CARE Act
What is CARE ?
Community
Assistance
Recovery &
Empowerment
The CARE Act is a “new civil court process” established to:
- Focus counties and other local governments on serving persons with untreated schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders.
- Provide behavioral health and other essential resources and services.
- Protect self-determination and civil liberties by providing legal counsel and promoting supported decision making.
- Intervene sooner in the lives of those in need to provide support.
Who Qualifies?
- Adults, 18 years or older.
- Diagnosed with a Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders.
- Currently experiencing behaviors and symptoms associated with severe mental illness (SMI).
- Not clinically stabilized in on-going voluntary treatment.
- At least one of the following:
- Unlikely to survive safely without supervision, and condition is substantially deteriorating.
- Needs services and support to prevent relapse or deterioration, leading to grave disability or harm to others.
- Participation in a CARE Plan or Agreement is the least restrictive alternative.
- Likely to benefit from participating in a CARE Plan or Agreement.
CARE ACT ASSISTANCE
Siskiyou County Superior Court Self Help Center is available to provide CARE Act assistance and education to all parties.
Location:
Self-Help Center, First Floor
411 4th Street
Yreka, CA 96097
CARE Act Assistance, click here for clinic hours: https://www.siskiyou.courts.ca.gov/self-help/family-law-facilitator-calendar
For more information and forms click HERE or here https://www.courts.ca.gov/48654.htm