Meetings & Training

Regional:  All members of local mental/behavioral health boards and commissions are welcome to attend regional meetings and trainings. Additionally, the staff liaisons who support the local boards/commissions are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Los Angeles:  In addition to Los Angeles' Mental Health Commission, the Co-Chairs of the Service Area Advisory Committees are welcome to attend the Friday meeting/training in the Los Angeles/Southern area. 
Statewide:  For the April All-State Meeting/Training/Capitol Day, chairs and designated leadership are encouraged to attend.
Expenses:  There is no fee to register for regional meetings/trainings. CALBHB/C covers travel expenses for one member per local mental/behavioral health board/commission in the region, but more are welcome! ​​Expense Reimbursement Policy.  Additional members can be reimbursed in the case of boards/commissions with CALBHB/C Governing Board Members.  
Southern/LA Region Meeting & Training
Friday, January 17, 2020 San Diego
Agenda    Registration

Regions

Training Materials:
BAY AREA: (13 jurisdictions) Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and City of Berkeley

CENTRAL: (20 Counties) Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sutter-Yuba (Joint Powers), Tulare, Tuolumne, and Yolo

​SOUTHERN: (10 jurisdictions) Imperial, Kern, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Tri-City (Pomona, Claremont, La Verne)

SUPERIOR: (16 Counties) Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity
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LOS ANGELES: County of Los Angeles
HANDBOOKS:
​Best Practices 2019 (on-line) 
Best Practices 2019 (for print)

​ONLINE TRAINING:
​Duties (Check Your Understanding) (15 Minutes)
​Ethics Training (2-Hours)
Mental Health Services Act (MHSA):  Role of MHB (15 Minutes)
​Mental Health Services Act (MHSA): Fiscal (15 Minutes)
MHSA CPP: Community Program Planning (Forward to 16:06 through 25:40.) Access CA, a program of NorCal MHA

​POWERPOINT:
Mental Health Board Training PowerPoint, CALBHB/C 10/2019

Mental Health Board Training (PDF), CALBHB/C 10/2019 (for print)

Cultural Training:  "Unconscious Bias", Dr. McKindley-Alvarez

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mission

cALBHB/C supports the work of california's 59 local mental/ behavioral health boards and commissions by providing resources, training, and opportunities for communication and statewide advocacy.

Local boards are responsible for reviewing community mental health needs, services, facilities and special problems, and serve in an advisory capacity to local governing bodies and local mental/behavioral health directors per CA Welfare and Institutions Code 5604.2.
Donations are welcome. CALBHB/C is a nonprofit organization.