SACRAMENTO OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON MENTAL HEALTH

In response to President Obama’s Call to Action and as a part of the National Dialogue on Mental Health, a day-long dialogue to CREATE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS that improve our mental health and mental health systems especially for our youth will be held. The event takes place on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at the Sacramento Convention Center.

For further information please refer to the Creating Community Solutions Event Flyer.

Senate pro tem steinberg unveils crisis mental health plan To Ease Overcrowding

Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg Unveils Crisis Mental Health Plan to Ease Overcrowding in Prisons, Jails and Hospital ERs - Video available here

final evaluation master plan

This Evaluation Master Plan was developed for the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to chart its course on evaluation activity for the next 3-5 years.

The Final Evaluation Master Plan - Adopted by the MHSOAC on March 28, 2013

New Commissioners TO MHSOAC

On June 4, 2013, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission:

• Khatera Aslami-Tamplen, 34, of Fairfield, has been appointed to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. Aslami-Tamplen has been consumer relations manager at Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services since 2012. She was executive director at Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services from 2007 to 2012 and served in multiple positions at the Telecare Corporation Villa Fairmont Mental Health Rehabilitation Center from 2002 to 2007, including director of rehabilitation. Aslami-Tamplen is a member of the Client and Family Leadership Committee of the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission and a founding member of the California Association of Mental Health Peer Run Organizations. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation.
• John Buck, 61, of Folsom, has been appointed to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. Buck has served in multiple positions at Turning Point Community Programs since 1977, including chief executive officer. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Sacramento and the Sacramento County Developmental Disabilities Planning and Advisory Council. Buck earned a Master of Business Administration degree from National University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation.
  

On April 4, 2013 Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission:

• Bill Brown, 56, of Lompoc, has been appointed to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, where he has served since 2010. Brown has been sheriff of Santa Barbara County since 2006. He served as chief of police at the Lompoc Police Department from 1995 to 2007 and chief of police at the Moscow Police Department in Idaho from 1992 to 1995. He has been a member of the California State Sheriffs' Association since 2007 and a member of its Executive Board of Directors since 2012. Brown earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California and is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Executive Institute.
• Paul Keith, 69, of San Diego, has been medical director of behavioral health at the Wellpoint West Region of Anthem Blue Cross since 2000 and medical director for integrated behavioral health since 1992. Previously, he was medical director of the Behavioral Health Unit at Palomar Medical Center from 2000 to 2009 and associate medical director of the public sector program at United Behavioral Health from 1997 to 1999. Keith was medical director at Vista San Diego Center and medical director of the child and adolescent program at Alvarado Parkway Institute from 1987 to 1994. He was owner and proprietor of Paul R. Keith M.D., A Medical Corporation from 1975 to 2009. Keith earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Baylor College of Medicine.
• David Pating, 54, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, where he has served since 2007. Pating has served in various positions at The Permanente Medical Group since 1990 and has been chief of addiction medicine at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco since 1991. Pating has also been an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine since 1995. He is a member of the California Society of Addiction Medicine, the California Psychiatric Association, the California Medical Association, the California Hospital Association and the California Institute of Mental Health. Pating earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
  
  Tina Wooton, 55, of Santa Barbara, has been appointed to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, where she has served since 2010. Wooton has been consumer empowerment manager at the Santa Barbara County Department of Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services since 2009. Previously, she was a consumer and family member liaison at the California Department of Mental Health from 2005 to 2009 and served on the Mental Health Services Act Statewide Implementation Team. She was also the consumer liaison at the Mental Health Association of Sacramento and the Sacramento County Mental Health Department from 1997 to 2005.

On January 17, 2013 Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission:

• Larry Poaster, 69, of Modesto, has been re-appointed to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, where he has served since 2007, most recently as Chair. Poaster has been a behavioral health consultant since 2003 and has served in various positions for Stanislaus County from 1970 to 2003, including director of behavioral health and recovery services. Poaster earned a doctorate degree in psychology from the University of Tennessee.
• David Gordon, 66, of Sacramento, has been county superintendent at the Sacramento County Office of Education since 2004. He served at the Elk Grove Unified School District as superintendent from 1995 to 2004. Gordon worked at the California Department of Education as deputy superintendent from 1985 to 1991. He earned a Master of Education degree from Harvard University.
• LeeAnne Mallel, 41, of Calabasas, has been a psychological technician at the Office of Dr. Jonine Biesman and a developmental floortime specialist in private practice since 2011. She was a behavior interventionist for Verdugo Hills Autism Project from 2009 to 2011.

On January 3, 2013 Speaker John Perez announced the following appointment to the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission:

• Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) has a background as a licensed family counselor and mental health consultant, having received her Master’s degree from Cal State Long Beach. She is chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee and serves on the Assembly Health Committee. Ms. Lowenthal has made the improvement of mental health services a legislative priority in the Assembly, including authoring AB 739: Mental Health Curriculum, which would require the State Board of Education to include suicide prevention instruction as part of health education for grades 7 through 12.

President Pro Tem Steinberg Letter to U.S. Vice President

CA Senate President pro Tem and Prop 63 Author Darrell Steinberg calls on U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden to adopt Prop 63 full service partnerships, prevention, and early intervention services as the national model for mental health and calls on the federal government to match state investment in these services dollar for dollar.

Click here to read letter to U.S. Vice President 

MHSOAC 2013 Work Plan and Logic Model

The MHSOAC 2013 Work Plan is available here.

The MHSOAC Logic Model is available here.

UCLA REPORT ON FULL SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS

The UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Youth and Families has completed a report evaluating Full Service Partnerships, part of the Community Services and Supports (CSS) funding allocation from Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act. Read the full report here.

NAMI'S LIST OF PROP 63 MHSA PROGRAMS IN CALIFORNIA

NAMI California Releases List of MHSA Funded Programs
The MHSOAC would like to invite you to view the first countywide comprehensive list of Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funded programs released by NAMI California on May 17, 2012.  This new report details the 1,600 programs funded by the MHSA to serve the hundreds of thousands of Californians with mental illness.

• Press release: MHSA Report Press Release
• Report: MHSA Full Report

Find additional information at: http://www.namicalifornia.org

Compliance Checklist

Compliance Checklist

ANNUAL UPDATE SUBMITTALS

• Please submit electronic copies to:
  
  MHSOAC@mhsoac.ca.gov
  
  Hard copies may be forwarded to:
  
  
  MHSOAC
  Attn: Plan Review
  1300 17th Street, Suite 1000
  Sacramento, CA 95811
• FY 13-14 Annual Update Instructions
  • Instructions in Excel Format

• FY 13-14 Annual Update Cover Letter

• FY 13-14 MHSA County Certification
• FY 13-14 MHSA County Fiscal Accountability Certification
• FY 13-14 Funding Summary

 

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INNOVATIONS: LETTER & REVIEW TOOL

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NEXT COMMISSION MEETING

Commission Teleconference
June 25, 2013
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Call-In Number: 1-866-817-6550
Participant Code: 3190377

• Agenda - 06/14/2013

MHSOAC Meeting
July 25
Location: TBD, San Francisco

• For supplemental Commission meeting documents, please refer to our Meetings page.