Article: Claremont, Calif.-Area Mental Health Agency Is in Financial Straitjacket.

By Darla Martin Tucker, The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 8--An outpatient mental health clinic system operated by three cities filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection Feb. 13 in U.S. Federal Court, Central District in Los Angeles. It is the first bankruptcy of a California public mental health agency in at least 10 years, a state official said.

Tri-City Mental Health is a municipal joint powers authority serving Claremont, La Verne, Pomona and surrounding communities with three clinics and 70 offsite locations and schools, according to its Web site. The organization claimed a budget of nearly ...

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