Collaborative Overview California Institute for Mental Health Ci

Collaborative Overview California Institute for Mental Health (Ci. MH) Kimberly Mayer, MSSW

California Mental Health Planning Council 2000: Planning Council convened the Human Resources Summit. Identified the following priority issues for focus (many of these were included in MHSA): – Expanding the capacity of postsecondary education – Work readiness in the classroom – Multi-lingual and multi cultural pipeline strategies – School-to-Career strategies – Job retraining for public mental health – Increasing consumer and family member employment – Licensing boards and professional recruitment – Rural strategies – Community partnerships and collaboration.

Collaborative History • • • 2000: Bay Area group continues discussions following Planning Council’s HR Convening. Cal State Hayward, CASRA others. County Mental Health Directors asked to participate. 2001: City of Berkeley becomes fiscal agent – counties contribute funds for consultant. Alameda provides meeting space. Monthly meetings begin. 2004: Ci. MH becomes fiscal agent. Receives Zellerbach funding. 2006: Ci. MH hires first FT staff for Collaborative, Toni Tullys. Toni also takes on statewide WET development w/Ci. MH. Collaborative recognized by Annapolis Coalition as leading workforce practices in hiring consumers & family members. Ci. MH supports WET development. 2008: MHSA Regional Partnership Funding made available to counties. KM hired in October and submits proposal through Alameda County. Threeyears of funding secured in July 2009: New sub-region formed with Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties. Collaborative’s new website launched: www. mentalhealthworkforce. org

Five Regional Partnerships in California

Mental Health Services Act: 2004 • Significant new source of funding for Workforce Education & Training (WET) in California • Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) allocates $450 M for workforce development – can be spent over a 10 -year period (2007 -2017). Five Year Plan 2008 -2013 developed. • Of this amount, approximately 50% is for Statewide & Regional programs and strategies; remaining for local County activities. • 2012: Authority for WET Programs moved to the Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development. http: //oshpd. ca. gov/HWDD/WET. html

Regional Partnerships – 5 Geographic Regions in California Background: Public mental health services are delivered locally through county mental health systems. However, education and training resources cross county lines. Community colleges, fouryear universities and graduate & professional programs serve geographic regions of California. Rural and other communities that are not adjacent to large metropolitan areas have far fewer resources for developing the workforce. Purpose: • • Expand outreach to multicultural communities Increase the diversity of the mental health workforce Reduce the stigma associated with mental illness Promote the use of web-based technologies and distance learning techniques *Greater Bay Area Regional Workforce Collaborative *Central Regional Partnership *Superior Regional Partnership Southern California Regional Partnership Los Angeles County Regional Partnership (*Ci. MH Contract)

Five Regional Partnerships in California

Structure/Format • Steering Committee: Comprised of up to 13 including county staff, providers, university/college faculty & staff, consumer leaders, funders and others. Chair is county mental health director. Oversees development of work plan; advises on projects, activities. Makes recommendations to GBA Directors via project manager. • Greater Bay Area Mental Health Directors: Meet monthly in Oakland. Project manager participates in meetings and has standing agenda item on workforce issues. Approves final work plans, represents Regional Partnership w/CMHDA, other stakeholders. • Regular Collaborative Meetings in Oakland: Convene bi-monthly educational meetings. Format includes time for county and other partner updates/consultation and an educational presentation. County WET staff convene quarterly following regular meetings to discuss county-to-county issues. • Quarterly Meetings in Monterey/Santa Cruz: Convene quarterly meetings in Southern Bay Region. Focus has been on start-up of new CSUMB graduate social work program. Counties, CBOs, and educational partners. • Consultants/Contractors: Carry out the various activities supervised by project manager. 2011: contracts with three colleges/universities, 14 other consultants working on 5 projects; admin support.

Projects • Expanding Capacity of Postsecondary Education/Increasing Diversity – Funding new Social Work Program at CSUMB. First cohort graduated in 2013! Focus on “Growing our Own” for Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties. – June 2013 Conference: Integrated Care: A Roadmap for the Future Workforce Building Momentum for Change in Graduate Education – Funded new PSR courses at Contra Costa College. Three years completed. Fall semester: 42 students. Approximately 25% self- identified as consumers/family members. Majority of students are African American, Latino. – Working with Community College Health Workforce Initiative (HWI). Regional convenings of Community Colleges Human Services Programs – MFT Educators Curriculum Workshops • Meaningful Employment of Consumers & Family Members/Human Resources Responsiveness – Co-sponsored Can We Talk? consumer employment conference with San Mateo BHRS October 2010. – Mental Health & Human Resources Directors Forum April 2011. Facilitated one-day discussion with county MH and HR leaders: “Building Our Partnership to Recruit/Hire and Retain a Diverse Workforce Including Consumers and Family Members. ” Nine counties participated – developing webpage with resources. – Mental Health Core Competencies Project

Current Projects – cont. • Expanding High School Pathways/Academies – Consultant currently working with Contra Costa, Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco in various stages of high school pathway/curriculum development. Regional Workshops 2011 -12 • Inclusion of Cultural Competency in Training & Education Programs – Cultural Competency Trainings offered • Promoting MHSA Principles/Recovery – Grant to support MFT curriculum changes 2009 -2012 for workshops w/Bay Area MFT Educators. 17 MFT Programs in Bay Area. • Distance Learning/e-Learning Resources – Trainings at Collaborative meetings – e-Learning course on History of California Public Mental Health System. • Other – Evaluation: UCSF Center for the Health Professions; – Advisory Boards

Contact Information Kimberly Mayer, MSSW Associate Director California Institute for Mental Health kmayer@cimh. org 510 -754 -8248 www. mentalhealthworkforce. org