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The Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act authorizes specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan that can include treatment, housing support, and other services for persons with untreated schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders. The CARE Act creates a new pathway intended to deliver mental health treatment and support services upstream to the most severely impaired Californians who often experience homelessness or incarceration without treatment. This pathway is accessed when a person, called the “petitioner”, requests court-ordered treatment, services, support, and housing resources under the CARE Act prioritized for another person, called the “respondent”. The petitioner must fall under a specific group of people, such as specific family members, housemates, first responders, and behavioral health workers. The respondent must have a diagnosis on the schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders.

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  • Probate

    The Probate Department of the Court handles decedent's estates, trust proceedings, guardianship proceedings, conservatorship proceedings, and mental health filings.

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  • Self-Help Services

    Self-Help provides general assistance to people who do not have attorneys.

    Self Help
  • San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health

    The San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health offers a wide-range of mental health services, including services specifically tailored for CARE Act proceeding candidates.

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