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Nov. 25, 2025

In small counties, CARE Court gains early momentum

Close-knit legal and behavioral health networks may be helping rural counties implement California's new mental health court more quickly than major metros.

In small counties, CARE Court gains early momentum
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Could CARE Court be having some of its biggest impacts in California's smallest counties?

The numbers from the initial two years of the program suggest the intimacy of the legal and behavioral health communities in small counties has helped them get up and running more quickly than their larger counterparts.

Under the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Court (CARE) model, people in behavioral health, courts and law enforcement needed to work together in n...

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