Health

VIDEO: Medical Therapy Units Have A Field Day

| 12:30 PM

Reading Time: < 1 minutePhysical and occupational therapists at the County’s Medical Therapy Units (MTU) hosted a full day camp tailor-made for MTU clients with activities like basketball, volleyball, rugby, water games, and face-painting. The smiles and laughter underscored the value of their efforts.

Health

Resource Events Bring County Services to You

| 11:14 AM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe County of San Diego is committed to removing barriers and making support services accessible to everyone, especially at-risk populations. Community Pop-up Resource Events are proving to be very effective in bringing support directly to the people who are eligible.

Environment

County LEEDing the Way

| 1:45 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the County broke ground last month on its seventh Crisis Stabilization Unit—a place to give people in the midst of crisis a calm place to recover—it wasn’t just a boon for behavioral health.
It was also a boost for the environment, sustainability and thwarting climate change in San Diego County.

Veterans
Red tent with sign that says County of San Diego Office of Military and Veterans Affairs

County’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs Gears up for Stand Down

| 2:12 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs (OMVA) is one of many County departments gearing up for the region’s largest annual event for unhoused veterans, the Veteran’s Village of San Diego’s Stand Down. The event is scheduled August 9 to 11. It will include an array of resources, and County services, for unhoused veterans. 

Health
image of an arm after a tuberculosis test Credit: CDC.gov

TB Exposure Reported at Mount Miguel High School (MMHS)

| 4:34 PM

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe County’s Tuberculosis Control Program is working in close collaboration with Grossmont Union High School District to notify students, staff and volunteers potentially exposed to tuberculosis (TB) during the second semester of the 2023-24 school year at Mount Miguel High School.