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Orange County Faces Challenges In Implementing CARE Court System

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A large multi-story building and a driveway alongside it.
Orange County Superior Court will technically house the local CARE Court, though judges say they will more likely hold meetings with patients at a more neutral site, like a conference room at the county health office. (April Dembosky/KQED)

Orange County Officials Weigh Best Practices In Implementing CARE Court System 

Starting this fall, judges in 8 counties will be put in charge of ordering treatment for people with serious psychotic illness. Some politicians say these new CARE Courts will clean up the streets, while health advocates argue a courtroom is no place for vulnerable patients. In Orange County, officials are balancing this tension as they start to implement the controversial new plan.
Reporter: April Dembosky, KQED

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