The CARE Act:
Updates and Stories of Progress
The Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act helps people needing support with schizophrenia or another eligible diagnosis. It creates personally tailored care plans that include a combination of wrap-around services, housing and stabilizing medication.
Videos and Fact Sheets
We need your help to share the message. Use these materials to spread the word about the CARE Act to communities, organizations, and local leaders — anyone who believes in the power of recovery.
New Videos: The CARE Act
Our new video series shows the real-world impact of the CARE Act. Share these short, powerful stories with your network.
- CARE Is a New Way to Get Help
- Alameda: This Isn’t the Court You Know
- Person-Centered Approach
- Comprehensive Help
- An Opportunity to Get Needs Met
- Giving Someone a Chance
Watch the CARE Act at Work series
- The CARE Act at Work (3:25)
- At Work in San Diego County (3:12)
- At Work in Riverside County (3:35)
- At Work in Fresno County (2:34)
- All videos and versions
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Fact Sheets
- About the CARE Act (6 pages)
- About the CARE Act, en español (6 pages, Spanish)
- Ten Things To Know About the CARE Act (2 pages)
- CARE Act Information for Petitioners
New Videos:
Families Finally See a Team Show Up
CARE is A New Way to Get Help
Our new video series shows the real-world impact of the CARE Act.
News and Updates
- New: August 2026 update
- July 2025 update
Highlights: 3,336 petitions and counting (including petitions and individuals engaged with county behavioral health services); permanent housing increased from 46% to 56%; system partners are now half of all petitioners.
Also in the News
- CARE in Action: One Man’s Journey Off the Streets
- Two Years In, Riverside’s CARE Court Reaches 260 Residents
- ‘CARE Court is a Godsend’: Why Does Humboldt’s Alternative Justice System for the Mentally Ill Succeed Where So Many Others Have Failed?
- San Diego Union-Tribune: Scores turn to new court
- Care Act Celebrates 11 New Graduates
Older Updates
Our Annual Report
Stay Up To Date
The CARE Act Working Group
The CARE Act Working Group meets in person and virtually. Meetings are open to the public. See meeting information, schedules, materials and recordings.
Join the E-Mail List
Get regular updates via the CARE Act listserv by sending an email to CAREACT@chhs.ca.gov.