MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS and advocates are ringing the alarm over proposed cuts to Santa Clara County’s suicide prevention programs amid a historic budget crunch.
In light of massive federal budget cuts, county officials have been looking for ways to bridge a $787 million gap in the upcoming fiscal year budget. The county’s latest budget proposal includes cutting four of the five staff supporting the Suicide Prevention Oversight Committee, which advocates said could decimate the work the program has been doing for 15 years.
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