Body State Hospital Acute Care The California state hospital system provides mental health services to patients admitted into Five Department of State Health facilities including Atascadero, Coalinga, Metropolitan, Napa and Patton. The programs provide intensive and individualized treatment (including medication management, and individual and group activities therapies) and are focused on...

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Body Long-Term Care Facilities Our long-term care facilities provide individualized treatment programs with the goal of allowing the person to return to community living. Treatments include medication, group, individual and recreational therapies, with a strong emphasis on the development of job/ vocational skills. Fifteen of the 80 beds are part of...

Body (Santa Ana, CA) – The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) encourages community members to drop-off expired, unused or unwanted prescription medications on “National Take Back Day” Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at numerous locations throughout Orange County. Read More

Body The Court orders approximately 14,000 defendants to an alcohol program each year. The Health Care Agency, Alcohol Liaison Office provides information regarding alcohol programs and provides the Court with notices of enrollment, progress and completion. ALOs can provide information regarding the authorized drug diversion program to defendants if requested. ALO...

Body (Santa Ana, California) - The OC Health Care Agency, Environmental Health Division, has closed the harbor water area 100 yards north and 100 yards south of the Warner Public Dock in Huntington Beach due to a sewage spill. Read More

Body (Santa Ana, CA) - To prepare for the next phase of vaccination distribution, the OC Health Care Agency continues to monitor activity by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices regarding the administration of booster shots...

Body The Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) has confirmed the county’s first case of influenza for the 2021-2022 season. Influenza activity remains low in Orange County at this time, but there are concerns about a more severe influenza season given both the relative dearth of disease and low influenza vaccine...

Body (Santa Ana, CA) - The OC Health Care Agency (HCA) has begun offering booster shots of the Moderna and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccines for certain populations, following recommendations from the Western States Scientific and Safety Review Workgroup , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the...

Body NATIONAL & OC RESOURCES If viewing on a phone, click box above to place call. In case of a mental health emergency, please call 9-8-8. If you are experiencing a life threatening emergency, please call 9-1-1. 9-8-8 provides toll-free, 24-hour, immediate, over-the-phone suicide prevention services to anyone, who is in...