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Health-district CEO highlights All Cove youth services and rising youth mental-health indicators
Summary
Tom Backley, CEO of the Beach Cities Health District, described All Cove (a youth mental-health facility offering same-day therapy and peer specialists at no cost) and warned of rising suicide ideation and substance-use indicators among young people while outlining partnerships and funding efforts.
Tom Backley, CEO of the Beach Cities Health District, told the Chamber that local public-health work emphasizes mental-health supports for youth and services for older adults.
Backley said the health district’s All Cove program has served more than 11,000 youth in a little over two years, with roughly 15% of those receiving some service and 15% of users from Manhattan Beach. He said All Cove provides same-day access to…
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