Trainings

Handbooks

Best Practices Handbook
​Membership Guide (Sample)​

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15 Minute Modules

Duties: Duties of Local Behavioral Health Boards
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BHSA: Behavioral Health Services Act

• Community Planning (15 Min)
  • Stakeholder Involvement Requirements: 2 Pages
• ​​Funding Categories (15 Min)
  • Funding Categories Summary (1 Page)​

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Live Events

2026 Trainings: Google Doc | PDF
October 23/24 Meeting/Training: Invitation | Registration

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Recordings

1. Basic Training: "How to be an Effective Behavioral Health Board/Commission" (86 minutes)  Additional PowerPoint available  in Spanish: PDF | PPT
2. Brown Act Training (effective Jan. 1, 2026)
3. ​Chair & Admin  (45 minutes)
4. Community Planning (includes BHSA Requirements) & ​Unconscious Bias
5. ​​Ethics Training (2-Hour Interactive Training) 
   ​Required per GOV 53234 - 53235.2 (CA Dept of Justice)​​


6. History of Behavioral Health in CA (Collection of Articles/YouTube)​

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Additional Guides

• 9 Minute Video: Understanding County Behavioral Health in California, CalMHSA, 2026
• Reader's Guide for Reviewing BHSA County Integrated Plans
• ​Continuum of Care Inventory Spreadsheet  (CA Department of Health Care Services (DHCS))
• The Crucial Role of Counties in the Behavioral Health of Californians, CA Health Care Foundation, 2026
• Funding
  • Funding Behavioral Health Care in California, CA Health Care Foundation, 2026
  • County Funding Sources for Integrated Plans, 2025
  • ​2024-25 CA Behavioral Health Budget Overview (CA Budget Center)​
• Medi-Cal Information:
  • ​BH CONNECT | Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BH-CONNECT) Initiative
  • CalAIM 
    • CalAIM Explained CA Health Care Foundation, (CHCF) 2023
  • Medi-Cal Explained CA Health Care Foundation, (CHCF) 2019​
• ​Realignment Information

Special Trainings

L.A. County Committees and Teams Trainings August 2023
L.A. County Behavioral Health Commission Retreat October 2026