Who
- State Senator Mike McGuire (D-Santa Rosa), Humboldt County
What
On July 22, Sen. McGuire announced a $5 million investment in Humboldt County health care and behavioral health. The investments include:
- $2.5 million for the California State University, Humboldt nursing program
- $500,000 for the College of the Redwoods nursing program
- $2 million for the creation of a crisis residential treatment (CRT) care center. Humboldt’s psychiatric health care facility SemperVirens is housed in a very old facility that can’t accommodate the full needs of the county’s behavioral health patients. The opening of a CRT will provide some relief to that strain.
These investments will support both patient continuum of care and critical staffing needs within hospitals along the Redwood Coast.