California Association of Local       
Behavioral Health ​Boards & Commissions​
CALBHB/C supports the work of California's 59
​local mental and behavioral health boards and commissions.

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Meetings / Trainings

Meetings
Trainings

Resources

1. ​ACRONYMS
2. ADVOCACY
3. BROWN ACT (Open Meeting Rules)
4. ​COMMUNITY PROGRAM PLANNING
5. COURT-ORDERED SERVICES
6. ​CONDUCT
7. ​CULTURAL RELEVANCE
8. DATA NOTEBOOKS
9. DUTIES (CA WIC 5604.2) Detailed Task List.
10. ​​EVALUATION FORM for board/commission
11. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES
12. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS "FAQs"
13. HYBRID MEETINGS
14. LEGISLATION - 2 (MHSA, Laura's Law, 5150+)
15. LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY
16. ​MHSA 3-YEAR PLANS, UPDATES:  MHB/C Role, Components, Fiscal Information
17. PERFORMANCE OUTCOME DATA
18. RECOMMENDATIONS
19. ​​​RECRUITMENT
20. REPORTS (Local Annual Reports & Statewide Reports)
21. ​REVIEW
22. TEMPLATES/SAMPLE DOCS 
23. TRAINING (Online Modules, Materials & Recordings)
24. WEBSITES for Local Boards & Commissions​
25. ​WELFARE & INSTITUTIONS CODE  for Local Boards & Commissions and Mental Health Divisions
26. RELATED LINKS (Other mental health resources/websites)​

News/Issues

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

Newsletter

CALBHB/C Newsletter

Issue Briefs

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"BOARD & CARE" (ARF) ISSUE

• ARF Issue Brief  ADA Version

CHILDREN & YOUTH

• C & Y Issue Brief  ADA  Spanish
• ​Transitional Age Youth (TAY)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• Issue Brief   ADA Version

CRISIS CARE CONTINUUM

• Issue Brief   ADA Version

DISASTER PREP/RECOVERY 

• Issue Brief   ADA Version

EMPLOYMENT ISSUE

• Issue Brief   ADA Version​​

LANTERMAN PETRIS SHORT (LPS Act)

• Issue Brief 

​LGBTQ+

• Issue Brief   ADA Version

OLDER ADULTS

• Older Adult Issue Brief    ADA Version

​​PERFORMANCE OUTCOME DATA

• Issue Brief   ADA Version

SUICIDE PREVENTION

• Suicide Prevention Issue Brief   ADA Version

        Issue Brief Compilation PDF

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