‘Relentless Outreach’: The State That Doesn’t Give Up on Mentally Ill Residents (opens in new tab)

One Thanksgiving, while most families gathered around dinner tables, Janina Estrada cruised the neighborhoods of Orange, California, searching for her 42-year-old son Jimmy Barela in the rain. For nearly two decades, he had cycled through schizophrenia, addiction, diabetes, homelessness and psychiatric crises. She knew his usual sleeping spot: behind the... The post appeared first on .