Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Girivasan Patterikalam, PMP has a wealth of experience in information technology and project management. With a background in programming and analysis, they have held various managerial and directorial roles in reputable organizations such as Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and Department of Health Services. Their expertise lies in managing subsystems related to eligibility determination and benefit calculation, as well as playing an active role in the development and implementation of important application systems.
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is the largest county mental health department in the country. LACDMH directly operates 75 program sites and more than 100 co-located sites. Additionally, LACDMH contracts with approximately 1,000 providers, including non-governmental agencies and individual practitioners who provide a spectrum of mental health services to people of all ages to support hope, wellbeing and recovery. Our diverse workforce, including nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, medical doctors, community workers, trained family members and trained mental health consumers, serve over 250,000 residents of all ages each year. Mission Our mission at LACDMH is to optimize the hope, recovery, wellbeing, and life trajectory of Los Angeles County's most vulnerable through access to care and resources that promote not only independence and personal recovery but also connectedness and community reintegration.