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Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide strength-based, recovery and resiliency oriented, culturally competent, high quality, geographically accessible, integrated alcohol, drug, and mental health services to Alameda County residents of all ages.

• Through a network of community-based and county providers, we provide prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services to

  • Promote recovery and resilience

  • Minimize services delivered in restrictive environments

  • Stabilize and manage symptoms and behaviors that are problematic for clients whether psychiatric in nature or related to substance use or abuse

  • Support clients in the least restrictive environment of their choice

  • Reduce the long-term adverse impacts on individuals, families and the community  resulting from untreated severe emotional disorders, serious mental illness, and substance abuse

  • Reduce illness, death, disability and the cost to society resulting from these conditions.

• Provide crisis and recovery services following major disasters

Mandated Services

The level of mandated services is prescribed by AB 1288 and related Realignment legislation. AB 1288 requires the County to fund Mental Health Services up to amounts received via its Realignment allocation, mandated matching funds set according to a base year and any applicable third party revenues that are available. The mandated services that are required to be funded include: psychiatric crisis or emergency care, inpatient care, outpatient/day care, case management, conservatorship, administration and evaluation. Within these seven mandated service areas, there are a variety of specific mandates such as staffing standards, quality assurance standards, and a host of reporting and general practice standards.

Discretionary funding has been used to augment the seven basic departmental services and other program services, such as housing support services and Community-Based Organization stabilization. Continuation of this funding level and service support is at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors.