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The agency, which operates out of a small office off 220th Street, received funds through a cooperative agreement between the state and county agencies.

With a small paid staff, it survived on an annual budget of just more than $200,000.

But in July, when the state refused to raise the budget, which had remained stagnant for several years, the agency's board decided it couldn't continue.

"We're finished with it," Prestman said.

The plan to generate its own money has met with positive feedback with local businesses.

ExxonMobil is in talks with the agency to have it put together community mailers.

"I'm glad they have found a new and perhaps unique approach to continue the work they're doing," said company spokeswoman Carolin Keith.

"A lot of companies in the South Bay will at least investigate doing business with them." But to stay in the black, Enrichment Through Employment needs to bring in at least $2,400 a month to pay for rent and insurance.

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...ba href=/schizophrenia/a/b, bipolar disorder and major depression, according to a 2003 report from Human Rights Watch.

The California state system reports that 31,000 inmates, or 18 percent of the inmate population, are receiving mental health services.

The closing of state and local mental health hospitals has led to high rates of the mentally ill behind bars because there are no adequate alternatives to replace them, Human Rights Watch said.

"One of the largest mental health care providers in the nation is Los Angeles County jail system," Doolen said.

Prisons are now the nation's primary facilities for the mentally ill, with three times as many patients in prisons as in mental health hospitals, according to Human Rights Watch.

The cost to treat mental illness is significant.

One mood-stabilizing drug, for example, costs $350 for a 30-day supply, Moore said.

Finally, there's the issue of rising prescription costs.

Pharmaceutical costs have been rising by the double digits in recent years as drug makers spend more on development and marketing costs and face tougher federal regulations.

Sometimes, states get together to buy medicines in bulk from one distributor and private companies can work deals.

But supplying the pharmacies can represent as much of 12 percent to 15 percent of the total prison health care spending annually, Pomeroy said.

Prison budgets pinched Rising medical costs have meant rising prison budgets.

In Delaware, the proposed correction budget for 2007 is more than double ...

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