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 The center will make a difference in the lives of Orange County clients struggling with mental illness according to Bill Campbell. ORANGE COUNTY, CA (Catholic Online) - Approved by voters in 2004, Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act, imposes a 1 percent tax on incomes of $1 million or more to support the county mental health programs. The cost of the center was $37.2 million. The campus houses 15 beds for people in crisis, a non-residential wellness center, an education center, and a training center. There are extras, that include a meditation room, a garden, and six apple trees for the clients to enjoy. "I can't deal with a lot of noise," said Joy Torres, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Torres, 40, who has been a client of county mental health programs since 1988, was involved in a group that helped plan the center. She promoted the idea of a meditation room in order to give people a place to get away from noisy distractions. Campbell, who was involved in envisioning the center and pushed through obstacles to get it built, said the center will "make a difference in the lives of Orange County clients struggling with mental illness." The homeless, one important population of mental health clients, will benefit from the center's short-term beds, where they can get stabilized on necessary medication and obtain referrals to other residential programs. © 2012, Catholic Online. Distributed by NEWS CONSORTIUM. - - - Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for January 2013 General Intention: The Faith of Christians. That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and witness joyfully to the gift of faith in him. Missionary Intention: Middle Eastern Christians. That the Christian communities of the Middle East, often discriminated against, may receive from the Holy Spirit the strength of fidelity and perseverance. |
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