Sacramento County to review homeless, mental health program for underserved areas

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will review project to provide behavioral health services to homeless residents in historically underserved neighborhoods.

The county’s Department of Health Services oversees the Community Defined Wellness Practices Program, which offers mental health assistance in Fruitridge Pocket, Valley Hi/North Laguna, Lemon Hill in south Sacramento and Glenwood Meadows in North Sacramento through a housing project.

According to the county’s 2024 homeless management data, these areas have “some of the highest concentrations” of homelessness in the county and gone without mental health services historically…

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