Butte County Department of Behavioral Health

A program in Paradise is geared toward helping survivors of the Camp Fire afford a home. The down payment assistance program is funded by a state grant. Also, Butte County supervisors are set to decide whether to approve more than $800,000 in new county salaries, and you may see a lot of smoke in the Magalia area, but it's just a prescribed burn to reduce hazardous fuels.

Butte County Department of Behavioral Health will keep using a state grant to search for a place to house those incompetent to stand trial. Also, North State Assemblymember James Gallagher introduced a new bill prioritizing funding for communities recovering from disasters, and the Community Action Agency of Butte County is holding a drive-thru food pantry this Friday in Chico.

The county is holding four in-person meetings and two virtual meetings to discuss where to focus state mental health funding in 2025.

Butte County’s Behavioral Health Director told NSPR that several mental health services could face reduced funding or possible closure if Proposition 1 is passed in California.

Data compiled by the Butte County Sheriff’s Office show more teenagers died by suicide in 2020 than in 2019 and 2018 combined.Five county teens died from…

City leaders in Chico are asking what role the county behavioral health department plays in providing services to homeless people. Chico Mayor Andrew…