The Los Angeles County jail system’s innovative peer mental health program has grown from a small pilot to serve over 400 patients, becoming a model for correctional facilities nationwide.
How a brigade of locals became a key force in protecting people from the L.A. fires. From Harvard Public Health.
UCLA dental students joined Los Médicos Voladores (Flying Doctors) and Healing California in a large-scale event in February, providing free dental, medical, and vision care to wildfire-displaced individuals and underserved communities in El Monte.
Direct Relief delivered requested medications to providers caring for displaced patients with urgent, severe conditions exacerbated by the Los Angeles County wildfires.
In a first, Lestonnac Free Clinic in Orange County, California plans to offer free operations, starting next year. Story from Direct Relief.