Purpose and Intent of The Proposition
- To address serious mental illness among children, adults, and seniors involving prevention and early intervention services and supportive medical care
- To reduce the adverse impact from untreated serious mental illness from individuals, families, and state and local budgets
- To expand innovative and successful service delivery programs for children, adults, and seniors, including culturally and linguistically competent approaches for underserved populations
- To provide the state and local governments with funds adequate to meet to meet the needs of all children and adults. State funds are available to provide services that are not already covered by individuals’ or families’ insurance programs or by federally sponsored programs.
- To ensure that all funds are spent in the most cost effective manner and services are provided following best recommended practices, with local and state oversight to ensure accountability
Read more about this topic: California Proposition 63 (2004)
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