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The Mental Health Services Act calls for
an expanded and transformed California county mental health system. The
California Department of Mental Health proposes to move the current
mental health system in California from its present state toward a
state-of-the-art, culturally competent system that promotes
recovery/wellness, through independence, hope, personal empowerment, and
resiliency for adults and seniors with severe mental illness and for
children with serious emotional disorders.
Planning Panels will
be implemented for
Older Adults,
Adults, Transition Age Youth, and
Children. These
Panels will be responsible for carrying out the Alameda County planning
process for designated age-groups, ensuring effective stakeholder
involvement in a culturally-competent and inclusive process. If
you are interested in becoming a regular member of a Planning Panel or a
Work Group, please complete a Prospective
Planning Participant Form.
Planning Panels are
responsible for preparing written MHSA implementation plans that meet
DMH planning requirements and are consistent with the provisions and
intent of the MHSA.
Major Tasks and Responsibilities
Under the leadership
of senior Behavioral Health Care staff, the Planning Panels will:
- Become familiar with and adhere to
the provisions of MHSA and DMH planning requirements.
- Identify and promote core values,
priorities and planning principles to be applied in the development
of plans for local MHSA-funded services.
- Determine necessary data and
information requirements for plan development:
- Mental health services
system: features, programs, purposes, resources, costs
- County population and
mental illness prevalence data
- Under-served and unserved
populations
- Service gaps and service
disparities
- Consult with
MHSA Stakeholder Group on planning priorities, principles and
desired outcomes.
- Determine and
prioritize program strategies and options for plans
- Develop written
age-group plan following a ‘plan review template’ consistent with
the MHSA and DMH planning requirements, including:
- Required components of plans
- Cultural competency
- Outreach to unserved or
under-served populations
- Target population(s)
- Timelines
- Budget(s)
- Measurable outcomes.
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