In shining a light on some new developments in services at the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH), CARE Court is a perfect example. Launched in December of 2023, and funded by the State of California, the department has joined an exciting collaboration of government agencies and community organizations fostering a wide systemic change. The CARE stands for Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment and in this episode you will hear from a leader who heads an organization that gives that community assistance. Harold Turner is the Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Urban Los Angeles. NAMI was started by a group of families over 40 years ago to find answers on how to help family members with mental illness and to support one another. Today, there are 600 chapters across the U. S. renown for providing education and support groups. With CARE Court, Mr. Turner with his members accompanies families to Court and helps them navigate the mental health, health and legal systems, to develop an effective plan of recovery and empowerment for those who qualify for the services from this new kind of Court. He brings to this important programmatic development experience as a Father of a mentally ill child, and as a community leader on the Workgroup of the State of California CARE ACT, a member of the LACDMH Commission, and as an Executive Director of NAMI Urban LA, with decades of effective advocacy for the improvement of mental health treatments. LACDMH values the collaboration with Mr. Turner and his organization working together to foster recovery for those living with mental illness. To Contact NAMI Urban LA, go to the website, www.namiurbanla.org, tel. (323) 294-7814, write - 4305 Degnan Blvd. Suite 104, Los Angeles, CA 90008