Orange County Takes Different Approach to Treat Mental Illness Through CARE Courts

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Giovanni Figueroa put 30,000 miles on his car last year, roaming the streets of Orange County, trying to determine who might be one of his missing clients with schizophrenia.

Figueroa is among the first to work for California’s brand new CARE Courts. While the 2022 law gives judges authority to force people into treatment, Orange County decided early on that its program would be utterly voluntary, leaning on the tenets of relentless outreach to coax, rather than coerce, people into care…

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