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NEWSLETTER
Director’s Message
NOVEMBER 2022
Peer-to-Peer
Jocelyn Argame
Dear OC Health Care Agency
“I joined the OC Health Care Agency (HCA) just over 20 years ago, to serve
(HCA) Team,
vulnerable populations whether they are homeless, incarcerated and/or dealing with mental or substance use disorders,” said Peer-to-Peer recip-
I would like to extend a “thank
ient Jocelyn Argame, Senior Public Health Nurse. “Working at the County
you” to every HCA colleague
of Orange (County) has been challenging but very fulfilling and I’ve been
who has served in the US
grateful for the variety of opportunities to serve and do so throughout
Armed Forces or who has family
different divisions in the HCA,” she said.
who served. Our Veterans are deserving of the honor, recogni-
Jocelyn brought vast experience with her when she joined
tion, support and appreciation
the HCA and this has helped her in her service with
we express with Veterans Day.
the County. Her resume includes working as a
The HCA this year returned to
Registered Nurse in Los Angeles County where
hosting an in-person Veterans
she directly handled patients with spinal
Health and Wellness Summit
cord injuries, gunshot wounds and trau-
which you can read about in this
matic brain injuries. Jocelyn also worked
issue. We are looking forward to
at a recuperative care facility serving Skid
this event growing in the years
Row. “That experience helped quite a lot
to come as the HCA and County
when I joined the County’s Whole Person
of Orange do all we can to serve
Care Pilot Program (aka WPC). I was able
those who served us.
to apply what I had learned to mitigate the complexity and challenges facing the
With Thanksgiving coming up, . . . continued on page 2
homeless in Orange County.” As if working with the WPC Pilot Program wasn’t enough, Jocelyn was also
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assisting with post release care coordination from Correctional Health
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Services (CHS) to community-based
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recuperative care. “During that
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period, I functioned as a liaison between recuperative care . . . continued on page 2