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

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Winter 2021 Newsletter

Issue Briefs

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"BOARD & CARE" (ARF) ISSUE CHILDREN & YOUTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRISIS CARE CONTINUUM DISASTER PREP/RECOVERY  EMPLOYMENT ISSUE LGBTQ+ OLDER ADULTS ​​PERFORMANCE OUTCOME DATA SUICIDE PREVENTION


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OFFICE

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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