The following press statement was offered by the Yes on Measure AA, Berkeley Healthy Child Coalition. Vote Yes on Measure AA. For more than a decade, Berkeley’s tax on sugary drink distributors has successfully funded school gardens, nutrition education and…
By Mickey Ellinger, 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations An enthusiastic and colorful opposition to the threat of coal trains rumbling by just blocks away greeted fans streaming into the Oakland Ballers game on Friday August 28. A giant puppet and mock…
By Micky Duxbury In 2021, Maurice Monk lay motionless for three days in his Alameda County jail cell. Body camera videos showed sheriff’s deputies and nurses from Wellpath, the for-profit jail healthcare company, throwing his meals and medications through a…
“The Specialized Care Unit (SCU) project aims to respond to mental health and substance use crises without the involvement of law enforcement.” Call (510) 948-0075. –City of Berkeley Health, Housing, and Community Services Department Sept. 5, 2023: The most significant outcome to…
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center is proud to introduce, “We are Born, Not Made,” an inspiring anthem composed to resonate with the unwavering spirit of Community Health Workers (CHWs) worldwide. This anthem captures the dedication and innate compassion that drive…
Reduce Police Footprint in delivering mental health crises and other services. Berkeley has granted $4.5 million to Bonita House Inc. (an Alameda County provider of mental health and housing services ) to operate Creating a Specialized Care Unit. The SCU …
An experienced provider will be sought in the very near future, with expertise in serving the encampment community and those sleeping in our streets for a Mobile Wellness Center will serve the target population with a menu of customizable support…
Have Mental Health Services Improved? $350K – City of Berkeley allocated for additional Mental Health services sits unspent. The reason given by BHS and City of Berkeley states that it is very difficult to hire people in the mental health…
The Berkeley High School Health Center was created in order to sponsor a healthier educational environment. It provides first aid, mental health services, and sexual health education. BY CHARLIE TAMAGNO JANUARY 14, 2023 The Berkeley High School Health Center was created in…
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” As we think about a potential en of the pandemic, on which our attention has necessarily been…