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The Orange County Register: CHOC helps launch first ‘well-space’ in Anaheim United School District

Published on: February 27, 2025

CHOC partnered with CalOptima Health and OCDE to launch the first 'well-space' in Anaheim United School District to support student mental health.

Link: https://inside.choc.org/first-well-space-in-anaheim-united-school/

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Hannah Tran, 16, Loara High School’s student body president, kicks back in a comfy chair at the Anaheim school’s newly unveiled ‘well-space’ on Tuesday.

With input from students, the room was designed to have a calming effect on increasingly anxious teenagers.

Hannah Tran, Student at Loara High School
MINDY SCHAUER — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER AT OC REGISTER

CalOptima Health partnered with the Orange County Department of Education and the Children’s Hospital of Orange County to bring the first ‘well-space’ to the Anaheim Unified School District as part of the Student Behavioral Health Incentive Program.

There are 54 ‘wells-spaces’ throughout the county.

This story originally appeared in the print edition of The Orange County Register on Wednesday, February 27th.

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