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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Jan. 26, 2010

Prop. 63 Fails To Foster Youth, Study Says

The Mental Health Services Act has failed to aid vulnerable foster youth it was intended to help, while paying millions of dollars to detention and probation rehabilitation programs, according to a study released Monday.

By Evan George

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The multi-billion dollar voter-approved Mental Health Services Act has failed to aid vulnerable foster youth it was intended to help, while paying millions of dollars to detention and probation rehabilitation programs, among other things, according to a study released Monday.

The report found 90 pecent of young adults exiting foster care with mental health needs receive little to none ...

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