*  IMPORTANT:  Prop 1 changes to board/commission requirements are effective 1/1/25:  See CA WIC  *
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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.

Meetings / Trainings

Meetings
Trainings

Resources

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

News/Issues

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

Newsletter

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CALBHB/C Newsletter

Issue Briefs

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"BOARD & CARE" (ARF/RCFE)  CHILDREN & YOUTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRISIS CARE CONTINUUM DISASTER PREP/RECOVERY  EMPLOYMENT ISSUE LANTERMAN PETRIS SHORT (LPS Act) ​LGBTQ+ OLDER ADULTS ​​PERFORMANCE OUTCOME DATA SUICIDE PREVENTION WORKFORCE, EDUCATION & TRAINING ​Issue Brief Compilation PDF


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717 K STREET, SUITE 427
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814

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.
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