Leadership of County Behavioral Health Services
Summary
Tulare's brand-new shelter holds an open house June 5 with residents moving in by early summer. The county's behavioral health urgent care center has its roof and walls and should open by year's end, with the larger Casa Grande campus targeting 2027.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 2
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 20, 2026.
Impact analysis
Contracts on this agenda total over $7 million in county behavioral health and lab spending.
Unsheltered residents in Tulare and people in behavioral health crisis countywide.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting - Oct 20, 2026
Dr. Casie Ennis takes over county behavioral health services at a time of growing service mandates and tight budgets. She replaces Dr. Natalie Bolen, who was promoted to agency director.
Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting - Oct 13, 2026
A resident questioned the per-client costs of the county's largest health contracts, including $5.72M for BAART addiction treatment and $800,000 for four adolescent psychiatric beds, and asked why the county doesn't build local facilities. Supervisors agreed and noted a local adolescent unit is in the works.
Task Force on Homelessness - May 20, 2026
Tulare's brand-new shelter holds an open house June 5 with residents moving in by early summer. The county's behavioral health urgent care center has its roof and walls and should open by year's end, with the larger Casa Grande campus targeting 2027.
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