Exploited Children. DBHS community planning efforts also highlight the identification and treatment of commercially sexually exploited children as another unmet need in our community. DBHS participates in ongoing collaborative initiatives with child protective services, the courts, and the probation department to address this unmet need. Q#8, Priority Resource Needs: The Sacramento County Mental Health Board, in an August 5, 2015, public meeting, decided that its top three priorities are the following: Reopening the Crisis Stabilization Unit to direct access, as operated by Sacramento County prior to 2009. The Mental Health Board previously stated this priority in a March 13, 2015, letter to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Additional crisis residential beds. The Mental Health Board previously stated this priority in a March 13, 2015, letter to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Establishment of a mental health “urgent care” center. In stating this priority, the Mental Health Board echoes the sentiment of a March 24, 2015, letter by the Mental Health Improvement Coalition. This letter reports that the opening of a behavioral health urgent care center is an “area of agreement” in the ongoing effort to rebalance the Sacramento County behavioral health continuum. San Bernardino County: Q#7, Unmet Needs: The County of San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health has identified a variety of needs and pursued several specific strategies to meet these needs. The STAY, a crisis residential treatment facility for transition-aged youth, was created to meet a treatment gap for this age group. Due in part to the success of this program, DBH has been awarded two grants under SB82, the Investment in Mental Wellness Act of 2013, to address unmet crisis needs. With these grants, DBH is developing two new crisis residential treatment facilities for adults. Some of the goals of these projects include reducing the impact of psychiatric conditions on hospital emergency departments as well as reducing unnecessarily lengthy psychiatric hospital stays. The crisis residential facilities will help provide a new level of care between inpatient hospitalization and outpatient care that did not previously exist, therefore providing an additional option for more appropriate care. Another grant application is being developed, proposing a crisis stabilization unit for both adults and adolescents, further helping to close the gap of crisis services.
Mono County Shasta County: No: X. “But we need to start doing this.” Solano County Part 2: Counties Answered “Yes.” Alpine County Amador County One Circle Foundation – Promotes resilience and healthy development in children, adolescents, adults and community. It is based on evidence based practices of motivational interviewing and strengths based approaches. Project SUCCESS – Designed to reduce and prevent substance abuse among students 12 – 18 years. Prevention education series addressing tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, mental health and families/relationships. Butte County The County prevention programs blend youth development principles with youth-led environmental prevention strategies and school climate initiatives to reduce youth substance use and bullying/harassment. The Committed Program Model was initiated in response to the growing awareness of young people’s involvement in alcohol and drug use as well as awareness that it is critical to create environments for youth by youth that are alcohol and drug free. In addition to the national and statewide data, Unit’s local data collection findings provide evidence that young people are growing up in an environment saturated with messages about alcohol, are readily able to access alcohol, are experiencing loneliness, isolation and disengagement in schools and communities. The Committed Program Model blends youth development principles with innovative youth-led environmental prevention strategies and school climate initiatives. The Committed Program Model is designed to build leadership skills, broaden young peoples’ (junior high and high school aged) social network, and implement youth-led projects to improve school climate and reduce youth access to alcohol. The Committed Program has been successfully replicated in over 22 schools/settings throughout California including traditional, alternative and group home settings.
Our agency is a combined mental health and substance use disorders agency and we are working to build coordinated capacity throughout the agency including capacity for substance abuse expertise on the mental health treatment teams, and are in the process of developing a new MAT program within our new Integrated Behavioral Health Team in the county FQHC Clinic that will include outpatient substance abuse counseling. Our MOST Team (previously referenced) includes treatment for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. The budget planning for next year will include a new intensive outpatient/partial hospital program with a residential component for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who also struggle with issues of homelessness. The Division has also been recommended for funding through HUD for a new permanent housing program that will serve chronically homeless adults who either have a severe mental illness and substance use disorder or mild to moderate mental illness and or severe substance use disorder. There are numerous other examples including identification of older adults in the jail who have mental illness and substance use disorders that are identified and targeted for intensive outreach and case management services. The County also has the Homeless Health Care Project for Homeless Persons provides mental health and substance use disorder services for homeless individuals as well as primary care services. The County funds an outreach program for homeless adults who have frequent contact with law enforcement called the PACT program which is a collaboration with multiple agencies, and the majority of clients they work with have substance use and mental health issues. Siskiyou County The MHP provides education through a coordinated effort between MHSA and the AOD programs. Prevention education is disseminated through the Athlete’s Committed student emotional wellness program which targets middles and high school age children and youth. Sonoma County Sonoma County Behavioral Health Division uses Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant and Mental Health Services Act dollars to fund Project