Collaborative Overview California Institute for Mental Health (CiMH) Kimberly Mayer, MSSW

2000: Planning Council convened the Human Resources Summit. Identified the following priority issues for focus (many of these were included in MHSA): –Expanding the capacity of postsecondary education –Work readiness in the classroom –Multi-lingual and multi cultural pipeline strategies –School-to-Career strategies –Job retraining for public mental health –Increasing consumer and family member employment –Licensing boards and professional recruitment –Rural strategies –Community partnerships and collaboration. California Mental Health Planning Council

Collaborative History 2000: Bay Area group continues discussions following Planning Council’s HR Convening. Cal State Hayward, CASRA others. County Mental Health Directors asked to participate. 2001: City of Berkeley becomes fiscal agent – counties contribute funds for consultant. Alameda provides meeting space. Monthly meetings begin. 2004: CiMH becomes fiscal agent. Receives Zellerbach funding. 2006: CiMH hires first FT staff for Collaborative, Toni Tullys. Toni also takes on statewide WET development w/CiMH. Collaborative recognized by Annapolis Coalition as leading workforce practices in hiring consumers & family members. CiMH supports WET development. 2008: MHSA Regional Partnership Funding made available to counties. KM hired in October and submits proposal through Alameda County. Three- years of funding secured in July : New sub-region formed with Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties. Collaborative’s new website launched:

Five Regional Partnerships in California

Significant new source of funding for Workforce Education & Training (WET) in California Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) allocates $450 M for workforce development – can be spent over a 10-year period ( ). Five Year Plan developed. Of this amount, approximately 50% is for Statewide & Regional programs and strategies; remaining for local County activities. 2012: Authority for WET Programs moved to the Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development. Mental Health Services Act: 2004

Regional Partnerships – 5 Geographic Regions in California Background: Public mental health services are delivered locally through county mental health systems. However, education and training resources cross county lines. Community colleges, four- year universities and graduate & professional programs serve geographic regions of California. Rural and other communities that are not adjacent to large metropolitan areas have far fewer resources for developing the workforce. Purpose: Expand outreach to multicultural communities Increase the diversity of the mental health workforce Reduce the stigma associated with mental illness Promote the use of web-based technologies and distance learning techniques *Greater Bay Area Regional Workforce Collaborative *Central Regional Partnership *Superior Regional Partnership Southern California Regional Partnership Los Angeles County Regional Partnership (*CiMH Contract)

Five Regional Partnerships in California

Structure/Format Steering Committee: Comprised of up to 13 including county staff, providers, university/college faculty & staff, consumer leaders, funders and others. Chair is county mental health director. Oversees development of work plan; advises on projects, activities. Makes recommendations to GBA Directors via project manager. Greater Bay Area Mental Health Directors: Meet monthly in Oakland. Project manager participates in meetings and has standing agenda item on workforce issues. Approves final work plans, represents Regional Partnership w/CMHDA, other stakeholders. Regular Collaborative Meetings in Oakland: Convene bi-monthly educational meetings. Format includes time for county and other partner updates/consultation and an educational presentation. County WET staff convene quarterly following regular meetings to discuss county-to-county issues. Quarterly Meetings in Monterey/Santa Cruz: Convene quarterly meetings in Southern Bay Region. Focus has been on start-up of new CSUMB graduate social work program. Counties, CBOs, and educational partners. Consultants/Contractors: Carry out the various activities supervised by project manager. 2011: contracts with three colleges/universities, 14 other consultants working on 5 projects; admin support.

Projects Expanding Capacity of Postsecondary Education/Increasing Diversity –F unding new Social Work Program at CSUMB. First cohort graduated in 2013! Focus on “Growing our Own” for Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties. –June 2013 Conference: Integrated Care: A Roadmap for the Future Workforce - Building Momentum for Change in Graduate Education –Funded new PSR courses at Contra Costa College. Three years completed. Fall semester: 42 students. Approximately 25% self- identified as consumers/family members. Majority of students are African American, Latino. –Working with Community College Health Workforce Initiative (HWI). Regional convenings of Community Colleges Human Services Programs –MFT Educators Curriculum Workshops Meaningful Employment of Consumers & Family Members/Human Resources Responsiveness –Co-sponsored Can We Talk? consumer employment conference with San Mateo BHRS October –Mental Health & Human Resources Directors Forum April Facilitated one-day discussion with county MH and HR leaders: “Building Our Partnership to Recruit/Hire and Retain a Diverse Workforce Including Consumers and Family Members.” Nine counties participated – developing webpage with resources. –Mental Health Core Competencies Project

Current Projects – cont. Expanding High School Pathways/Academies –Consultant currently working with Contra Costa, Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco in various stages of high school pathway/curriculum development. Regional Workshops Inclusion of Cultural Competency in Training & Education Programs –Cultural Competency Trainings offered Promoting MHSA Principles/Recovery –Grant to support MFT curriculum changes for workshops w/Bay Area MFT Educators. 17 MFT Programs in Bay Area. Distance Learning/e-Learning Resources –Trainings at Collaborative meetings –e-Learning course on History of California Public Mental Health System. Other –Evaluation: UCSF Center for the Health Professions; –Advisory Boards

Contact Information Kimberly Mayer, MSSW Associate Director California Institute for Mental Health