Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Department overview

Preceding department	LA County Department of Health Services
Jurisdiction	Los Angeles County
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California 34°03′51″N 118°17′29″W / 34.064225°N 118.291431°W / 34.064225; -118.291431Coordinates: 34°03′51″N 118°17′29″W / 34.064225°N 118.291431°W / 34.064225; -118.291431
Motto	Hope, Wellness and Recovery
Employees	4,011 (2010)^[1]
Annual budget	US$1,584,061,000 (2010)^[1]
Department executive	Robin Kay, Ph.D.^[2], Acting Director of Mental Health
Parent department	LA County Board of Supervisors
Website	dmh.lacounty.gov

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH), the largest county mental health department in the United States, provides mental health services for Los Angeles County residents.^[1] DMH directly operates 75 program sites in the county and serves over 250,000 patients annually.^[3] DMH's headquarters are located on Vermont Avenue in Koreatown, Los Angeles, California.^[4]

References

1 2 3 "Assessor" (PDF). County of Los Angeles Annual Report 2009-2010. Public Affairs, Chief Executive Office. p. 41. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
↑ http://dmh.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dmh/about_dmh/leadership?1dmy&page=dept.lac.dmh.home.about.detail.hidden&urile=wcm%3Apath%3A/dmh+content/dmh+site/home/about+dmh/about+dmh+detail/robin+kay+phd
↑ "About DMH". Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
↑ "Koreatown". Mapping L.A. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 October 2012.

External links

County of Los Angeles

Board of supervisors	Hilda Solis, 1st Dist. Mark Ridley-Thomas, 2nd Dist. Sheila Kuehl, 3rd Dist. Don Knabe, 4th Dist. Michael D. Antonovich, 5th Dist.

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