Resources

Topics

  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 & Linguistic Requirements
  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 Measures
  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 (WIC) for Local Boards & Commissions
  45. Welfare & Institutions Code for BH Director and Staff related to the local behavioral health boards and commissions.​
  46. Related Links (Other behavioral health resources/websites)​

Training/Handbooks

  1. Training - (Online Modules, Materials & Recordings)
  2. Best Practices Handbook - Guidance & examples for local behavioral boards/ commissions.​
  3. Membership Guide  (Sample)​
​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.