of overdue reports, disgruntled county contractors, internal investigations and cross-departmental power struggles.
As you’ll read below, one department head recently told county supervisors she’s never been more worried about the state of the county’s finances. Staffers tell the
Posted By Iridian Casarez on Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 2:48 PM click to enlarge Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Sofia Pereira has been named Humboldt County s new Public Health Director Arcata Mayor Sofia Pereira, who has also served as the county s Emergency Operations Center operation chief during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced she will be stepping down from the Arcata City Council by June 25 after being named Public Health s new director, replacing Michele Stephens. Starting June 27, I will begin a new chapter as the Public Health Director for the county of Humboldt, Department of Health and Human Services. I am honored and excited to take on this new role to serve our community and improve our community’s health and