Family Advocacy
Are you struggling with The System? Trying to keep a loved one out of jail? ... out of prison? It's so hard to be caught up in the pain, frustration and emotional trauma that surrounds people with co-occurring disorders let alone all of the issues you must deal with when your loved one is in trouble or arrested. Get help from Families ACT! Call our Hot-Line at 805-637-1339.
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Lompoc, CA
Kathleen O. curtis-MA, MFT
Mental Health Court Liaison
(805) 737-7727
Judge Kay Kuns courtroom: Lompoc court, Judge just appointed, very treatment oriented
In a complex at Cypress and East. Lompoc mental health treatment clinic on Cypress and Co.; mental health is upstairs,;Probation is right next door,
Lompoc does not have a CARES Unit.
Lompoc ADMHS: Wendy Williams Licensed MFT takes the walk-ins.
2 licensed clinicians and one case manager. Shortage of staff made. If Lompoc hospital calls and says we need someone.
Lompoc unique: one courtroom where do arraignment, probation violation, no set aside times for SATC, but do have Prop 36, Coast Valley and Zona Seca, on Tuesday mornings first thing 8:30-4:40
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Santa Maria, CA:
Jerry Lockhart, Phd
Justice Alliance
Santa Maria
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Santa Barbara city, CA:
Norma Bienvenidas
Justice Alliance
Mental Health Court Liaison I have a son, but he is no longer here with me. He died at age 26 of an unintentional drug overdose. The pain of losing him is so unbearable that it almost defies description in words.
Unspeakable Loss: I have a son, but he is no longer here with me. He died at age 26 of an unintentional drug overdose. The pain of losing him is so unbearable that it almost defies description in words.
One Mother's Experience: "The system is crazy! My son is schizophrenic. About 10 years ago while he was a student at UC Davis, he began thinking he was the messiah and hearing voices from the beyond ... I begged the court to transfer my son to a hospital instead of just letting him go, telling the judge my son was not competent to go for mental health treatment on his own ..." Read the rest of this story ...