Santa Cruz County Probation to Place Some Realignment Offenders in Homeless …
Santa Cruz County probation to place some realignment offenders in homeless …
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The county is contracting with social service providers to conduct a host of interventions, including transitional housing, substance abuse treatment and job skills training designed to keep them from reoffending. But a small part of the Probation …
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Trenton substance abuse facility director helps provide Methadone treatments …
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Ed Higgins, executive director of Jersey Shore Addiction Services in Neptune, drove to a shelter in Ocean County to help facilitate the mobile unit's arrival, Kovich said. Because nothing like this had ever been done, she said there were no protocols …
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2013 Legislature must deal with mental illness
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Few can afford the intensive treatment and continuing care they need. Mental illness … But a small fraction – notably males with schizophrenia, a history of drug abuse and a record of violence – account for more than their share of attacks on others …
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