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Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)
California voters passed Proposition 63 in November 2004, the Mental Health Services Act, (MHSA) with 53.4% of the vote. Now, through the provisions of the MHSA, the challenges become the opportunities to fund a community mental health system that adequately meets the needs of children, adults, and older adults with serious mental illness and reduces the long-term adverse impact resulting from untreated serious mental illness. To get more information regarding the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63), visit the California Department of Mental Health website. Latest State Notices: CPAC Handouts: Network of Care: Network of Care is an internet resource guide and "community” for individuals, families and agencies concerned with mental and emotional health issues. Program Dispatches: MHSA Documents: THE FOLLOWING MHSA
PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY
IN
OPERATION
Local/County Community Planning
Community Services and Supports
>MHSA
CSS Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan
Housing Plan
The San Bernardino County Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)
Housing Plan calls for the creation of 150 new units of dedicated
permanent supportive housing for individuals with serious mental illness
(SMI) who are homeless or at significant risk of becoming homeless (as
defined by the State of California MHSA Housing Program) and who
otherwise meet the State of California MHSA Housing Program target
population description.
Prevention and Early Intervention
Workforce Education and Training
Capital Facilities and Information Technology
San Bernardino County DBH intends to use Capital
Facilities funds to increase the San Bernardino County’s infrastructure
to produce long-term impacts with lasting benefits that will move its
mental health system toward the goals of wellness, recovery and
resiliency. The increased infrastructure will include the development of
community-based facilities that will provide expanded opportunities for
accessible community-based services. The Information Technology
Component will modernize and transform information systems and increase
consumer and family empowerment. The projects will also provide
technology solutions to significantly improve quality of care through
current and accurate accounting of consumer mental health history.
>Capital
Facilities Plan
Innovation
The voters of the State of California passed the Mental
Health Services Act (MHSA) in November 2004. The purpose and intent of
the MHSA is "to reduce the long-term adverse impact on individuals,
families and sate and local budgets resulting from untreated serious,
mental illness....to insure that all funds are expended in the most cost
effective manner.... to ensure accountability to taxpayers and to the
public." To accomplish this purpose, funding is provided to adequately
address the mental health needs of unserved and underserved populations
by expanding and developing services and supports that have proven to
produce successful outcomes, are considered to be innovative, cultural
and linguistically competent, community based, consumer and family
oriented, and consistent with evidence-based practices. MHSA represented
the first opportunity in many years for the California Department of
Mental Health (DMH) to provide increased funding, personnel and other
resources to support county mental health programs and monitor progress
toward statewide goals for children, transition age youth, adults, older
adults and families.
>Innovation Plan 05 – FY 10/11 Annual update Resubmission
State and Other Related Links: Other:
California
Institute for Mental Health (CIMH MHSA) Resources for Planning &
Implementation of the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA - Formerly
Proposition 63)
Miss an item? Check the County of San Bernardino MHSA Archive
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