The Los Angeles Public Library could become a place where Angelenos can get help with their mental health. Right now the library is looking for “multiple entities to provide professional mental health services and/or social services.'
Pickard-Four said expenditures for the new mental health and social workers would be covered by LAPL’s security budget. The move stems from recommendations that came out of the library’s Safety and Security Project, a staff-led effort that stretches back about five years.
The library currently runs The Source program, a “one-stop-shop” for unhoused Angelenos to get help with Medi-Cal enrollment, employment assistance, mental health and other services. But that program is only available once a month at the Central Library, and Pickard-Four would like to see a more consistent presence with social service providers.
The contracts will be open to both larger organizations and first-time city contractors. The library’sBecome a sponsor Pickard-Four noted that libraries in San Francisco, Denver and Philadelphia have led similar efforts. “What we envision is helping people in crisis just like we help everyone else,” Pickard-Four said. “And in order to do that we need to bring in resources from the outside.”One of my goals on the mental health beat is to make the seemingly intractable mental health care system more navigable.
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