New East Bay Diversion Center Aims for Care over Incarceration

New East Bay diversion center aims for care over incarceration

There's a new push in Alameda County to focus on treatment rather than incarceration for people who run into legal issues because they’re struggling with their mental health.

Tired of waiting for a Black wellness center, an East Bay woman is launching her own - Local News Matters

A CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WOMAN is taking Black wellness into her own hands after she said county plans for a health and wellness center are taking too long.  Gigi Crowder, the executive director of the Contra Costa affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is launching a community-led African American Holistic Wellness and Resource Hub at the Delta Bay Community Church in Antioch.  “It just became apparent to me that we needed our own p…