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• Info Notice 10-05 and 10-06 Statewide projects• Suicide Prevention• Stigma and Discrimination• Student Mental Health

• TA, Training and Capacity Building

• Reducing Disparities

• INN Cohorts

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10-05 AND 10-06 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 10-05 and 10-06• Nevada, San Joaquin, Shasta

• Except for counties who haven’t sent in 10-05 or 10-06 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?

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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, 2011. Student Mental Health

Submitted applications are under review. Staff recommendations are expected at the Board meeting June 9, 2011.

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CALMHSA SUICIDE PREVENTION

4 programs:1.Suicide Prevention Network2.Regional Local Suicide Prevention Capacity Building3.Social Marketing Suicide Prevention Campaign4.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:

http://www.calmhsa.org/downloads/agendas/staff_recommendation_cover_memo_and_backup.pdf

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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)

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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

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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: http://www.dmh.ca.gov/Multicultural_Services/CRDP.asp

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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 wrhettmariscal@cimh.org

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