Mental Health

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

The Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund has a new grant that’s prioritizing projects that will support youth. Applications for the grant opened this week and will close at the end of February. Also, Butte County is holding four in-person meetings and two virtual meetings regarding the Mental Health Services Act, and Plumas County will soon make updates to its hazard mitigation plans.

The Community Assessment, Response and Education (CARE) Team provides a variety of support for those dealing with mental health challenges. After running for three years, a new managing organization is soon taking over.

A state-led peer support training program starts in December. Also the Redding Police Department says several encampments in the city have been cleared out, and Safe Space’s Shelter Operations Coordinator Quin Troester shares why it’s important to volunteer this season.

Nearly $900,000 in state grant funding is headed to the Hmong Cultural Center in Oroville for youth peer support and a mentorship program. The nonprofit says Asian youth need more access to culturally appropriate mental health support.

Proposition 1 aims to house those who are experiencing homelessness and mental illness, but if it passes, there are sacrifices counties like Butte might have to make.

Butte County Department of Behavioral Health hosted a community feedback session in Chico for residents to ask questions about the department and, primarily, Proposition 1. More feedback sessions are scheduled throughout the county next month.

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.

An expert explains how to take care of your mental health following disasters such as wildfires. Also, human composting will be legal in California starting in 2027, and the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending all new vehicles in the U.S. be equipped with alcohol-monitoring systems.

As California wildfires grow more intense, frequent, and widespread, many children who live through them are experiencing lasting psychological trauma such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.