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 ‘Relentless Outreach’: The State That Doesn’t Give Up on Mentally Ill Residents appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful .

‘Relentless Outreach’: The State That Doesn’t Give Up on Mentally Ill Residents
Michaela Haas
