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Brief update on Status of PEI Statewide Projects and INN Cohorts. May 2011 coordinator meetings. Overview. Info Notice 10-05 and 10-06 Statewide projects Suicide Prevention Stigma and Discrimination Student Mental Health TA, Training and Capacity Building Reducing Disparities INN Cohorts.
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Brief update on Status of PEI Statewide Projects and INN Cohorts May 2011 coordinator meetings
Overview • Info Notice 10-05 and 10-06 Statewide projects • Suicide Prevention • Stigma and Discrimination • Student Mental Health • TA, Training and Capacity Building • Reducing Disparities • INN Cohorts
10-05 and 10-06 Statewide Projects • Majority of counties have assigned funds to CalMHSA to administer these projects • Except for three counties that received their funds for local projects prior to release of 10-05 and 10-06 • Nevada, San Joaquin, Shasta • Except for counties who haven’t sent in 10-05 or 10-06 or were in process as of 4/2011 (some are counties working on doing multi-county collaboratives). • Alameda • Alpine • Berkeley City • Calaveras • Contra Costa • Del Norte • Inyo • Kings • Lassen • Mariposa • Mono • Napa • Plumas • San Benito • San Mateo • Sierra • Tehama • Tri-City • Tulare • Tuolumne • If you are one of the counties listed here, what are your plans?
CalMHSA Projects • CalMHSA has issued RFPs and RFAs for all three projects. • Suicide Prevention • CalMHSA has completed the review process, staff made program and funding recommendations to the CalMHSA Board that were approved 5/6/2011 and CalMHSA is beginning contract negotiations • Stigma and Discrimination • Submitted proposals are under review. Staff recommendations are expected at the Board meeting June 9, 2011. • Student Mental Health • Submitted applications are under review. Staff recommendations are expected at the Board meeting June 9, 2011.
CalMHSA Suicide Prevention • 4 programs: • Suicide Prevention Network • Regional Local Suicide Prevention Capacity Building • Social Marketing Suicide Prevention Campaign • Suicide Prevention Training Workforce Enhancement • Staff program and funding recommendations that were approved by the CalMHSA Board on 5/6/11 can be found in Meeting Records, Additional Materials, posted for the May 2011 meeting on the Meetings page of the CalMHSA website: • http://www.calmhsa.org/downloads/agendas/staff_recommendation_cover_memo_and_backup.pdf
TA, Training and Capacity Building • Funds go directly to counties, counties have been implementing • Funds were for 08/09, 09/10, 10/11 and 11/12 • Counties were requesting their last year of funds using the 11/12 Annual Update (not sure what will happen now after AB100)
Reducing Disparities • DMH has executed five contracts to form five Strategic Planning Workgroups (SPW) representing five populations: • African American, Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American, and LGBTQ • The five SPWs are to gather information from the communities they represent to develop a Reducing Disparities (RD) Population Report that will identify outreach strategies and service interventions that are the most effective for their respective populations • Over the last year, the five SPWs convened focus groups, community meetings, and advisory groups • Each of the five SPWs are currently in the process of analyzing data and compiling their findings into the Population Reports • These reports are due to DMH in February 2012 • The Population Reports will form the foundation of the comprehensive statewide strategic plan to reduce disparities in the mental health system
Reducing Disparities (continued) • A sixth contractor, the CRDP Facilitator/Writer, is working collaboratively with the five SPW Project Managers to ensure that the final strategic plan is inclusive of the work completed by the SPWs • The CA Reducing Disparities Strategic Plan will be developed over the next year, with the final strategic plan due June 30, 2012 • A seventh contractor has the responsibility for convening the CA MHSA Multicultural Coalition (CMMC). The CMMC contract term is five years • The CMMC represents a broad spectrum of consumers, family members, advocates, and community members from California’s unserved and underserved populations • CMMC meetings are open to the public. The next meeting is June 29, 2011 in Sacramento, CA. • A calendar of events related to the CRDP is available on the DMH Office of Multicultural Services website: http://www.dmh.ca.gov/Multicultural_Services/CRDP.asp
INN cohorts • CiMH is forming cohorts around common areas of INN learning • Cohorts consist of joint meetings to facilitate shared learning and also individualized technical assistance • a team of subject matter experts provide group and individual technical assistance • First cohort is on PC/BH Integration • Meetings have been scheduled for May and June • Conducting Needs Assessment of cohort members and eventually all counties • Currently forming additional cohorts around: • Peer services/expanded peer roles • Culturally-targeted strategies • TAY services For more information, contact Will Rhett-Mariscal at wrhettmariscal@cimh.org