Get inside the mind of BHSS’s clinicians this Mental Health Awareness Month Celebrated since May of 1949 in the United States, Mental Health Awareness Month was created to raise awareness, share resources, reduce stigma and support the people who need it most. In the spirit of this tradition, we asked staff from the Behavioral Health and Social Services Branch (… Read More CalWORKs client turned nursing student: With hard work, anything is possible CalWORKs client Michelle Doyle, a mother of two young children, found the courage to leave her abusive marriage in 2019, she said.“We came to Shasta County with nothing,” she said. “I had family here, but they could not take us in. This is where my journey with CalWORKs started.”… Read More In their corner: Julie Wold supports adoptive and resource families Julie Wold combines professional and personal experiences to support adoptive and resource families. Besides serving as Behavioral Health and Social Service’s foster parent/resource parent liaison, Julie and her husband are the adoptive parents to seven children. After struggling… Read More How Peer Support Transforms Shasta County Peer Support Specialists have sustained their own recovery and walk alongside people with similar life experiences. The commonalities they share may include mental illness, substance use, homelessness, the justice system or a combination of these.Shasta County HHSA currently has Peer Support… Read More Not just a job: STEPS graduate launches a career in service Update, Spring 2026: Since this story’s publication, Taniesha has been promoted to a social worker for HHSA. She continues her passion to serve families experiencing complex issues such as domestic violence, substance use and homelessness. She teaches them to how to break out of… Read More Welcome Home, Grandma Kelly Kelly King lived on the streets in Redding for more than six years. After working closely with Christina Joyce, a community mental health worker for Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency, Kelly found the support and housing she needed to get on with life – and with being a great… Read More View PDF of Page
Get inside the mind of BHSS’s clinicians this Mental Health Awareness Month Celebrated since May of 1949 in the United States, Mental Health Awareness Month was created to raise awareness, share resources, reduce stigma and support the people who need it most. In the spirit of this tradition, we asked staff from the Behavioral Health and Social Services Branch (… Read More
CalWORKs client turned nursing student: With hard work, anything is possible CalWORKs client Michelle Doyle, a mother of two young children, found the courage to leave her abusive marriage in 2019, she said.“We came to Shasta County with nothing,” she said. “I had family here, but they could not take us in. This is where my journey with CalWORKs started.”… Read More
In their corner: Julie Wold supports adoptive and resource families Julie Wold combines professional and personal experiences to support adoptive and resource families. Besides serving as Behavioral Health and Social Service’s foster parent/resource parent liaison, Julie and her husband are the adoptive parents to seven children. After struggling… Read More
How Peer Support Transforms Shasta County Peer Support Specialists have sustained their own recovery and walk alongside people with similar life experiences. The commonalities they share may include mental illness, substance use, homelessness, the justice system or a combination of these.Shasta County HHSA currently has Peer Support… Read More
Not just a job: STEPS graduate launches a career in service Update, Spring 2026: Since this story’s publication, Taniesha has been promoted to a social worker for HHSA. She continues her passion to serve families experiencing complex issues such as domestic violence, substance use and homelessness. She teaches them to how to break out of… Read More
Welcome Home, Grandma Kelly Kelly King lived on the streets in Redding for more than six years. After working closely with Christina Joyce, a community mental health worker for Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency, Kelly found the support and housing she needed to get on with life – and with being a great… Read More
