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Author Archives: Jocelyn Wiener

Jocelyn Wiener writes about health and mental health for CalMatters, exploring the intersection between government policies and people’s lives. She has worked as a reporter in her native California for close to two decades. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, Kaiser Health News, the San Francisco Chronicle and many other state and national publications.

After graduating from Stanford University, she received a Fulbright Scholarship to spend a year and a half working with young people living on the streets of El Salvador. She earned a master’s degree at Columbia University’s School of Journalism, and reported on poverty and homelessness for The Sacramento Bee. She has worked as a freelance journalist in Central and South America and India, as well as in California.

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Dial 988: State’s new mental health crisis hotline debuts

Avatar photo by Jocelyn Wiener July 15, 2022July 15, 2022
Terry Fiscus, a counselor at Turning Point Community Programs, sits in his office in Sacramento on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Photo by Nina Riggio for CalMatters
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Programa para Enfermos mentales Tribunal CARE: ¿Pueden los condados de California hacer que funcione?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jocelyn Wiener and Manuela Tobias July 14, 2022July 14, 2022
Terry Fiscus, a counselor at Turning Point Community Programs, sits in his office in Sacramento on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Photo by Nina Riggio for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

CARE Court: Can California counties make it work?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jocelyn Wiener and Manuela Tobias July 14, 2022July 20, 2022
Advocates are at odds over a bill that aims to crack down on licensing for California nursing homes. Photo via iStock Photos
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Los legisladores ablandan el proyecto de ley para hogares de ancianos de California; los patrocinadores retiran su apoyo

Avatar photo by Jocelyn Wiener June 22, 2022June 22, 2022
Advocates are at odds over a bill that aims to crack down on licensing for California nursing homes. Photo via iStock Photos
Posted inHealth

Lawmakers weaken California nursing homes bill — sponsors yank their support

Avatar photo by Jocelyn Wiener June 22, 2022June 22, 2022
Susan Ottele holding a photo of her son Adam Joseph Collier who committed suicide while in solitary confinement in a California state prison. Photo by Tojo Andrianarivo for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

Inmate shuffle: How California bounces around its mentally ill prisoners

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Byrhonda Lyons and Jocelyn Wiener June 2, 2022June 2, 2022
Amanda Arellano, 17, left, and her mother Maria, right, at a park near their home in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 2022. Amanda said she believes schools need to focus more are helping students with mental health struggles that have been caused by the pandemic. “Especially those with special needs, we are the community who have been much more impacted, especially with physical and mental problems,” she said. Amanda has autism, cerebral palsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Amanda said the start of the pandemic had more positives because it brought more resources for distance learning and the schools had more resources for mental health, but she feels that those things have faded with time and with classes now being in-person again. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters
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Cuando los niños sufren: California destinará miles de millones a la reforma de salud mental

Avatar photo by Jocelyn Wiener March 17, 2022March 17, 2022
Amanda Arellano, 17, left, and her mother Maria, right, at a park near their home in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 2022. Amanda said she believes schools need to focus more are helping students with mental health struggles that have been caused by the pandemic. “Especially those with special needs, we are the community who have been much more impacted, especially with physical and mental problems,” she said. Amanda has autism, cerebral palsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Amanda said the start of the pandemic had more positives because it brought more resources for distance learning and the schools had more resources for mental health, but she feels that those things have faded with time and with classes now being in-person again. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

When children suffer: California to funnel billions into mental health overhaul

Avatar photo by Jocelyn Wiener March 17, 2022March 17, 2022
Governor Gavin Newsom speaking at press conference
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Newsom presenta una ‘estrategia completamente nueva’ para la crisis de salud mental de California

Avatar photo by Jocelyn Wiener March 3, 2022March 3, 2022
Governor Gavin Newsom speaking at press conference
Posted inHealth

Newsom’s ‘new strategy’ would force some homeless, mentally ill Californians into treatment

Avatar photo by Jocelyn Wiener March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

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