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flag California’s CARE Court law has led to mostly voluntary mental health treatment, with few court orders due to trust-based outreach.

flag Two years after California enacted a law allowing courts to mandate treatment for individuals with severe mental illness, the state is primarily using voluntary, intensive outreach rather than coercion. flag Social workers in counties like Orange County conduct repeated visits—sometimes dozens—to build trust with people with conditions like schizophrenia, supported by funding from the CARE Court program that covers costs traditional healthcare doesn’t. flag As of late September, over 600 people statewide entered care voluntarily, but only 19 were court-ordered, reflecting a widespread preference for persistent, non-coercive engagement over legal enforcement. flag Judges rarely use their authority to compel treatment, believing trust and patience yield better outcomes.

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