CARE is a new civil process established to allow counties to focus on serving persons with untreated mental illness and provide behavioral health services. CARE Act connects a person struggling with untreated schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders with a court-ordered Care Plan for up to 12 months. Services provided...

Orange County has a comprehensive array of crisis services that operate 24/7, every day of the year, and are designed to support individuals of all ages who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, a behavioral health emergency. These programs range from telephone-based prevention programs through intensive crisis support services...

Phone numbers to call during a crisis: 1) You are experiencing a behavioral health crisis and/or suicidal thoughts. 2) You have attempted suicide and may be living with depression. 3) You are concerned about a loved one possibly attempting suicide. 4) You are coping with the loss of a loved...

This multi-disciplinary program provides prompt, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week year-round response in the county when an individual is experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Clinicians conduct evaluations and risk assessments that are geared to the individual's age and development level and may recommend involuntary commitment to a...

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Providing emergent stabilization, in-home stabilization, or residential services for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis.

The Behavioral Health Services Disaster Response (BHSDR) program is a mobile team of BHS clinicians who receive specialized training in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). The team is on-call to provide support to residents with the goal of minimizing lasting, negative impacts from critical, traumatic and/or disruptive events. The team...

Crisis Stabilization Units (CSUs) provide the community with 24-hour, 7-day a week, year-round service for individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis requiring emergent stabilization that cannot wait until a regularly scheduled appointment. One of the units serves Orange County residents ages 13 and older, the majority of whom...

The In-Home Crisis Stabilization (IHCS) program operates a 24-hour, 7-day a week, year-round service which consists of family stabilization teams that provide short-term, intensive in-home services to individuals who have been assessed to be at imminent risk of psychiatric hospitalization or out-of-home placement but are capable of remaining safely in...

ADEPT Strategic Plan FY 2018-2023 This strategic plan serves to guide the alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention services provided by the County of Orange Health Care Agency.