Butte County Department of Behavioral Health

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

For the first time, domestic violence topped the list of behavioral health concerns in a countywide survey. The shift reflects what service providers are seeing on the ground and has sparked renewed calls more focus on prevention.

Butte County Behavioral Health gets funding from Proposition 1 to expand mental health and addiction services in Chico by renovating a former Enloe Health facility.

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, May 12, 2025.

At its first meeting, Chico’s new ad hoc homelessness committee heard from behavioral health and the nonprofit that runs the city's micro shelter site about what’s working — and what isn’t.

The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Monday, April 21, 2025.

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.