BRIEF UPDATE ON STATUS OF PEI STATEWIDE PROJECTS AND INN COHORTS MAY 2011 COORDINATOR MEETINGS

OVERVIEW Info Notice and Statewide projects Suicide Prevention Stigma and Discrimination Student Mental Health TA, Training and Capacity Building Reducing Disparities INN Cohorts 2

10-05 AND STATEWIDE PROJECTS Majority of counties have assigned funds to CalMHSA to administer these projects Except for three counties that received their funds for local projects prior to release of and Nevada, San Joaquin, Shasta Except for counties who haven’t sent in or or were in process as of 4/2011 (some are counties working on doing multi-county collaboratives). Alameda Alpine Berkeley City Calaveras Contra Costa Sierra Tehama Tri-City Tulare Tuolumne Del Norte Inyo Kings Lassen Mariposa Mono Napa Plumas San Benito San Mateo If you are one of the counties listed here, what are your plans? 3

CALMHSA PROJECTS  CalMHSA has issued RFPs and RFAs for all three projects.  Suicide Prevention  CalMHSA has completed the review process, staff made program and funding recommendations to the CalMHSA Board that were approved 5/6/2011 and CalMHSA is beginning contract negotiations  Stigma and Discrimination  Submitted proposals are under review. Staff recommendations are expected at the Board meeting June 9,  Student Mental Health  Submitted applications are under review. Staff recommendations are expected at the Board meeting June 9,

CALMHSA SUICIDE PREVENTION 4 programs: 1.Suicide Prevention Network 2.Regional Local Suicide Prevention Capacity Building 3.Social Marketing Suicide Prevention Campaign 4.Suicide Prevention Training Workforce Enhancement Staff program and funding recommendations that were approved by the CalMHSA Board on 5/6/11 can be found in Meeting Records, Additional Materials, posted for the May 2011 meeting on the Meetings page of the CalMHSA website: 5

TA, TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING Funds go directly to counties, counties have been implementing Funds were for 08/09, 09/10, 10/11 and 11/12 Counties were requesting their last year of funds using the 11/12 Annual Update (not sure what will happen now after AB100) 6

REDUCING DISPARITIES DMH has executed five contracts to form five Strategic Planning Workgroups (SPW) representing five populations: African American, Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American, and LGBTQ The five SPWs are to gather information from the communities they represent to develop a Reducing Disparities (RD) Population Report that will identify outreach strategies and service interventions that are the most effective for their respective populations Over the last year, the five SPWs convened focus groups, community meetings, and advisory groups Each of the five SPWs are currently in the process of analyzing data and compiling their findings into the Population Reports These reports are due to DMH in February 2012 The Population Reports will form the foundation of the comprehensive statewide strategic plan to reduce disparities in the mental health system 7

REDUCING DISPARITIES (CONTINUED) A sixth contractor, the CRDP Facilitator/Writer, is working collaboratively with the five SPW Project Managers to ensure that the final strategic plan is inclusive of the work completed by the SPWs The CA Reducing Disparities Strategic Plan will be developed over the next year, with the final strategic plan due June 30, 2012 A seventh contractor has the responsibility for convening the CA MHSA Multicultural Coalition (CMMC). The CMMC contract term is five years The CMMC represents a broad spectrum of consumers, family members, advocates, and community members from California’s unserved and underserved populations CMMC meetings are open to the public. The next meeting is June 29, 2011 in Sacramento, CA. A calendar of events related to the CRDP is available on the DMH Office of Multicultural Services website: 8

INN COHORTS CiMH is forming cohorts around common areas of INN learning Cohorts consist of joint meetings to facilitate shared learning and also individualized technical assistance a team of subject matter experts provide group and individual technical assistance First cohort is on PC/BH Integration Meetings have been scheduled for May and June Conducting Needs Assessment of cohort members and eventually all counties Currently forming additional cohorts around: Peer services/expanded peer roles Culturally-targeted strategies TAY services For more information, contact Will Rhett-Mariscal at 9