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Las Candelas luncheon benefits children
Las Candelas will celebrate 60 years of serving emotionally challenged children during its Springtime's Promise fashion show luncheon on Monday at the Marriott-Burbank Airport Hotel. Members continue to provide mental health, life skills and cultural...Tags: Linda Evans, Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Family Promise welcomes Kimberly Rhodes as new director
Kimberly Rhodes has been named Network Director of Family Promise of East San Fernando Valley, which serves Burbank and surrounding communities. Family Promise is a national nonprofit organization committed to helping low-income families to achieve...
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Burbank Civitans seek members
The Burbank Civitan Club is seeking more men and women to help with its charitable projects. Some of the group’s activities include providing food and financial assistance for the annual Graduation Dance of BCR “a place to grow” and...
Tags: Family, Black College Reunion, Cartoon Network (tv network), Sports, Mary Alice
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Burbank psych unit fills in a gap
A woman enters unlocked homes, looking in mirrors combing what she thinks are silk worms coming from her head. A man is holed up in a room full of guns as he fights voices in his head that are telling him to kill himself. Prior to the establishment of a...Tags: Environmental Issues, Suicidal Behavior, Conservation, Suicide, Health
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Social worker to help police department tackle mental health calls
Burbank police now have a licensed clinician from the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health working with officers on a full-time basis — a program they say could be a model for other cities. The collaboration furthers the department's...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Medical Professionals
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Cops take aim at homelessness
Burbank Police Sgt. Mike Parrinello envisions himself as the one to help keep homeless people on the path to recovery and off the streets.
“We’re the go-betweens, since we have contact with them,” Parrinello said. “We’re...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Homelessness, Health, Social Issues
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Responders seek new mental health approach
The number of mental health-related emergency calls has increased significantly in the last two years, police said, prompting a fresh approach for tackling the problem. With the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man by two Fullerton police...Tags: Government, Politics, Clubs and Associations, Safety of Citizens, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Burbank braces for cuts
Burbank and Glendale officials on Friday said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest proposals for closing a $19.1-billion state budget deficit could weigh down on the region and affect local residents. The governor proposed closing the gap with $12.4...Tags: Government, Local Government, Politics, Health, Regional Authority
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Asperger's does not make a murderer
Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...
Tags: Family, Learning Disability, Autism, Health, Mental Illness
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New Mental Health Facility at Salem VA is almost done
WDBJ7 ReporterThe newest building at the Salem Veterans Affairs Hospital will treat the injuries you can't see. The $9.5 million dollar Mental Health Wing will treat veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other psychological ailments. The 25,000 square...Tags: Health, Veterans Affairs, Salem (Salem, Virginia), Behavioral Conditions
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St. Charles District 303 approves new contract, pay raises for teachers
After a period where salaries were frozen, St. Charles District 303 teachers have a new, three-year contract, complete with pay raises. The school board approved the contract Monday night after four months of negotiations. Teachers already had signed...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: Prisons, Substance Abuse, Zev Yaroslavsky, Lee Baca, Mental Illness
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