California Association of
​Local Behavioral Health
​Boards & Commissions

CALBHB/C supports the work of CA's 59 local
​behavioral health boards & Commissions.​

Resources

  1. Acronymns
  2. Ad Hocs
  3. ​Advocacy
  4. Agendas
  5. Annual Goals
  6. Annual Reports
  7. Behavioral Health Continuum
  8. ​Best Practices Handbook
  9. ​BHSA (Behavioral Health Services Act)
  10. BHSA Stakeholder Requirements
  11. Brown Act (Open Meeting Rules)
  12. Bylaws (Sample)
  13. ​Community Program Planning
  14. ​Conduct​
  15. ​Cultural Relevance
  16. Data Notebooks
  17. ​​Documents: Retaining & Sharing
  18. Duties (CA WIC 5604.2 and 5963.03) 
  19. Elections
  20. ​​Evaluation Form for board/commission
  21. Evidence-Based Practices
  22. Frequently Asked Questions "FAQs"​
  23. Funding (CA Health Care Foundation Document)
  24. Grants
  25. History
  26. Hybrid Meetings | Zoom Translation
  27. Legislation  (Partial Listing of Behavioral Health-Related Legislation)
  28. Legislative Advocacy
  29. ​Listening Sessions
  30. Membership Guide (Sample)​
  31. Member Orientation (FAQ #7)
  32. ​Mental Health Services Act
  33. Performance Outcome Data
  34. Person First Language
  35. Recommendations
  36. ​Recruitment
  37. Reports (Local Annual Reports | State & National Reports)
  38. Review
  39. Roles of Officers/Staff
  40. Site Visits - Sample Forms and Procedures
  41. Templates/Sample Docs 
  42. Training (Online Modules, Materials & Recordings)
  43. Websites for Local Boards & Commissions​
  44. ​Welfare & Institutions Code  for Local Boards & Commissions and Mental Health Divisions
  45. Related Links (Other behavioral health resources/websites)​

News & Issues

CALBHB/C Newsletter
  1. Board/Commission News
  2. Children & Youth
    1. Children's Issues
    2. Foster Children
    3. Transitional Age Youth​
  3. Co-Occurring
    1. Dementia
    2. Developmental Disabilities
    3. Substance Use Disorder
    4. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  4. Coordinated Care
  5. Courts
  6. Crisis Care Continuum
  7. ​Cultural Issues​
  8. Disaster Recovery
  9. Employment
  10. Homeless/Housing
  11. Jails/Prisons
  12. Laura's Law
  13. Law Enforcement
  14. Legislation
  15. LGBTQ
  16. Lanterman Petris Short (LPS) Act
  17. Navigator Programs
  18. Parity
  19. Patients' Rights
  20. Peer Supports
  21. Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs)
  22. Seniors
  23. Stigma
  24. Substance Use Disorder​
  25. ​Suicide
  26. ​Veterans
  27. Whole Person Care
  28. Workforce​
  29. Youth Issues (ages 16-25)

Issue Briefs

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Adult Residential Facilities (ARF/RCFE)  Children & Youth Criminal Justice Crisis Care Continuum Disaster Prep/Recovery  Employment Lanterman Petris Short (LPS Act) ​LGBTQ+ Older Adults ​​​Performance Outcome Data Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Suicide Prevention Workforce, Education & Training ​
​Issue Brief Compilation PDF
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​CA counties map by behavioral health region, showing 58 counties plus Berkeley and Tri-Cities. (Sutter and Yuba Counties are one jurisdiction). View map.
The california association of local behavioral* health boards & commissions (cALBHB/C) supports the work of california's 59 local behavioral health boards and commissions by providing resources, training and Technical Assistance. 

Local boards are responsible** for reviewing public behavioral health needs, services, facilities and special problems, and serve in an advisory capacity to local governing bodies and local behavioral health directors. ​

​*"Behavioral" Refers to Mental Health as well as Alcohol and Drugs.
**CA Welfare & Institutions Code (WIC) 5604
Donations are welcome. CALBHB/C is a nonprofit organization.
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